Nihira Joshi has been a playback singer in Bollywood since she sang "Dhadak Dhadak" for Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy in the movie "Bunty Aur Bubli" (2005) along with Sunidhi Chauhan and Udit Narayan.

She was first noticed when she reached the final five of the music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005. Not restricting herself to Bollywood, she has also sung for Balaji serials, Radio City theme song and in Marathi.

One of her popular solo tracks was Shankar - Ehsaan - Loy’s "Babuji" ("Salaam-E-Ishq", 2007). She has also worked with music directors like Sneha Khanwalkar and Aadesh Srivastava.