Kanchan was a playback singer in Bollywood and more famously, one half of the husband-wife musician duo Babla and Kanchan orchestra. Kanchan trained under the famous Laxmi Prasad Jaipurwale and her career in music took off in 1975 with “Rafoo Chakkar” when Kalyanji Anandji (her brothers in law) gave her a break.

Few of her numbers in Bollywood include “Bhajan Bina Chain Na Aaye” and “Tumko Mere Dil Ne” (“Rafoo Chakkar”, 1975), “Kya Khoob Lagti Ho Badi Sundar Dikhti Ho” (“Dharmatma”, 1975), “Ek Bata Do Do Bate Char” (“Kalicharan”, 1976), “Laila O Laila” (“Qurbani”, 1980), “Saat Saheliyan” (“Vidhaata”, 1982) and “Maine Tujhe” (“Meetha Zehar”, 1985). She was 54 when she passed away on 26 July 2004 in Mumbai. She is survived by husband Babla, and children Nisha and Vaibhav.