Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal is a playback singer known for her wide range and versatility, and she is one of the most prolific singers in India. She was born in Berhampore, in the Murshidabad district of West Bengal, and grew up in Rawatbhata near Kota in Rajasthan, where her father, an electrical engineer, worked for the Nuclear Power Corporation of India. She began learning music at four and started formal classical training at six.

At sixteen she won the television singing contest Sa Re Ga Ma, and Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother noticed her. Bhansali then gave her her Bollywood debut in Devdas (2002). That one soundtrack won her the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer, the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.

She has since recorded film and album songs in many Indian and foreign languages. Her awards include five National Film Awards, seven Filmfare Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards and two BFJA Awards. The US state of Ohio declared 26 June 2010 “Shreya Ghoshal Day”. In 2017 she became the first Indian singer with a wax figure at Madame Tussauds Delhi. Devdas, the film where it began, has a page on this guide.

She took formal classical training first with the composer Kalyanji in Mumbai for 18 months, then with Mukta Bhide. Her first studio album, Bendhechhi Beena, was released on 1 January 1998. Bhansali's mother, Leela Bhansali, was the one who saw her on the children's special of Sa Re Ga Ma and called her son to watch. She has also been a judge on several singing reality shows.