Shakti Thakur (1947 – 5 October 2020) was an Indian actor, comedian and playback singer.
He sang songs under the baton of composers like Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Ajoy Das and R. D. Burman etc.
[1] In 1984, he debuted in Bollywood when prominent composer R. D. Burman gave him a chance to sing a group song in Hindi film Yeh Desh alongside Kumar Sanu, Udit Narayan and Shailendra Singh.
In 1988, he sang a duet "Khali Pete Korle Bhojon" with veteran singer Kishore Kumar in a Bengali film Aagoon.
His younger daughter Monali Thakur was a contestant at Indian Idol Season 2.