Who is Shreya Ghoshal?

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For the uninitiated, Shreya Ghoshal is a high-rising star in the Indian music scene with heaps of hit numbers under her belt. Turning point in her career was when she sang for Aishwarya Rai in the movie, Devdas. Has won a few national awards and numerous other awards even before turning 20.

Of Bengali origin, Ghoshal was born on March 12, 1984 and grew up in the remote northwestern corner of Rajasthan, in the small township of Rawatbhata near the city of Kota. Her father works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as an Engineer in the nuclear power plant by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (BARC) and mother is a postgraduate in literature. She belongs to a highly academic family.

Her early days as a singer started from the age of four. Her mother was a good singer and whenever she used to play any note on the harmonium,Shreya used to sing correctly of her own. Her father recognized her talent and decided to give her proper training. But as she was residing in an isolated place near Kota, Rajasthan. Later on she started going to Kota and started learning proper Hindustani classical music.

She auditioned for Sa Re Ga Ma, an Indian television show, and they sent her for a year and a half of training. It was here that director Sanjay Leela Bhansali discovered her and determined that she should be the voice of Paro, the heroine in his 2002 film Devdas (played on-screen by Aishwarya Rai). She began recording songs for the movie 2 years prior to the release of the film.

Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghoshal's sweet-as-honey singing voice picturised on Aishwarya Rai, and she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam and Kavita Krishnamurthy. Since Devdas, she has gone on to sing for many more actresses under the baton of various music directors.

From winning accolades as a child singer to working with some of the top names in the film and music business, the journey was not very hard for Shreya as she has become an young achiever in such a short span. She targeted doing good work and has won many awards (8 awards in a single year including a National Award).

Shreya Ghoshal 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 is the ABBA group. Indian music, however, is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well (a fine example is "Jadu Hai Nasha Hai" from Jism ). She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. She has recorded in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Marathi, besides Hindi.