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Name |
Shreya Ghoshal |
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Date
of Birth |
March 12, 1984 |
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Nick name |
Piu |
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Birth Place |
Rawatbhata, Kota, Rajasthan |
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Nationality |
Indian |
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Mother Tongue |
Bengali |
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Profession |
Playback Singer |
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Family |
Father – Biswajeet Ghoshal (working as an Engineer in BARC)
Mother – Mrs. Ghoshal (PG in literature)
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Education |
SIES College, Mumbai
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Favorites |
Music Group : ABBA
Music Director : Ilayaraja
Singer : Lata Mangeshkar
Song : Jaane Kyon Log Mohabbat Kiya Kartey Hain, Kabhi Neem Neem’
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Gurus |
Classical music
Shrimati Mukta Bhide (at Mumbai).
Shri Maheshchandra Sharma (at Rajasthan).
Western music
Mr Leon D'souza. |
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Languages sung |
Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi |
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Debut film |
Hindi : Devdas
Tamil : Album
Kannada : Paris Pranaya
Telugu : Okkadu
Marathi : Mast Shaaradiya
Malayalam : Big B
Bengali : The Bong Connection |
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Memorable hits |
* Bairi Piya, Dola Re Dola, and Silsila Ye Chahat Ka Movie: Devdas (2002)
* Dil Dooba, Wada Raha, and You Hi Tum Mujse Pyar Movie: Khakee (2004)
* Piyu Bole Movie: Parineeta (2005)
* Koi Tumsa Nahin and Pyar Ki Kahani Movie: Krrish (2006)
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Saregamapa contest |
*
Was 12 when she participated in the contest
* Won the children’s mega final show of
‘Saregamapa’ 1996.
* She participated second time in the Saregamapa contest against adults. |
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Kalyanji |
* He convinced her parents to be in Mumbai and get
her trained in music.
* She joined his ‘Kalveer academy’ and was there
for one and a half years. |
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Devdas |
* Sanjay Leela Bansali got impressed with her
voice and offered a song in his movie Devdas
* She had sung 5 songs in this movie.
* Won a National Award for Devdas. |
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Facts |
*
Started to learn singing at the age of 4.
* She has sung 7 songs in "Tumsa Nahin Dekha"
album.
* Likes to sing with Norah Jones, international artist.
* Learnt to sing light music by listening to Lata Mangeshkar and folk by listening to
Asha Bhosle.
* She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music.
* Has released many Bengali pop albums.
* Was a part of Ilayaraja’s concert. |
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Awards |
* Tamil Nadu State Award for Sillunu oru Kadhal
(2007)
* Filmfare Awards South Best Playback Singer for
Sillunu oru Kadhal (2007).
* National Film Award for Best Female Playback
Singer for Paheli (2006).
* Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer for Parineeta
(2006).
* Filmfare Award for Jism (2003)
* National Award for Devdas (2003)
* Zee-Cine Award for Devdas (2003)
* Sansui Award in for Devdas (2003)
* IIFA Award for Jism (2003)
* R.D.Burman Award (2003)
* AV-MAX Award (2003)
* Stardust Award (2003)
* National Award for the Best Female Playback
Singer for Devdas (2002)
* Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Devdas
(2002) |
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Her views |
About her Mother :
"She always inspired me to sing and taught me
a lot. Though she doesn't sing professionally"
Kavita Krishnamurthy :
“She is queen of expressions”.
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Her Plans |
* to come out with more independent albums
* to explore different styles of music |
