Nikhita Gandhi
Nikhita Gandhi is an Indian playback singer who has worked in Indian films in four different languages. She has worked on Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Bengali, and Kannada film projects.
She sang as the face of Deepika Padukone in Raabta for the title track "Raabta". Her song " Ullu ka Pattha" dual with Arijit Singh from the film Jagga Jasoos is a hit song. She sang for , Chef, Jab Harry Met Sejal, and Ittefaq. She also sang a Bengali song "Mithe Alo" with Atif Aslam for Cockpit. Her song "Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe" and "Poster Lagwa Do" also became popular.
Personal life
Gandhi is half-Bengali and half-Punjabi who has been in Chennai while doing her graduation. Growing up she learnt Odissi dance and Hindustani music for almost 12 years.Career
Born into a mixed Bengali and Punjabi family in Kolkata, Nikhita relocated to Chennai in 2010 to pursue a degree in dentistry. A former student of A. R. Rahman's K. M. College of Music and Technology, Nikhita's first association with Rahman was during an Indo-German exchange, where she was a part of a choir which performed with the German orchestra. Rahman then individually auditioned her for a commercial project titled 'Qyuki' with Shekhar Kapur, the duo were working on. In 2012, she cut a Bengali album titled Kotha, a re-arrangement of Nazrul Geeti, songs written by renowned poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.After having worked on her personal studio album and sung as a part of songs in regional films, Nikhita got a breakthrough by performing the song "Ladio" from Shankar's film, I. Composed by A. R. Rahman, she managed to record the song within four hours after translating it into Hindi. She then also subsequently recorded the Telugu and Hindi versions of the song, earning critical acclaim for her work. Other projects she worked for in 2015 include Rahman's O Kadhal Kanmani and Anirudh's Thanga Magan.
Apart from singing in the movies, she has put together a band and have also performed at Kerala and Kolkata. Gandhi's five-member band includes Sajith Sathya, Jerard Felix, Godfrey Immanuel and Joshua Gopal.
She has the been adjudged as the best female playback singer of the year by Zee Cine Awards 2018 for the title track of Raabta.
She was nominated for best playback singer category in the 63rd Filmfare Awards for her song "Ghar" from Jab Harry Met Sejal.
She was also nominated for best playback singer in the 3rd Filmfare Awards Eastfor her Bengali song "Tomra Ekhono Ki" from Meghnad Badh Rahasya.
In November 2018 she did playback for the hit song Qaafirana from the film Kedarnath. In April 2019, she won the Nestle Kitkat Sony Mix Audience Music Award for the best duet for Qaafirana from Kedarnath along with Arijit Singh
In April 2019, she released her single Ek Do Teen on Zee Music Company that has been composed by Raees & Zain - Sam, she later followed it up with Madari from the film The Extraordinary Journey of The Fakir along with Vishal Dadlani in June 2019 and followed it up with Main Deewana Tera from Arjun Patiala
Discography
| Year | Film | Song title | Co-Singer | Music Director | Language |
| 2013 | Kalyana Samayal Saadham | "Modern Kalyanam" | Megha | Navin | Tamil |
| 2015 | I | "Ladio" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
| 2015 | I | "Lady O" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
| 2015 | I | "Ladiyo" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Telugu |
| 2015 | Yevade Subramanyam | "Beautiful Zindagi" | Solo | Radhan | Telugu |
| 2015 | O Kadhal Kanmani | "Theera Ulaa" | A. R. Rahman, Darshana | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
| 2015 | Ouija | "Nam Sexy Looksu" | Solo | Hari Nikesh | Kannada |
| 2015 | Aata | "Ma sexy lookse" | Solo | Hari Nikesh | Telugu |
| 2015 | Thanga Magan | "Oh Oh" | Dhanush | Anirudh Ravichander | Tamil |
| 2015 | "Prologue —The Infinite Light" | Faarooqi Parissa | A. R. Rahman | Arabic | |
| 2015 | "Signs of the Last Prophet" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Arabic | |
| 2015 | "And He was Named Muhammad " | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Arabic | |
| 2016 | Dhruva | Neethone Dance Tonight | Hiphop Tamizha | Hiphop Tamizha | Telugu |
| 2016 | Singam 3 | Wi Wi Wi Wifi | Karthik, Christopher Stanley | Harris Jayaraj | Tamil |
| 2017 | Dhayam | "Nee Yaaro" | Solo | Sathish Selvam | Tamil |
| 2017 | Kaatru Veliyidai | "Saarattu Vandiyila" | A. R. Reihana, Tippu | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
| 2017 | Cheliyaa | "Morethukuchindi" | A. R. Reihana, Tippu | A. R. Rahman | Telugu |
| 2017 | Kavan | "Boomerang" | Hiphop Tamizha, Velmurugan | Hiphop Tamizha | Tamil |
| 2017 | Raabta | "Raabta Title Song" | Arijit Singh | Pritam | Hindi |
| 2017 | Jagga Jasoos | "Ullu ka Pattha" | Arijit Singh | Pritam | Hindi |
| 2017 | Maacher Jhol | "Bangali Maacher Jhol" | Anupam Roy | Anupam Roy | Bengali |
| 2017 | ' | "Sachin Sachin" | Sid Sriram, Poorvi Koutish | A. R. Rahman | Tamil |
| 2017 | ' | "Sachin Sachin" | Parag Chhabra, Poorvi Koutish | A. R. Rahman | Telugu |
| 2017 | ' | "Sachin Sachin" | Nakash Aziz, Poorvi Koutish | A. R. Rahman | Marathi |
| 2017 | Jab Harry Met Sejal | "Ghar" | Mohit Chauhan | Pritam | Hindi |
| 2017 | Arjun Reddy | "Dhooram" | Solo | Radhan | Telugu |
| 2017 | Spyder | "Boom Boom" | Solo | Harris Jayaraj | Telugu Tamil |
| 2017 | Cockpit | "Mithe Alo" | Atif Aslam | Arindom Chatterjee | Bengali |
| 2017 | Mental Madhilo | "Malik Tere" | Solo | Prashanth R Vihari | Telugu |
| 2017 | Yuddham Sharanam | "Padmavyuham" | Pranav Chaganty | Vivek Sagar | Telugu |
| 2017 | Chef | "Tan Tan" | Solo | Raghu Dixit | Hindi |
| 2017 | Ittefaq | "Ittefaq Se " | Jubin Nautiyal | Tanishk Bagchi | Hindi |
| 2018 | Beyond the Clouds | "Beyond The Clouds" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Hindi, Tamil, English |
| 2018 | Beyond the Clouds | "Ala Re Ala" | Dilshaad Shabbir Shaikh, Srinivas Raghunathan, MC Heam | A. R. Rahman | Hindi, Tamil, English |
| 2018 | Beyond the Clouds | "Ey Chhote Motor Chala" | MC Heam, Arjun Chandy, Sid Sriram | A. R. Rahman | Hindi, Tamil, English |
| 2018 | Oru Nalla Naal Paathu Solren | "Hey Reengara" | Saisharan, Mark Thomas | Justin Prabhakaran | Tamil |
| 2018 | Sanju | "Mujhe Chand Pe Le Chalo" | Solo | A. R. Rahman | Hindi |
| 2018 | Fidaa | "Tomake" | Arindam Chatterjee | Arindom Chatterjee | Bengali |
| 2018 | Crisscross | "Duniya" | Solo | JAM8 | Bengali |
| 2018 | Crisscross | "Bari Phire Aye" | Solo | JAM8 | Bengali |
| 2018 | Villain | "Bhole Baba" | Badshah | JAM8 | Bengali |
| 2018 | Hoichoi Unlimited | "Oh Baby" | Armaan Malik | Savvy | Bengali |
| 2018 | Mitron | "Sawarne Laage" | Solo | Tanishk Bagchi | Hindi |
| 2018 | Stree | "Aao Kabhi Haveli Pe" | Badshah, Sachin-Jigar | Sachin-Jigar | Hindi |
| 2018 | Manmarziyaan | "Dhyaanchand" | Vijay Yamla, Amit Trivedi, Suhas Sawant | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
| 2018 | Kedarnath | "Qafirana" | Arijit Singh | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
| 2019 | Bhobishyoter Bhoot | Bhobishyoter Bhoot Title Song | Solo | Debojyoti Mishra | Bengali |
| 2019 | Luka Chuppi | "Poster Lagwa Do" | Mika Singh, Sunanda Sharma | White Noise | Hindi |
| 2019 | Mukherjee Dar Bou | Khachar Pakhi | Solo | Rabindranath Tagore, Indraadip Dasgupta | Bengali |
| 2019 | Chikati Gadilo Chithakotudu | "Nuvvele Nuvve" | Sanjith Hegde | Balamurali Balu | Telugu |
| 2019 | Majili | "Naa Gundello" | Yazin Nizar | Gopi Sundar | Telugu |
| 2019 | Majili | "Yedetthu Mallele" | Kala Bhairava | Gopi Sundar | Telugu |
| 2019 | The Extraordinary Journey Of The Fakir | "Madari" | Vishal Dadlani | Amit Trivedi | Hindi |
| 2019 | Meghnadbodh Rohoshyo | End Song | Solo | Debojyoti Mishra | Bengali |
| 2019 | Uronchondi | Saiyo Re | Solo | Debojyoti Mishra | Bengali |
| 2019 | Arjun Patiala | Main Deewana Tera | Guru Randhawa | Sachin Jigar, Guru Randhawa | Hindi |
| 2019 | Ranarangam | Pilla Picture Perfect | Solo | Sunny MR | Telugu |
| 2019 | ' | Marhaba | Abhay Jodhpurkar, Shovon Ganguly | Amit-Ishan | Bengali |
| 2019 | Oriplast Originals | Eh Shomoy | Javed Ali | Subhadeep Mitra | Bengali |
| 2020 | Baaghi 3 | Do You Love Me | Solo | Tanishk Bagchi | Hindi |