Shreya Ghoshal was born on 12th March 1984 in Berhampore, West Bengal, India, to Bengali parents, Sh. Bishwajit Ghoshal and Smt. Sarmistha Ghoshal. She spent her first three months of her life in her birthplace in West Bengal, then she moved to a place called Rawatbhata near Kota, Rajasthan, where her father, who is an Electronics Engineer, was posted. She has spent first thirteen years of formative part of her life there and completed her schooling up to Eighth Standard, in Atomic Energy Central School, Rawatbhata.
Life at Rawatbhata was simple, pristine, unpolluted, far from madding rush of a city. There used to be cultural programmes and social gatherings very often. Her mother is a singer and both of her parents are very much culturally inclined and they were very much involved with all those cultural activities. During those activities, as a small child, she picked up her first lessons in music. She used to hum the same songs with her immature words whatever her mother sang during rehearsals. It is during those days her potentials of singing was discovered by her parents.
At the age of 4, she started learning music, mainly Bengali songs, from her first Guru – her mother. She gave her first stage performance at their club’s annual function. At the age of 6, she started getting formal training in Hindustani Classical Music. She learned Classical Hindustani Music from Rakesh Sharmaji of Kota, Shri Jayawardhan Bhatnagar, her school's music teacher and thereafter, from Mahesh Chandra Sharmaji of Kota. She got her initial exposure to Hindi film songs and Rajasthani folk from Shri Bhatnagar. She received training in playback singing from Padmashree Late Kalyanji Bhai at the later stage. After shifting to Mumbai she continued her training in Classical Hindustani Music with Late Mukta Bhideji.
In Pursuit of her Dreams-
In the year 1997, she moved to Mumbai with her family when her father got transferred there. She did further schooling meritoriously from Atomic Energy Central School-4 and Atomic Energy Junior College with Science. Considering difficulty in pursuing Science with an anticipated career in Music, she switched to Arts and completed her Graduation in Arts with English as Major from S.I.E.S College, Sion, Mumbai.
Milestones-
1995 She won the All India Light Vocal Music Competition, New Delhi, organized by Sangam Kala Group, in the Light Vocal group in sub-junior level. Eminent judges Kalyanji-Anandji and Pt.Rajan & Sajan Mishra judged her at various stages. Her first TV performance followed this. It was a programme called “Awaz Nayi Andaz Wohi” in EL TV. This was her first experience in studio recording.
1996 She was selected for 75th Children’s Special Episode of TVS Sa Re Ga Ma, which she won. Later on, she won various other episodes of TVS Sa Re Ga Ma the last one being the Megafinal judged by an exceptional panel of judges comprising of Ustat Vilayet Khan, Anil Biswasji, Girija Deviji, Pandit Ram Narain, Pandit Shiv Kumar Sharma and Ustad Zakir Hussain.
1998 She started recording in regional languages (Marathi, Bengali, etc.).
2000 Sanjay Bhansaliji and music director Ismail Darbarji selected her for playback for Paro played by Aishwarya Rai, in DEVDAS.
2002 She was launched as a playback singer with the release of DEVDAS music.
Miles to go and Promises to Keep-
After Devdas, she has been continuously working and recording songs with many music directors. She has recorded film songs not only in Hindi but also in Assamese, Bengali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Kannada, Marathi, Malayalam, Nepali, Oriya, Tamil, Telegu, etc.
She worked with music directors like Aadesh Shrivastava, Adnan Sami, Ajay Atul, Amar Mohile, Amit Trivedi, Anand Milind, Anand Modak, Anu Malik, Anand Raj Anand, A.R.Rahman, Bapi-Tutul, Bappi Lahiri, Bhardwaj, Debajyoti Mishra, Deepak Pandit, G V Prakash, Harris Jayraj, Himesh Reshammiya, Illayarajaji, Ismail Darbar, Jatin Lalit, Jeet, Joy Sarkar, Kailash Naresh Paresh, Karthik Raja, Koti, K.M. Radhakrishnan, Lalit Sen, Mani Sharma, M.M.Kreem, M. Jayachandran, Monty Sharma, Mano Murthy, Nadeem Shravan, Nikhil Vinay, Pyarelalji, Patnaik R.P, Pritam, Rajesh Roshan, Rajkumar S.A, Raju Singh, Ranjit Barot, Ram Sampat, Ravindra Jain, Roop Kumar Rathod, Sajid Wajid, Salim Suleiman, Sandesh Sandilya, Sanjay Bhansali, Sanjeev Darshan, Sen Brothers, Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, Shantanu Moitra, Sukhvinder Singh, Uttam Singh, Vidyasagar, Viju Shah, Vishal Bhardwaj, Vishal-Shekhar,Yuvanshankar Raja and many more.
She has been performing all over the world and captivating audience with her charming personality, ability to connect to the audience instantly and above all her musical ability.
She has judged child contestant in Musical Talent Show " Voice Of India - Chhote Ustad" with exceptional ability.
Her performance as a team leader and as a performer in "Music Ka Maha Muqabala" has been legendary.
She wishes to take her musical talent much beyond the film music and expand her horizon in other genres of music in particular Hindustani Classical Music.
Professional-
Shreya Ghoshal has received four National Awards, Six Filmfare Awards, Five Best Female Playback Singer Awards, Nine Filmfare Awards South, Three Kerala State Film Awards and Twice Tamil Naidu State Film Awards. She was made her singing debut with Tamil Film Yen Chellam (2002) and Hindi Film Dola Re Dola (2002).
Family-
Shreya Ghoshal Age 33 Years Old, She born in Murshidabad, West Bengal. Her Father Bishwajit Ghoshal is an Electrical Engineer and Her Mother Sarmishta Ghoshal is a literature post-graduate. She has one brother Soumayadeep Ghoshal. Shreya Ghoshal married to entrepreneur Shiladitya Mukhopadhaya since 5 February 2015. She is Hindu by Religion, Sun Sign Pisces and Nationality Indian.
Personal -
Shreya Ghoshal Height is 5ft 3in (161 cm) and Weight is 54 Kg. Shreya has Black color Hair and her Eye color is also Black. Her Body Measurements are 34-28-34 Inches. Shreya Ghoshal's Bra Size is 34B, Waist Size is 28 Inches and Hip Size is 34 Inches. Her Dress Size is 12 Inches and foot size is 8 Inches.
Biography & Wiki
|
|
Real
Name
|
Shreya Ghoshal
|
Nickname
|
Pihu
|
Profession
|
Playback Singer
|
Age
|
33 Years
|
Date
of Birth
|
12 March 1984
|
Birthplace
|
Murshidabad, West Bengal, India
|
Nationality
|
Indian
|
Sun
Sign
|
Pisces
|
Caste
|
Hindu
|
Hometown
|
Rawatbhata, Rajasthan, India
|
Debut
Movie
|
Singing:
Yen Chellam (Tamil, 2002)
Dola Re Dola (Bollywood, 2002)
|
Hi
ReplyDelete