Background information
Birth name Shreya Ghoshal
Born 12 March 1984 (age 26)
Origin Durgapur, West Bengal, India
Genres Ghazal, Filmi, Hindustani classical music
Occupations Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 2002–present
Labels Sagarika
Website shreyaghoshal.com
Shreya Ghoshal (Bengali: শ্রেয়া ঘোষাল; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she has also performed several songs for other Indian film industries such as Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu songs.
Ghoshal's career began when she won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest as an adult. Her Bollywood playback singing career began with Devdas, for which she received both the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.[1] Since then, she has worked in more than 180 films and received four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards.
Contents [hide]
1 Biography
1.1 Early years
1.2 Career
2 Discography
3 Awards, nominations and recognitions
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Biography
[edit]Early years
Ghoshal was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Durgapur, West Bengal. Her ancestors came from the region of Dhaka district, Bangladesh. She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. Her father, B Ghoshal, works as a nuclear power plant engineer for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India; her mother is a literature post-graduate.[2]
From the age of four Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. She got training in Hindustani classical music in Kota with Maheshchandra Sharma.[3]
As a child, she won the children's special episode of the Sa Re Ga Ma (now Sa Re Ga Ma Pa) contest on Zee TV. Kalyanji, who also judged the competition, convinced her parents to move to Mumbai.[4] She trained with Kalyanji for 18 months and continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.[3]
She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Rawatbhata and Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). After graduation she enrolled at SIES College.[2]
[edit]Career
Ghoshal caught the attention of director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time as an adult.[1] In 2000, he offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of the film Devdas, who was portrayed by Aishwarya Rai.[1] Ghoshal sang five songs in the film. Her performance won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, as well as Filmfare's RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. She also won the National Film Award for the song "Bairi Piya".[5]
Since Devdas, she has received awards singing under musicians including A. R. Rahman, Ilaiyaraaja, M. M. Keeravani, Shantanu Moitra, Mano Murthy and Pritam.
She has received State Film Awards from Malayalam, Tamil and Telugu industries. She debuted in South through the song "Yen Chellam" in Vasantha Balan's Album and got noticed after singing the duet "Munbe Vaa" from Sillunu Oru Kaadhal under composer A. R. Rahman.[6] She sung nearly 100 Songs in Tamil.[citation needed] She debuted in Malayalam through a studio album of composer Alphons Joseph and later gave voice to his song "Vida Parayukayano" from Big B. [7]
She has also been a judge for Star Voice Of India-Chhote Ustaad with singer Kunal Ganjawala and composer Pritam.[8]
[edit]Discography
Main article: Shreya Ghoshal discography
Bendhechhi Beena (1998)
O Tota Pakhi Re (1998)
Ekti Katha (1999)
Mukhor Porag (2000)
Rupasi Raate (2000)
Banomali Re (2002)
Jabo Tepantor (2003)
Akasher Mukhomukhi (2002)
Swapner Pakha (2003)
Thikana (2006)
Ustad & the Divas (2006)
Krishna Bina Ache Ke (2007)
Kanadau Vitthalu (2007)
Jete Daao Amay (2008)
Mazhi Gaani - Shreya Ghoshal (2008)
A Tribute to R. D. Burman (2010)
Ei Aakash Tomari
Rim Jhim
Tumi Bolo Ami Shuni