A Beautiful and Talented singer:Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal (Bengali:; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. While she is best known for being a playback singer in Bollywood films, she has also performed several songs for other Indian film industries. Besides Hindi, she has sung songs in Assamese, Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.

Ghoshal's career began when she won the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa contest as an adult. Her Bollywood playback singing career began with Devdas, for which she received both the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. Since then, she has worked in over 140 films. She has worked with many prominent Indian musicians, and several of her songs have achieved critical and commercial success. Ghoshal is one of the most awarded playback singers in recent times, with 4 National Film Awards and 5 Filmfare Awards to her credit.

Ghoshal caught the attention of film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in Sa Re Ga Ma Pa for a second time, this time competing as an adult. In 2000, he offered her the opportunity to be the voice of Paro, the lead female character of his film Devdas, who was portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. Shreya sang five songs under the music direction of Ismail Darbar in the film. This song earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, as well as Filmfare's RD Burman Award for New Music Talent, given to upcoming talents in music. She also won a National Film Award for the song "Bairi Piya".

Since Devdas, she went on to sing for many other actresses under the baton of various music directors, including A.R.Rahman, Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, Mani Sharma, M. M. Keeravani, Nadeem-Shravan, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy, Pritam, Vishal-Shekhar, Hamsalekha, Mano Murthy, Gurukiran, Ilayaraja,Harikrishna, Yuvan Shankar Raja and Harris Jayaraj. She has won many awards both in north and south film industries. Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghoshal’s singing voice pictured on Aishwarya Rai, and in coming years she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sadhana Sargam and Kavita Krishnamurthy.

She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite group is ABBA. But Indian music according to what she says, her soul. She won three more Filmfare Awards for her performance in Pritam's song "Teri Ore" from Singh is Kinng. She is only singer to get four national awards at the age of 26 in the Hindi film industry.

National Film Awards

2003: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Bairi Piya (Devdas; Hindi)
2006: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Dheere Jalna (Paheli; Hindi)
2008: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Yeh Ishq Hai (Jab We Met; Hindi)
2009: National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer - Jiv Dangla (Jogwa; Marathi) & Pherari Mon (Antaheen; Bengali)


Filmfare Awards

2003: Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent
2003: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)
2004: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)
2008: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Barso Re (Guru)
2009: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)

Filmfare Awards South

2007: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Tamil) - Munbe Vaa (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal)
2008: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Kannada) - Ninna Nodalenthu - (Mussanjemaatu)

IIFA Awards

2003: IIFA Best Female Playback Award (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)
2004: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Jadu Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)
2008: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Barso Re (Guru)
2009: IIFA Best Female Playback Award - Teri Ore (Singh Is Kinng)


Zee Cine Awards

2003: Zee Cine Award Best Female Playback Singer (shared with Kavita Krishnamurthy) - Dola Re (Devdas)
2006: Zee Cine Award for Best FemalePlayback Singer - Piyu Bole (Parineeta)
2008: Zee Cine Award Best Female Playback Singer - Barso Re (Guru)








Star Screen Awards

2004: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Jadoo Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)
2006: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Piyu Bole (Parineeta)
2008: Star Screen Award Best Female Playback - Barso Re (Guru)





Other Awards

2003: Stardust Award - New Musical Sensation (Female) - Devdas[3]
2005: Andhra Pradesh State Award Best Female Playback Singer - Pillagaali Allari (Athadu) & Neeke Nuvvu (Modati Cinema) (Telugu)
2007: Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback - Munbe Vaa (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal) (Tamil)
2008: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Barso Re (Guru)[4]
2009: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Teri Ore (Singhh is Kingg)
2008: GPBA - German Public Bollywood Award Best Singer (Female) - Yeh Ishq Haaye (Jab We Met)[5]
2008: Zee Astitva Award for Excellence In Music
2010: Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer - Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi)