Thakur Comes From A Musical Family As Her Father Is Bengali Singer And Actor Shakti Thakur And Her Sister Mehuli Thakur-Goswami Is Also A Professional Playback Singer. Thakur Got Her Start By Singing In School And College Competitions And Performing At Local Functions And Then Rose To Popularity After Placing Ninth In Indian Idol 2 The Indian Version Of Pop Idol. She Was Never In The Bottom 3 Until Her Elimination And Immediately After She Was Eliminated Judge Anu Malik Offered To Help Her Find A Future Singing Opportunity Which Turned Out To Be A Playback Song In The Movie Jaan-E-Mann. This Led In Turn To The Opportunity To Sing Two Songs For The Hit Movie Race In 2008 - "Khwab Dekhe Sexy Lady " And "Zara Zara Touch Me". She Was Originally Scheduled For Only One Song But Her First Recording Impressed The Film's Directors Abbas And Mustan Enough For Them To Book Her A Second. "Zara Zara Touch Me" Was Enormously Successful Becoming The Fourth-Most-Played Song On Indian Radio During The First Half Of 2008. She Also Sang In The Movies Golmaal Returns And The Forthcoming Mr. Bhatti On Chutti And Dulha Mil Gaya 6 And Is Working On Her First Solo Album. As Of June 2008 Thakur Claimed That The Album Included A Planned Nine Tracks Of Which Six Had Already Been Written By Thakur And Sachin Gupta And Would Be In A Blend Of Rock And Classical Styles. She Has Also Sung A Song "Khudaya Khair" In The Recent Film "Billu Barber" Starring Shahrukh Khan. She Also Got Nominated For Best Singer In "Screen Film Awards" For "Zara Zara Touch Me".