Biography of Shreya Ghoshal .

Biography of Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghosal is renowned playback singer of bollywood. She has established herself as one of the prominent playback singer in different categories of music. Her versatile voice can be heard in different languages. 

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Shreya Ghoshal was born in a Bengali brahmin family. She grew up in rawatbhata , a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. Her father works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as a nuclear power plant engineer for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India while her mother is a post-graduate literature student.

From the age of four Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. Her parents enrolled her for formal training 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 contest on Zee TV. Kalyanji who also judged the competition, convinced her parents to move to Mumbai. She trained with him for 18 months and continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.
She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Kota and Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). For Graduation she had enrolled herself at SIES College in their Arts Stream.

Careers

She caught the attention of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time competing against adults. In 2000, He offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of his film Devdas, who was to be portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. Shreya sang five songs in the film. Moviegoers from across the

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world heard Ghoshal’s singing voice pictured on Aishwarya Rai, and she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sadhana Sargam and Kavita Krishnamurthy. Since Devdas, she has gone on to sing for many more actresses under the baton of various music directors, including M.M. Kreem, for whom she sang “Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai”, a sensuous number pictured on Bipasha Basu in Jism. She won many awards (8 Awards in a single year including a National Award)[citation needed]. She also received many accolades for the song 'Mere Dholna' from Bhool Bhulaiya. She has since gone on to sing for various music directors including Ilayaraja A.R. Rahman, Yuvan Shankar Raja, Harris Jayaraj, Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, M.M. Kreem, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar and Mano Murthy. Today Ghoshal is an established industry singer and has recorded in various regional languages, including Bengali, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Manipuri, Marathi and Bhojpuri. She also appeared as a judge in the singing show Amul Star Voice Of India Chhote Ustaad. She has also sung the title song of many Indian Television serials.

Ghosal has completed her college education, and is planning to pursue her MA in literature, a subject which she adores. She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite group is ABBA. But Indian music is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well (a fine example is “Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai ” from Jism). She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. Apart from Devdas, she has done songs for Jism, Saaya, Inteha, Out of Control, Khakee, Munnabhai MBBS, Dhoop, Kuchh Kaha Aapne, Armaan, Desh Devi, Tujhe Meri Kasam, LOC Kargil, Aetbaar, Police Force, Lage Raho Munnabhai, Guru, Big B etc. She is the only playback singer to have been nominated in 4 out of the 5 nominations for the best playback singer for her songs in 2008 in IIFA 2008.

Achievements :

Getting Award for TVS SaReGaMa 200th Episode:

Getting selected as winner TVS SaReGaMa 200th Episode, Jan, 1999 by panel of judges consisting of most eminent music maestros Ustad Vilayet Khan, Anil Biswasji, Girija Deviji, Pandit Ram Narayan, Pandit Shivkumar Sharma, Ustad Zakir Hussain.

Winning the National Award :
Winning the national award for the second consecutive year at the age of 25 has been one of the rarest achievement.

Awards :


Filmfare Award, fifth for Best female playback  singer for "Deewani Mastani" 

17th Screen Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Screen awards - 2011
For the song "Bahara Bahara" from the film "I Hate Love Stories", composed by Vishal-Shekhar

Asianet Film Awards 2011
Other Film & TV Awards - 2011

Best Female Playback Singer for the Malayalam song Manjumazhakkalam from film Agathan

5th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award for the Best Female Playback Singer
Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award - 2010
For song "Tujhme Rab Dikhta Hai" from the film "Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi", composed by Salim-Suleiman



BIG Bangla Music Award 2010
Music Awards - 2010
BIG Bangla singer of the year (Female),

Star Anando Sera Bengali Award 2010
Other Film & TV Awards - 2010
Star Anando Sera Bengali Award - Music

2009 Mirchi Music Awards Female Vocalist of the year (Kannada)
Music Awards - 2009
Mirchi Music Awards Female Vocalist of the year (Kannada)


2009 Mirchi Music Awards Female Vocalist of the year (Malayalam)
Music Awards - 2009
2009 Mirchi Music Awards Female Vocalist of the year (Malayalam)

IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Singh is King)
IIFA - 2009
For the song "Teri Ore" from the film "Singh is King", composed by Pritam

Kerala State Film Award for the Best Female Playback Singer
State Film Award - 2009
For the song, "Chandhu Thottille" from the film "Banares", composed by M. Jayachandran

54th Filmfare Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2009

For the song 'Teri Ore' from the film 'Singh is King' composed by Pritam

56th Filmfare Award Kannad for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2009

For the song "Ninna nodalentho" from the Kannad film "Mussanje Maathu" composed by Mano Murthy

Zee-Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Guru)

Zee Cine Award - 2008

For the song "Barso Re" from the film "Guru", composed by A.R.Rahaman

53rd Filmfare Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2008

For the song 'Barso Re' from the film 'Guru', composed by A.R. Rahman

IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Guru)

IIFA - 2008

For song "Barso Re" from film "Guru"

56th National Film Award 2008 for Best Female Playback Singer

National Award - 2008

For the Songs from Bengali Film "Antaheen" composed by Shantanu Moitra & from Marathi film "Jogva" composed by Ajay-Atul

14th Screen Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Screen awards - 2008

For the song "Barso Re" from the film "Guru", composed by A.R.Rahman

3rd Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award - 2008

For the song "Barso Re' from the film "Guru", composed by A.R.Rahman

4th Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Award - 2008

For the song "Teri Ore" from the film "Singh is King", composed by Pritam

Zee Astiva Award 2008

Special Awards - 2008

Awards for Exemplary Women - Excellence in Music

55th National Film Award 2007 for Best Female Playback Singer

National Award - 2007

For the song "Ye Ishq Hai" from the film "Jab We Met", composed by Pritam

54th Filmfare Award Tamil for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2007

For the song "Munbe Va" from Tamil Film "Sillunu Oru Kadal" composed my A.R.Rahaman

Zee-Cine Award

12th Screen Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Screen awards - 2006

For the song "Piyu Bole" from the film "Parneeta", composed by Shantanu Moitra

ETV Bangla Film Awards 2005

Other Film & TV Awards - 2005

Best Playback Singer - Female

Anandalok Puraskar 2005

Other Film & TV Awards - 2005

Best Playback Singer for the film Manik 

The Indian Tele Awards 2004

Other Film & TV Awards - 2004

Best Title Singer for a TV Show (for Yre Meri Life Hai)

10th Screen Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

Screen awards - 2004

For the song "Jadu hai nasha hai" from the film 'Jism' composed by M.M.Kreem

49th Filmfare Awar for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2004

For the song 'Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai' from the film 'Jism', composed by M.M.Kreem

IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Jism)

IIFA - 2004

For the song "Jadu Hai Nasha Hai" from the film "Jism", composed by M.M.Kreem

IIFA Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Devdas)

IIFA - 2003

For the song "Dola Re" from the film "Devdas", composed by Ismail Darbar

Zee-Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Devdas)

Zee Cine Award - 2003

For the song "Dola Re" from the film "Devdas", composed by Ismai Darbar

48th Filmfare Award for the Best Female Playback Singer

FilmFare - 2003

For the film Devdas, shared with Kavita Krishnamoorti for the song 'Dola Re', composed by Ismail Darbar

50th National Film Award 2003 for Best Female Playback Singer

National Award - 2003

For the song "Bairi Pia" from the film "Devdas", composed by Ismail Darbar

48th Filmfare R.D.Burman Award for best Music Talent

FilmFare - 2003

For her outstanding rendering in the film 'Devdas'

Sansui Award for Best Female Playback Singer (for Devdas)

Other Film & TV Awards - 2003

For the song "Dola Re" from the film "Devdas", composed by Ismail Darbar