Shreya Ghoshal Shreya Ghosh Shreya Ghoshal at X F Finalists Introduct Background inform Birth name Shreya Born March 12, 198 Origin Baharampur, Indi Genres Filmi, Hindust music, Occupations Sing Instruments Voc Years active 1998–p Labels Saga Website shreyaghos Shreya Ghoshal (born March 12, 1984) is an Indian singer. Best known as a playback singer in Hindi films, she also sings in other Indian languages including Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Oriya,[3] Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu and Nepali. 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 National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer along with Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.[4] Since then, she has received many other awards. Ghoshal was also honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, wherein governor Ted Strickland declared June 26 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day".[5] Early life Ghoshal was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Baharampur, West Bengal.[2] She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. Her father, Biswajeet Ghoshal, is a nuclear power plant engineer and works for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and her mother is a literature post-graduate.[6] At the age of four, Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium. She got training in Hindustani classical music by Maheshchandra Sharma in Kota.[7] 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.[8] She was trained by Kalyanji for 18 months and she continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.[7] She studied at Atomic Energy Central School in Rawatbhata and Anushaktinagar, Mumbai. For graduation she enrolled at SIES College.[6] ↑Jump back a section Career As a singer 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.[4] In 2000, Bhansali offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of the film Devdas, that was portrayed by Aishwarya Rai.[4] Ghoshal sang five songs in the film. Her performance won 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".[9] She has received State Film Awards from Malayalam and Tamil industries and Filmfare awards in Hindi, Malayalam, Bengali, Kannada, Tamil and Telugu industries. She debuted in South through the song "Yen Chellam" in Vasantha Balan's Tamil film Album and she got response after singing "Munbe Vaa" from Sillunu Oru Kaadhal under composer A. R. Rahman.[10] She debuted in Malayalam through a studio album of composer Alphons Joseph and later gave voice to his song "Vida Parayukayano" from Big B.[11] Her songs in Malayalam film Anwar became hits in Kerala and topped many charts for weeks. In 2010, Ghoshal sang for the English independent film When Harry Tries to Marry. As a judge Ghoshal was a judge for Star Voice Of India-Chhote Ustaad with singer Kunal Ganjawala and composer Pritam.[12] She was one of the three judges in X Factor India with Sonu Nigam and Sanjay Leela Bhansali.[13][14] She was a captain on singing show Music Ka Maha Muqqabla along with Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya, Mohit Chauhan and Mika Singh.[15] In 2012, Ghoshal appeared as the celebrity judge for Josco Indian Voice (season 1) on Malayalam channel Mazhavil Manorama, along with Sreenivas and Sujatha Mohan. On screen In 2003, Ghoshal made an on-screen appearance in the film Saaya, singing "Har Taraf". In 2011, she appearaed on TV in advertisements for jewellery store Joyalukkas in 5 languages (Hindi,[16] Malayalam,[17] Kannada,[18] Tamil,[19] Telugu.[20]) ↑Jump back a section Awards Main article: List of awards and nominations received by Shreya Ghoshal Ghoshal has been recognised with multiple awards and nominations for her work in music. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer four times, the second most by any singer. She has won five Filmfare Awards, from 15 nominations, and seven Filmfare Awards South from 20 nominations. She has received state film awards for best singer from Kerala and Tamil Nadu governments. In addition, she has received numerous best singer awards at IIFA Awards, Zee Cine Awards, Screen Awards, Apsara Awards and Mirchi Music Awards among others. In 2010, she was honoured with the prestigious Swaralaya Yesudas Award. Ghoshal was also honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, wherein governor Ted Strickland declared June 26 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day".[5] ↑Jump back a section Discography Main article: Shreya Ghoshal discography In addition to the numerous songs she rendered to Indian films in various languages, she has released many solo studio albums. Her earlier albums are in Bengali language and was released by Sagarika from 1998 to 2006. ↑Jump back a section See also List of Indian playback singers ↑Jump back a section References 1. ^ "Playlist: Best songs of birthday girl Shreya Ghoshal" 2. ^ab "Shreya Ghoshal' Biography @ shreyaghoshal.com" . Retrieved October 3, 2012. 3. ^ Shreya Ghoshal (17 January 2012). "Twitter status update" . Retrieved 23 March 2012. 4. ^abc Priyanka Dasgupta (21 July 2002). "Singing in Devdas was God's greatest gift: Shreya Ghoshal" . The Times of India. Retrieved 2002-07-21. 5. ^ab "June 26 is Shreya Ghoshal Day" . Times of India. 2012-06-26. Retrieved 2012-07-08. 6. ^ab "Shreya Ghoshal's Profile" . Sa Re Ga Ma. Retrieved 7 January 2011. 7. ^ab "Singer Interview: Shreya Ghoshal" . hindisong.com. 8. ^ "'I simply closed my eyes and sang'" . rediff.com. 9. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal – Biography" . Incredible People. Retrieved 2010-11-15. 10. ^ "‘Munbe Va’ will come to Hindi" . Top10Cinema. January 3, 2011. 11. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal rocks" . The Hindu. February 5, 2009. 12. ^ "Watch the Bollywood divas sizzle the sets of Amul Star Voice of India" . Radioandmusic.com. 7 September 2007. 13. ^ "Sanjay-Sonu's conflict over eviction!" . The Times of India. TNN. 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2011-10-09. 14. ^ "Reality shows, all commercial: Shreya Ghoshal" 15. ^ "Get ready for 'Music Ka Maha Muqqabla'" . The Times of India. 15 December 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2009. 16. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal in Joyalukkas (Hindi)" . Retrieved 2011-08-22. 17. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal in Joyalukkas (Malayalam)" . Retrieved 2011-08-22. 18. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal in Joyalukkas (Kannada)" . Retrieved 2011-08-22. 19. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal in Joyalukkas (Tamil)" . Retrieved 2011-08-22. 20. ^ "Shreya Ghoshal in Joyalukkas (Telugu)" . Retrieved 2011-08-22. ↑Jump back a section External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to:Shreya Ghoshal Official website Shreya Ghoshal at the Internet Movie Database V · T · E Nation Film Award for Best Femal Playback Singer 1968– 1980 P. Susheela (1968) B. Sundarambal (19 · Sandhya Mukherje (1970) · P. Susheel (1971) · Lata Mangeshkar (1972) No Award (1973) · Lata Mangeshkar (1974) · Vani Jaira (1975) · P. Susheel (1976) · S. Janaki (1977) · Chhaya Ganguly (1978) · Va Jairam (1979) · S. Janaki (1980) 1981– 2000 Asha Bhosle (1981) P. Susheela (1982) Susheela (1983) · S Janaki (1984) · K. S. Chithra (1985) · K. Chithra (1986) · As Bhosle (1987) · K. S. Chithra (1988) · Anuradha Paudwal (1989) · Lata Mangeshkar (1990) Vani Jairam (1991) S. Janaki (1992) · A Yagnik (1993) · Swarnalatha (1994) Anjali Marathe (199 K. S. Chithra (1996) K. S. 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