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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).
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 ("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
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