Shreya Ghoshal Female Playback Singer of India

Shreya Ghoshal (Bengali: শ্রেয়া ঘোষাল; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Bollywood films, she has also performed several songs for other Indian film industries. Besides Hindi, she performs in Assamese, Bengali, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi,and Tamil 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. Since then, she has worked in more than 180 films. She has worked with many prominent Indian musicians, and several of her songs have achieved critical and commercial success. Ghoshal is one of the most awarded playback singers in recent times, with four National Film Awards and four Filmfare Awards to her credit.

Shreya Ghoshal
Birth name	Shreya Ghoshal
Born	March 12, 1984 (1984-03-12) (age 26)
Origin	Kolkata, West Bengal, India
Genres	Playback singing, Indian classical music
Occupations	Singer
Years active	2002 – present
Website	shreyaghoshal.com

Biography
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Early years

Ghoshal was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Kolkata, West Bengal. Her ancestors came from the Bikrampur region of Dhaka district, Bangladesh. She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. She belongs to a highly academic family. Her father "B Ghoshal" works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as a nuclear power plant engineer for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India; her mother is a post-graduate literature student.

From the age of four Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. She trained in Hindustani classical music in Kota with Maheshchandra Sharma.

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.[2] She trained with Kalyanji for 18 months and continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.

She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Rawatbhata and Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). After graduation she enrolled at SIES College.

Career

Ghoshal caught the attention of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time as an adult. In 2000, he offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of his film Devdas, who was portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. Shreya sang five songs under the musical direction of Ismail Darbar 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, given to upcoming talents in music. She also won a National Film Award for the song "Bairi Piya".

Since Devdas, she has received awards singing under prominent musicians including A. R. Rahman, M. M. Keeravani, Shantanu Moitra and Pritam. She has won many awards both in the north and south film industries. Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghoshal’s singing voice pictured on Aishwarya Rai, and in coming years she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

She enjoys symphony and instrumental western music; her favourite groups are Dream Theater, Backstreet Boys and Boyzone. But Indian music is her passion. She won three more Filmfare Awards. She is the only singer to get four national awards at the age of 26 in the Hindi film industry.

Awards and recognitions

Special Recognition

* Governor of US State of Ohio, Ted Strickland declared by a proclamation that June 26th, 2010 is "Shreya Ghoshal Day" in the state of Ohio in recognition of Shreya's musical contribution. Swami Vivekananda and Rabindranath Tagore were the only Indians to receive this title.

National Film Awards

* 2003: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Bairi Piya (Devdas; Hindi)

* 2006: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Dheere Jalna (Paheli; Hindi)

* 2008: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Yeh Ishq Hai (Jab We Met; Hindi)

* 2009: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Jeeva Dangala (Jogwa; Marathi) & Pherari Mon (Antaheen; Bengali)

Filmfare Awards

* 2003: Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent

* 2003: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)

* 2004: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)

* 2008: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Barso Re (Guru)

* 2009: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)

Filmfare Awards South

* 2007: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Tamil) - Munbe Vaa (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal)

* 2008: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Kannada) - Ninna Nodalenthu - (Mussanjemaatu)

IIFA Awards

* 2003: IIFA Best Female Playback Award (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)

* 2004: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Jadu Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)

* 2008: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Barso Re (Guru)

* 2009: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)

Zee Cine Awards

* 2003: Zee Cine Award Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)

* 2006: Zee Cine Award for Best FemalePlayback Singer - Piyu Bole (Parineeta)

* 2008: Zee Cine Award Best Female Playback Singer - Barso Re (Guru)

Star Screen Awards

* 2004: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)

* 2006: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Piyu Bole (Parineeta)

* 2008: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Barso Re (Guru)

Other Awards

* 2003: Stardust Award - New Musical Sensation (Female) - Devdas

* 2005: Andhra Pradesh State Award Best Female Playback Singer - Pillagaali Allari (Athadu) & Neeke Nuvvu (Modati Cinema) (Telugu)

* 2007: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback - Munbe Vaa (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal) (Tamil)

* 2008: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Barso Re (Guru)

* 2009: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Teri Ore (Singhh is Kingg)

* 2008: GPBA - German Public Bollywood Award Best Singer (Female) - Yeh Ishq Haaye (Jab We Met)

* 2008: Zee Astitva Award for Excellence In Music

* 2009: Kerala State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Chandhu Thottille (Banaras)

* 2010: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)