Akasa Singh

Akasa Singh, (born 2 April 1990) known mononymously as Akasa, is an Indian singer and performer. She has debuted with "Kheech Meri Photo" from the 2016 Hindi film Sanam Teri Kasam. Starting her career through reality shows, she was signed to Sony Music India. Her debut pop single "Thug Ranjha" was her breakthorugh.^[1][2] In 2021, she participated in Bigg Boss 15.

Akasa Singh
Singh in 2023
Born	(1990-04-02) 2 April 1990 (age 35) Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations	Singer actor
Musical career
Genres	Pop Filmi
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Sony Music India

Akasa made her television debut as a host for Secret Side on MTV Beats.^[3][4][5]

Career

Akasa started her career with Mika Singh where she was the only girl in a band of 10 male members.^[6] She was a contestant in India's Raw Star. Her mentor on the show, Himesh Reshammiya, promised Akasa that he would give her a break in Bollywood which she got through the song "Kheech Meri Photo" of the 2016 film Sanam Teri Kasam.^[7] Akasa was also a contestant in Amazon Prime Video's original reality show The Remix with DJ Skip.^[8]

In 2017, Akasa, who has also featured in Being Indian's Judaai and Jugni Ji^[9] released a duet with Ricky Martin called Vente Pa Ca.^[10] She has also done a mashup of Ed Sheeran's Shape of You and Badshah's Mercy^[11] and released a cover version of Zara Zara song from the film RHTDM.^[12]

Akasa released her duet single "Thug Ranjha" on 18 May 2018.^[13] Along with her, the video featured two male actors, Shasvat Seth^{[citation needed]} and Tiger Zinda Hai actor Paresh Pahuja.^[14] The official video went out to be the most viewed Indian video on YouTube worldwide.^[15][16] In 2021, She has participated in Bigg Boss 15.

Discography

As playback singer

Year	Song	Film	Composer	Lyrics	Language	Notes	Ref.
2013	"Full Jhol"	Jackpot	Mika Singh	Raj Hans	Hindi		[17]
2016	"Kheech Meri Photo"	Sanam Teri Kasam	Himesh Reshammiya	Sameer Anjaan		Debut lead song	[18]
2017	"Kudi Gujrat Di"	Sweetiee Weds NRI	Jaidev Kumar	Shyam Bhateja			[19]
	"Peh Gaya"	Fukrey Returns	Jasleen Royal	Aditya Sharma
2019	"Aithey Aa"	Bharat	Vishal–Shekhar	Irshad Kamil			[20]
	"Prem Pujari"	Drive	Amartya Bobo Rahut	Siddhant Kaushal			[citation needed]
	"Dil Na Jaaneya"	Good Newwz	Rochak Kohli	Gurpreet Saini, Ari Leff, Michael Pollock
2020	"Dhak Dhak"	Love Aaj Kal	Pritam	Irshad Kamil
	"Peg Sheg"	Bhangra Paa Le	JAM8	JAM8, A Bazz			[21]
2021	"Sherni"	Sherni	Utkarsh Dhotekar	Raghav
2022	"Kangan Ruby (House Mix)"	Raksha Bandhan	Himesh Reshammiya	Irshad Kamil
	"Hypnotise"	Middle Class Love		Mayur Puri
2024	"Not Funny"	Madgaon Express	Sharib-Toshi	Kalim Sheikh
	"Daavudi"	Devara: Part 1	Anirudh Ravichander	Ramajogayya Sastry	Telugu Hindi Kannada	Also sang dubbed versions	[22]
2025	Sikandar	"Sikandar Naache"	Pritam, JAM8	Sameer Anjaan, Siddhaant Miishhraa	Hindi

Singles

Year	Title	Co-singer(s)	Composer	Ref.
2018	"Thug Ranjha"	—	Vayu	[23]
2019	"Naagin"	Aastha Gill		[24]
2020	"Naiyyo"	Raftaar	Herself, Raftaar, Gonzalo Hermida, Ricardo Lobo	[25]
2021	"Shola"	—	Herself, Charan	[26]
2022	"Kamle"	Yasser Desai	Shantanu Dutta	[27]
	"Saamna"	—	Vayu, Stav Beger	[28]
	"Shringaar"	Aastha Gill, Raftaar	Vayu	[29]
2023	"Koi Jaye Toh Leh Aaye"	Aasa Singh	Herself, Aasa Singh	[30]
	"Kalleyan"	Taaruk Raina	Herself	[31]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
2014	India's Raw Star	Contestant		[32]
2018	MTV Beats' Secret Side	Host		[33]
	The Remix	Contestant	Amazon Prime Video's reality show	[34]
2021	Bigg Boss 15		21st place	[35]

Web series

Year	Title	Role	Platform	Notes
2023	Chamak	Lata Brar	SonyLIV