Monali Thakur Biography

Fast Facts

• Trained in Indian classical music under Pandit Jagdish Prasad and Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty; participated in various singing competitions in while in school and even in college
• First acted in the Bengali television soap Aalokito Ek Indu when she was a kid
• At the age of 14, won the Anandalok Best Playback Singer Award for her performance in the TV show Sri Ramkrishna
• Rose to fame after her participation in the second season of the singing competition Indian Idol in 2005
• Made her Bollywood debut with the song "Kubool Kar Le" from the movie Jaan-E-Mann (2006)
• Made her acting debut with the movie Lakshmi (2014)
• Lakshmi (2014) helped her bag the Best Actress Award at the South-Asian International Film Festival; she is the first Indian singer to have won an award for her acting