Sunidhi Chauhan (born Nidhi Chauhan
Legendary Lata Mangeshkar stated that Sunidhi is Numero Uno singer of this generation ahead of her contemporaries.
Award winning composer and singer Shankar Mahadevan has stated on many occasions that Sunidhi is the Best female singer live-performer in India today.
Chauhan began to sing at the age of four and was discovered by a local TV anchor. She won recognition through a televised singing contest, Meri Awaz Suno, which she won, and made her entrance into playback singing with the Hindi film
Shastra' at the tender age of 13'.
Her breakthrough was Ram Gopal Varma's film Mast
, in which she sang the hit song "Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi."
Chauhan stepped into the world of playback singing with the 1996 Bollywood film, Shastra
, after Aadesh Srivastava asked her to lend her voice to the song "Larki Deewaani Dekho, Ladka Deewaana." She followed it with work in films like Gang
, Veergati
, Dahek
, Bade Dilwala
, Raja Ki Aayegi Baraat
and Samar. By the age of nineteen, Chauhan had lent her voice to over 350 songs.