Monali Thakur is an Indian playback singer, born in Kolkata. She belongs to a musical family, with her father being the famous Bengali singer, Shakti Thakur. Monali was a participant on the singing reality show, Indian Idol 2 and later, rose to fame with the super hit song, Zara Zara Touch Me (Race). In 2013, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her song Sawaar Loon (Lootera). She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Moh Moh Ke Dhaage" from the film Dum Laga Ke Haisha (2015). Thakur has also released her singles, "Tamanna" (2018), "Shy Mora Saiyaan" (2018), "O Re Naseeba" (2019), "Pani Pani Re" (2019), "Dugga Elo" (2019) and her latest single is "Dil Ka Fitoor" released in June 2020. Monali married Maik Richter, a restaurateur based in Switzerland, in 2017 but made the marriage public only in June 2020.