So who can be currently called the hottest voice in the Indian music industry? It’s none other than Alisha Chinai. Born on 18 March 1972, this girl went on to be called as the Indian Madonna. She was discovered by none other than Bappi Lahiri. Though she did many songs in the 80s and 90s, like ‘zooby zooby zooby’ from the movie Dance Dance, her most famous soundtracks includes her album Made In India which made her a household name. Here’s looking at some of the most popular songs she has done in the movies. To begin with Sridevi did some of her sexiest moves to the song ‘kaate nahi kat-te ye din ye raat’ in Mr. India. No one can forget the Bollywood’s thinking gal Tabu swaying to the beats of ‘ruk ruk ruk’ from the movie Vijaypath. Then there was Raveena Tandon in a red attire , sizzling up the screen in the song ‘de diya dil piya’, with Akshay Kumar in the movie Keemat. ‘Tere ishq mien nachenge’ from the movie Raja Hindustani was another big hit by Alisha. Karisma danced to ‘sexy sexy sexy mujhe log bole’ in Khuddar and the song was taken off air and re done for suiting ‘indian sensibilties’ Urmila vented out her pent up emotions in ‘roundhe hai’ from the movie Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya, and the song was a super hit with all the lovers around the globe. ‘Jumbalika’ was the song where she created magic to the tunes of A.R. Rahman, in the movie Thakshak.

You definitely cannot forget ‘dil ko hazaar baar’ from Murder, and Priyanka Chopra too had been lent Alisha’s sexy voice in the song ‘pyaar aaya’ from the super dud movie Plan. Alisha went on to give many other hits picturised on Priyanka. Even Lisa Ray seemed like singing the song herself, when Alisha’s vocals grabbed top positions in the chartbusters list with ‘sona sona roop hai’ from Bollywood/Hollywood. ‘Chot dil pe lagi’ from Ishq Vishq became very popular.too. Kareena Kapoor was another actress who has created magic in songs sung by Alisha for her. Remember the sizzling track from Fida, ‘maine jisko chaha- mil gaya’, and more recently, ‘it’s rocking’ from this years arguably the worst movie Wah! Kya Love Story Hai. Many said the song was the only thing to watch in the entire movie! Tinka Tinka from the movie Karam was a song which touched many a heart strings around the world, and thankfully the song was soulfully picturised, with Priyanka Chopra looking ultra fantastic. But you get no brownie points for guessing that it was ‘kajra re’ from Bunty Aur Babli, which not just made Alisha a hugely popular name, but even brought her the most sought after award in Bollywood, the Filmfare. She thanked Aishwarya after the awards ceremony for looking so hot in the song and help making it a worldwide hit. And what’s more? The song was the No. 1 hit on all the leading South African radio stations for many weeks altogether. She delivered some other super hits like ‘ishq di galli’ from No Entry, ‘aaj ki raat’ from Don, and ‘touch me’ from Dhoom:2’. Another song ‘gustaakh nigaah’ from the surprise hit Apna Sapna Money Money, wasn’t used for the television promos, but became a hit nevertheless after the movie’s release. ‘Allah bachaye’, from Pyaar Ke Side Effects, the very hot number was done with Sophie’s own voice, she being a singer, but it was the one sung by Alisha which scorched up the screen. The song remains one of the sexiest ever Well, the lady sure seems to be enjoying her stint as a judge on Indian Idol’s current season, along with her song ‘shut up n kiss me’ from her latest album soaring northwards in most of the countdowns.

Here’s wishing her a lot of success and a lot of sizzle in the recording studio!