| Name | Shreya Ghoshal |
| Date of Birth | March 12, 1984 |
| Nick name | Piu |
| Birth Place | Rawatbhata, Kota, Rajasthan |
| Nationality | Indian |
| Mother Tongue | Bengali |
| Profession | Playback Singer |
| Family | Father – Biswajeet Ghoshal (working as an Engineer in BARC) Mother – Mrs. Ghoshal (PG in literature) |
| Education | SIES College, Mumbai |
| Favorites | Music Group : ABBA Music Director : Ilayaraja Singer : Lata Mangeshkar Song : Jaane Kyon Log Mohabbat Kiya Kartey Hain, Kabhi Neem Neem’ |
| Gurus | Classical music Shrimati Mukta Bhide (at Mumbai). Shri Maheshchandra Sharma (at Rajasthan). Western music |
| Languages sung | Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, Malayalam, Marathi |
| Debut film | Hindi : Devdas Tamil : Album Kannada : Paris Pranaya Telugu : Okkadu Marathi : Mast Shaaradiya Malayalam : Big B Bengali : The Bong Connection |
| 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) |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Her views | About her Mother : “She always inspired me to sing and taught me a lot. Though she doesn’t sing professionally” Kavita Krishnamurthy : |
| Her Plans | * to come out with more independent albums * to explore different styles of music |
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