Shreya Ghoshal, a well-known playback singer in Hindi films, will be turning 38 soon. On her special day, here is a look at her journey and a list of some of her popular songs.
Ghoshal made a mark in Bollywood as a singer with songs like "Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka", "Morey Piya", and "Dola Re Dola" which remain popular even almost two decades later. She started learning music when she was four years old and began formal classical music lessons at the age of six. After winning the television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma when she was sixteen, she was discovered by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali's mother.
Following the success of her debut album, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali's romantic drama Devdas (2002), for which she won a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, and a Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.
Ghoshal is married to Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya and she gave birth to her first child on May 22, 2021. She has recorded songs for films and albums in a variety of Indian languages, establishing herself as one of the country's top playback singers.
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The female version of the song, "Sunn Raha Hai," was sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The song is from the musical film Aashiqui 2, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur, for which the song received numerous nominations at the year's awards shows. Ankit Tiwari was the music director, while Sandeep Nath wrote the lyrics.
Teri Ore
Shreya Ghosal sang the song "Teri Ore" from the film Singh Is Kinng, which stars Akshay Kumar and Katrina Kaif. Pritam composed the music, and Mayuri Puri wrote the lyrics. Shreya Ghoshal took home the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, and the song was nominated for a number of other awards.
The song "Deewani Mastani" was written specifically for Deepika Padukone's character Mastani in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Bajirao Mastani. It was sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Ganesh Chandanshive, as well as a few Qawwali singers. Sanjay Leela Bhansali composed the music, and Siddharth Garima wrote the lyrics.
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The female version of the song, "Sunn Raha Hai," was sung by Shreya Ghoshal. The song is from the musical film Aashiqui 2, starring Shraddha Kapoor and Aditya Roy Kapur, for which the song received numerous nominations at the year's awards shows. Ankit Tiwari was the music director, while Sandeep Nath wrote the lyrics.
"">Yeh Ishq Hai" is a joyful song from the film Jab We Met sung by Shreya Ghosal. Pritam composed the music, Irshad Kamil wrote the lyrics, and Kareena Kapoor Khan and Shahid Kapoor starred in the film.
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