Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (1984-0) is a
Kannada Singer known for the movies
PK(2014),
Ee Bandhana(2007),
Crazy Kutumba(2010)
Shreya has appeared five times in Forbes india list of top 100 celebrities of India
She has a pet puppy (golden retriever) named Sherlock Ghoshal
Biggest break in her career came with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas(2000), it gave her a mega breakthrough.
Governor of Ohio, USA named 26th of June as the Shreya Ghoshal Day.
Ghoshal's career began when she won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest.
Initially her father did not want her to sing on stage shows, he wanted to protect her voice, but later she took to stage singing like a natural
Her collection of awards includes- 4 National Awards, 3 State Film Awards, 6 Filmfare Awards, 9 Filmfare Awards South
Padmasri awarded singer Kalyanji Bhai taught her the basics of playback singing. He eventually introduced her to Bollywood.
She is the only singer to win National Award for playback singing consecutively for someone aged less than 25.
Her career in plyback singing started in regional languages of Bengali and Marathi in 1998, when she was just 14/15 year old.
Shreya Ghoshal has been one of the most popular singer of India, compared to the all time legends of music industry.
She participated in the competition Awaz Nayi Andaz Wohi on EL TV.
Shreya has sung in more than 2000 songs in various languages, she is one of the singers who has been on demand since the beginning of her career.
Shreya participated in the SaReGaMaPa as a child artist and won, she became a sensational hit at once.
Some of the popuar music directors she has worked with include- A.R.Rahman, Bappi Lahiri, Adnan Sami, Harris Jayraj, Anu Malik, Himesh Reshamiya, Sajid Wajid, Shankar-Ehsan-Loy, Vishal Bhardwaj, Yuvanshankar Raja, Illayarajaji, Jatin Lalit, Sri Koti, M.M Keeravani, Mano Murthy, Nadeem Shravan, R P Patnaik, Rajesh Roshan
Languages she has sung include: Hindi, Bengali, Marathi, Rajasthani, Kannada, Telugu, Tamil, Malayalam, Assamese, Oria, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati among other languages
Shreya is the first Indian singer to have a wax figure of her in Madame Tussauds Museum.
She was a talent judge at the reality show Voice Of India - Chhote Ustad