Shreya Ghoshal
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| Shreya Ghoshal | |
|---|---|
 Ghoshal at Global Indian Film and Television Honors 2012 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Shreya Ghoshal |
| Born | March 12, 1984 [1] |
| Origin | Baharampur, West Bengal, India[2] |
| Genres | Filmi, Hindustani classical music,Ghazal |
| Occupations | Singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Labels | Sagarika |
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, Punjabi , Odiya,[3] Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu language.Ghoshal had also sing some of the Nepali Songs.
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[edit]
Ghoshal was born to a Bengali Hindu family in Baharampur, West Bengal to parents, Bishwajit Ghoshal and Sarmistha Ghoshal. Thereafter, she spent the next three months in her birth place in West Bengal.[2] She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan, where her father was transferred. Her father is a nuclear power plant engineer and works for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India, and her mother is a literature post-graduate.[6] She lived there for thirteen years and completed her schooling up to Eighth Standard at Rawatbhata. 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]
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