How Akriti Kakar Built Her Musical Career From Scratch | Never-Seen 2007 Interview

Meet the sweetest Kakar - sweet in voice and in stories! In this exclusive, never-seen-before 2007 interview, a young Akriti Kakar keeps it all musical. While today’s audiences know her for catchy hits like Saturday Saturday and Iski Uski, Akriti opens up about her journey much before fame. She talks about her childhood dreams, strong family support,and her first Bollywood break with Dus (2005). From solo albums like A Teen to Johnny Gaddaar (2007) and her international Disney musical projects, she shares it all. Sharing about her hobbies: from collecting music to composing songs with her mother in the kitchen - this magical conversation traces how she truly started from the ground. Catch this heartfelt musical chat only on Lehren!

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00:00Pia Bavari

00:02Pia Bavari

00:04Pia Bavari

00:06Pia Bavari

00:08Pia Bavari

00:10Pia Bavari

00:12Pia Bavari

00:14If you ask me if you're not a singer

00:16then there will not be any other channels

00:18I think I always wanted to be a singer

00:20Everything to do with music only

00:22My life is fun

00:24My love is fun

00:26Hey Johnny

00:28How do you love your money?

00:30How do you love your money?

00:32Hey Johnny

00:40First of all, welcome to Leheray

00:42Please tell me that in a small age

00:44you have made so many albums

00:46you have made films

00:48you have made other projects

00:50you have made other projects

00:52you have made other projects

00:54So this is the beginning

00:56Where did you go from?

00:58How did you go from the beginning?

01:00How did you go from the beginning?

01:02and you will focus on it

01:04I started singing in 4-5 years

01:06when I was in Delhi

01:08I completed my 12th standards in Delhi

01:10and after that

01:12I had a part in competitions

01:14I had a part in competitions

01:16so

01:18as a winner

01:20I got a lot of encouragement

01:22and I had a lot of support

01:24and I had a lot of music

01:26and I had a lot of music

01:28and I had a lot of music

01:30and I had a lot of music

01:32and I had a lot of music

01:34so now you can actually say

01:36that they are living my life

01:38and at that time

01:40music is a very prestigious thing

01:42but today

01:44it is better than it is

01:46and it is better than it is

01:48and all mothers want to do something

01:50and they are not doing anything

01:52so they have a lot of support

01:54and they have a lot of support

01:56and they are the support

01:58and today I am in Bombay

02:00and Bombay is a city

02:02where I don't know anyone

02:04there is no godfathers

02:05no links

02:06no connections

02:07nothing

02:08so I have a lot of people

02:10that I have been doing

02:12because of that

02:13and their support

02:14God has been very kind with me

02:15so you had a dream

02:16that you have to become a singer?

02:18ever since

02:19I know

02:20if you ask me

02:21if you are not a singer

02:22then I will not answer any other channels

02:24I think I always wanted to be a singer

02:26everything to do with music only

02:28so is it your guru

02:29your mother

02:30or you have also learned

02:31from someone else?

02:32I started learning from my mother

02:34but it is always informal

02:36so today I am still learning from her

02:38but I started learning from Shri Byomkesh Banerjji

02:42in Delhi

02:44I have learned from her

02:46both of them

02:48like Rabindra Sangeet

02:49Bhajan

02:50and other forms of music

02:52I have a opportunity to learn from her

02:54so this has been there

02:56in Delhi

02:57when there were competitions

02:59they did a competition

03:01Anandji

03:02Anandji

03:03spoke to me

03:04and he called me

03:05to Bombay

03:06that we want to include our little wonders

03:07or little stars

03:09so

03:10from there

03:11I started Bombay

03:13when I was 8 years old

03:14I became a part of their group

03:16in India

03:17I got a lot of shows

03:18I got a lot of technicalities

03:20of playback singing

03:21you should say words

03:22on mic

03:23you should say words

03:24like

03:25cool

03:26blah

03:27like

03:28blow

03:29you can avoid it

03:30so

03:31such things

03:32as your vocal trainers

03:34or experienced people

03:35can only tell you

03:36so

03:37you can learn from them

03:38how did you learn from them?

03:40so

03:41the first break

03:42was

03:43Rangila Rek

03:44a remix song

03:45which Deepal

03:46sure you would have seen her

03:47dancing on screen

03:48on that

03:49Babydoll chapter 2

03:50was the name of the album

03:51that was the first song

03:53that was released

03:54I was in Bombay

03:552 months

03:56when I came to Bombay

03:57and fortunately

03:58I got this song

03:59and

04:00although I didn't want to start

04:01with remixes

04:02but

04:03I did it

04:04and

04:05it became a hit

04:06popular

04:07and people liked it

04:08and

04:09after

04:10the first song

04:11was

04:12one

04:13from

04:14one

04:15from

04:16ten

04:17the song

04:18came from

04:19Vashal Shekhar's music

04:20was in Shilpa Shetty

04:21the lines

04:22so

04:23it was my first break

04:24after

04:25my heart

04:26was released

04:27after

04:28which

04:29are you going to work on

04:30now

04:31Johnny Ghaddar

04:32R-Labs

04:33directed film

04:34Shri Ram Raghavan Ji

04:35Shankar Asaloy

04:37gave music

04:38and

04:39my title song

04:40is

04:41very

04:42non-filmy

04:43space

04:44very

04:45rock band

04:46kinds

04:47so

04:48I got a different experience

04:50because

04:51I give a lot of performances

04:52with Shankar Asaloy

04:53on stage

04:54but

04:55this was the first time

04:56that I was

04:57recording something

04:58on the mic

04:59for a film

05:00so it was a great opportunity

05:01and

05:02the biggest thing

05:03for me

05:04is that

05:05they understood

05:06that

05:07so

05:08offbeat

05:09singing

05:10which is not

05:11like a filmy space

05:12like a heroine's voice

05:13like a rock

05:14very different

05:15harsh singing

05:16that I can do

05:17so

05:18that song is out

05:19in the market

05:20it was released

05:21and

05:22Dhol

05:23is a film

05:24that is

05:25Pritam Da

05:26song

05:27called

05:28Srinidhi's song

05:29called

05:30Hadsha

05:31and

05:32Aadesha's film

05:33is

05:34Mami

05:35which is Kiran Kher

05:36song

05:37is

05:38Richa Sharma

05:39Akruti

05:40you have a face

05:41with your past voice

05:42that you have considered

05:43as well

05:44so

05:45you don't want to go

05:46to the song

05:48like

05:49every single

05:50you promote

05:51on your album

05:52I have done that

05:54earlier

05:55after my album

05:56Rangila

05:57I had released

05:5818

05:59when I was 18

06:00so

06:01it was a good

06:02video

06:03and I think

06:04this is a good way

06:05when you play back

06:06you are playing

06:07other characters

06:08so

06:09you don't have to worry

06:10on your screen

06:11but

06:12when you are playing

06:13on your album

06:14on your own

06:15project

06:16so

06:17it's not bad

06:18and

06:19it's a good thing

06:20that you can connect

06:21with your audience

06:22directly

06:23one to one

06:24and

06:25because

06:26that song

06:27I will probably

06:28be able to

06:29emote

06:30and express

06:31through my face

06:32because

06:33that's me

06:34and I am not playing

06:35any other character

06:36How much time

06:37are you doing?

06:38I am doing my

06:39day

06:40but

06:41it's not that

06:42I have to sit

06:43and sit

06:44and finish

06:45and finish

06:46and finish

06:47I do so much

06:48if there is no

06:49work

06:50or a recording

06:51that tells me

06:52I am going to go on

06:53and on

06:54and on

06:55so

06:56if the whole day

06:57I will start playing

06:58some music

06:59and singing along

07:00and that's all

07:01that's all

07:02when you are free

07:03what do you like to do?

07:04I like to listen to songs

07:05different

07:06and

07:07what do you mean?

07:09what do you mean?

07:10music

07:11collect

07:12is a great hobby

07:13maybe

07:14in a film

07:15I have made

07:16a budget

07:175,000

07:18budget

07:19I have to spend

07:205,000

07:21in a store

07:22and invest

07:23in the world

07:24and the music

07:25that I can collect

07:26and I try to listen

07:27to the music

07:28because

07:29wherever

07:30you will listen

07:31African music

07:32or

07:33whatever

07:34you will listen

07:35wherever

07:36there will be

07:37influence

07:38in your work

07:39and in your

07:40play back

07:41it will be my

07:42love

07:43so I will collect

07:44and listen

07:45to the music

07:46and grasp

07:47You belong to singing

07:48so

07:49who do you admire

07:50at the international level

07:51who is a singer

07:52in Bollywood?

07:53Lata ji

07:54and Asha ji

07:55are all idols

07:56and

07:57definitely

07:58in the music

07:59they are goddess

08:00both

08:01so

08:02Asha ji

08:03I mean

08:04Lata ji

08:05I mean

08:06many people

08:07say

08:08Lata ji

08:09how can it be

08:10impossible

08:11so

08:12that impossible

08:13I mean

08:14listen

08:15listen

08:16listen

08:17listen

08:18listen

08:19listen

08:20listen

08:21listen

08:22I think

08:23that would have succeeded

08:24international projects

08:25what are you doing

08:26what are you doing

08:27how are you doing

08:28how are you doing

08:29international projects

08:30first

08:31Bobby and the magic of Pegasus

08:32a film

08:33Disney

08:34Leo Mattel

08:35sorry

08:36Bobby

08:37is releasing a film

08:38this year

08:39Bobby and the magic of Pegasus

08:40a film

08:41released

08:42it was more popular in India

08:44because

08:45you compared

08:46Bobby

08:47also

08:48yeah

08:49they thought

08:50indian face of

08:52Bobby

08:53can play

08:54but

08:55kind words

08:56they were very sweet

08:57to me

08:58they made me voice and face of

08:59Bobby

09:00for that year

09:01and he was very loving

09:02singing

09:03hope has wings

09:04so that was their

09:05one international project

09:07and

09:08another thing

09:09is that

09:10you know

09:11high school musical

09:12teenagers

09:13in children

09:14in fact

09:1520s

09:16they are like

09:17crazy about

09:18high school musical

09:19of the characters

09:20high school

09:21musical

09:22part 2

09:23in october

09:24so

09:25when Disney

09:26released this film

09:27in India

09:28they have made

09:29three original songs

09:30in India

09:31so

09:32Shankara Sandloy

09:33gave me

09:34a chance of

09:35singing

09:36so

09:37that's another

09:38international project

09:39in my

09:40life

09:41song

09:42that

09:43you have

09:44songs

09:45that

09:46feel good

09:47close to your heart

09:48and

09:49another singer

09:50who

09:51really admire their songs

09:52song

09:53that

09:54is

09:55that

09:56song

09:57that

09:58is

09:59my first song

10:00is Shankara Sandloy

10:01it is extremely special for me

10:03i have been performing with them on stage a lot

10:05so

10:06in this song

10:07there is a different kind of singing

10:09some people don't understand it

10:10because

10:11there is a good song

10:12so here it is

10:13there it is

10:41Johnny

10:43you

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10:52you

10:53you

10:54you

10:55wow

10:56and another singer

10:57whom you admire

10:58you

10:59I

11:00love Asha

11:02because of the versatility

11:03and all she has

11:04I

11:06sing a beautiful song

11:08to you

11:10oh

11:11you

11:12you

11:13that

11:14song

11:15you

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