Personal life. Yagnik married Shillong-based businessman Neeraj Kapoor in 1989 and has a daughter named Syesha Kapoor. She and her husband were separated for four to five years but they later reunited. She compliments her husband for understanding her career in singing.
Alka Yagnik is one of the well-known Indian playback singers. With her soulful voice, she has registered many awards and honors to her name. She holds the record of singing more than 2,400 songs with the career spanning more than 3 decades.
Alka Yagnik was born on 20 March 1966 (age 53 years; as in 2019) in Kolkata, India. Her mother Shubha Yagnik was also a singer of Indian Classical Music and trained Alka to sing from a very young age. She did her schooling from Modern High School for Girls in Kolkata, India. She started singing for Akashvani (All India Radio) at the age of Six, where she interpreted devotional songs for the radio. She came to Mumbai, at the age of 10 as a child singer. She was told to wait until her voice matured. Her Zodiac/Sun sign is Pisces.
Physical Appearance
Height: 5′ 4”
Weight: 65 kg
Eye Color: Black
Hair Color: Dark Brown
• Alka was born in a Gujrati Family. Her father’s name was Dharmendra Shankar.
• Her mother Shubha Yagnik was an Indian Classical Singer.
• She has a brother named Samir Yagnik
• She has a daughter named Syesha Kapoor who is an entrepreneur
Career
She started singing at the very young age of six for Calcutta radio. She started her Bollywood career in 1979, singing only a few lines in Rasjshri’s song “Payal ki Jhankar”
Awards and Honours :
National Awards
• Best female playback artist for “Ghoongat Ki Aad Se” in the year 1993
• Best female playback artist for “Kuch Kuch Hota Hai” in the year 1998
Filmfare Awards
• Best female playback artist for “Ek Do Teen” in the year 1993
• Best female playback artist for “Choli Ke Peeche” shared with Ila Arun in the year 1994
• Best female playback artist for “Meri Mehbooba” in the year 1998
• Best female playback artist for “Taal Se Taal” in the year 2000
• Best female playback artist for “Dil Ne Yeh Kaha Hai Dil Se” in the year 2001
• Best female playback artist for “O Re Chhori” in the year 2002
• Best female playback artist for “Hum Tum” in the year 2005