Bollywood Gyan - Shreya Ghosal

Shreya Ghosal

Name: Shreya Ghosal
Birthday: Thursday, March 12, 1984
First Film : Devdas
Profession: Playback Singer, Bollywood.
Family: Father, Mother.

Discover the child prodigy – Shreya Ghoshal.. the twinkle in her eyes takes you deep into the creative world. Her sweet smile can soothe many a tense nerves, but her biggest asset is her melodious voice. A good singer with a good a voice – a rare phenomenon that has happened to Bollywood. Winner of eight major awards including the national award, 2003.

Her early days as a singer started from the age of four. She belongs to a highly academic family. Her father is an Engineer in the nuclear power plant by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd. and mother is a postgraduate in literature.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.

Her first break came through TVS Sa Re Ga Ma, the music talent hunt show on Zee TV. Being a perpetual contestant and winner of several episodes, she was selected for the 75th Children’s special episode of TVS Sa Re Ga Ma, which she won. Later on, she also won the children’s mega final show way back in 1996, at the age of twelve. During one of the episodes, Sanjay Leela Bhansali heard her and was very impressed . After a year and a half, Sanjay Bhansali called her. That’s how Devdas happened ,her debut film as a playback singer.

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).

Currently Shreya is pursuing her Final year B.A. degree She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite is ABBA group. But Indian music is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well(remember "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.Apart from Devdas, she has done Jism, Saaya, Inteha, Out of Control, Khakee, Munnabhai MBBS , Dhoop, Kuchh Kaha Aapne, Aarman, Desh Devi, Tujhe Meri Kasam, LOC, Aetbaar, Police Force etc.

Awards And Honors :
Award	Song-Movie
Filmfare Award - 2003	'Jadu Hai Nasha Hai ' - Jism
National Award - 2003	'Bairi Piya ' - Devdas
Zee-Cine Award - 2003	Dola Re Dola ' - Devdas
Sansui Award - 2003	Dola Re Dola ' - Devdas
IIFA Award - 2003	Jadu Hai Nasha Hai ' - Jism
R.D. Burman Award - 2003
AV-MAX Award - 2003
Stardust Award - 2003

Filmography

Films	Year
Devdas	2002
Munnabhai MBBS	2003
Khakee	2004
Dil Maange More	2004
Blackmail	2005
Shabd	2005
Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye	2005
Nazar	2005
Aashiq Banaya Aapne	2005
Tumsa Nahin Dekha	2005
Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi	2005
Banaras	2006
Ankahee	2006
The Killer	2006
Naksha	2006
Kachchi Sadak	2006
Shiva	2006
Dor	2006
Iqraar - By Chance	2006
Woh Lamhe	2006
Aryan - Unbreakable	2006
Jackpot - The Money Game	2006
Rehguzar	2006
Aap Ka Surroor	2007
Mr Khujli	2008