Shreya (piu) Ghosal (born: March 12, 1984

Biography
Early years
Of Bengali origin, Ghoshal grew up in the remote southern corner of Rajasthan, in the small township of Rawatbhata near the city of Kota. Her father works in Bhabha Atomic Research Center as an Engineer in the nuclear power plant by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (BARC) and mother is a postgraduate in literature. She belongs to a highly academic family. Her early days as a singer started from the age of four. Her mother was a good singer and whenever she used to play any note on the harmonium, Shreya used to sing correctly on her own.[citation needed] Her father recognized her talent and decided to give her proper training. But as she was residing in an isolated place near Kota, she could not get much help. Later on she started going to Kota and started learning proper Hindustani classical music.
She auditioned for Sa Re Ga Ma, an Indian television show, and they sent her for a year and a half training. It was here that music director Ismail Darbar discovered her and determined that she should be the voice of Paro, the heroine in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Devdas (played on-screen by Aishwarya Rai). She began recording songs for the movie in 2000; the film itself was released two years later.
Career
Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghosal's singing voice pictured on Aishwarya Rai, and she quickly became one of the top female playback singers in Bollywood, alongside Alka Yagnik, Sunidhi Chauhan, Sadhana Sargam and Kavita Krishnamurthy. Since Devdas, she has gone on to sing for many more actresses under the baton of various music directors, including M.M. Kreem, for whom she sang "Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai", a sensuous number pictured on Bipasha Basu in Jism.
She targeted doing good work and has won many awards (8 awards in a single year including a National Award).
Ghosal has completed her college education, and is planning to pursue her MA in literature, a subject which she adores. She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western music and her favourite is ABBA group. But Indian music is definitely her soul. Her voice has a texture that suits romantic songs and she can project voice very well (a fine example is "Jadu Hai Nasha Hai " from Jism). She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. She has recorded in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Bengali, and Marathi, besides Hindi. Apart from Devdas, she has done songs for Jism, Saaya, Inteha, Out of Control, Khakee, Munnabhai MBBS, Dhoop, Kuchh Kaha Aapne, Aarman, Desh Devi, Tujhe Meri Kasam, LOC Kargil, Aetbaar, Police Force, Lage Raho Munnabhai,GURU etc.
Hindi
1. Mr Khujli - 2008 (Unreleased)
2. Sivaji - 2007
3. Paruthi Veeran- 2007
4. Cheeni kum - 2007
5. Ta Ra Rum Pum -2007
6. Guru -2007
7. Rehguzar - 2006
8. Jackpot - The Money Game 2006
9. Aryan - Unbreakable 2006
10. Vivah - 2006
1. Woh Lamhee 2006
2. Iqraar - By Chance 2006
3. Dor 2006
4. Shiva 2006
5. Kachchi Sadak 2006
6. Naksha 2006
7. The Killer 2006
8. Krrish
9. Ankahee 2006
10. Banaras 2006
11. Vaah! Life Ho Toh Aisi 2005
12. Tumsa Nahin Dekha 2005
13. Aashiq Banaya Aapne 2005
14. Nazar 2005
15. Kuchh Meetha Ho Jaye 2005
16. Shabd 2005
17. Blackmail 2005
18. Dil Maange More 2004
19. Khakee 2004
20. Munnabhai MBBS 2003
21. Devdas 2002
22. Parineeta 2004

Marathi
"Mast Shaaradiya raat" This album was launched on 27 th May 2006.
Shreya Ghoshal has sung melodious songs in new Marathi album. Lyrics in this album are written by noted Marathi author from Maharashtra, Late Dr. Vasant Krishna Warhadpande (Nagpur).
Other singers are Pt. Suresh Wadkar, Suchitra Bhagwat and Abhijit Rane. Album has introductory note by famous Marathi artist Dr. Girish Oak
"Mast Shaaradiya raat"is produced by Dr.Mrs Anjali Kulkarni and Dr.Mrs Anuradha Harkare, daughters of late Dr. Warhadpande, in the memory of their late parents and brothers.
Tamil
In Tamil, she has sung many songs. Her pronunciation is her greatest strength - her pronunciation of the zh syllable which is unique to Tamil is flawless. Her first Tamil song is "Chellamai Chellam endrayada" with Hariharan from the film Album. Then she sang 2 great melodies in Balumahendra's "Julie Ganapathy". The songs are "Enakku piditha padal" and "Idayame Idayame". All three were great hits. Quite a few of her songs are the famous "Munbe Vaa" with sensation with Naresh Iyer from Sillunu Oru kadhal,"Unna Vida" from Virumaandi with Dr. Kamal Hassan,"Panithuli" from Kanda Naal Muthal with KayKay. She has attained a mass following in a language which is not her forte. She sang "Azhaginazhagi askawa" in Unakku18 Enakku20 and "Uruguthe" in Veyil and her latest song is "Ayyayo" from "Paruthiveeran". The great S.P.Balasubrahmanyam in his recent interview praised Shreya as one singer who flawlessly sings in Tamil. Her recent concert in Chennai was a great success due to her large fan following especially because it was her first direct solo concert in Chennai.
In her interview she said "She likes Tamil language a lot and she is amazed about the wealth of the language and this language has the ability to show the full talent of the singer".[citation needed]
Malayalam
Her first song in malayalam is from the movie BIG B starring Mammotty and Nafisa Ali. The song starts like "Vida parayuka yaanoo" a melodious song from music Director Alphonse. Expected to sing some more malayalam songs in 2007
Telugu
In Telugu she started her career with the film "Okkadu". From then onwards, she has sung nearly 71 songs up to date. She sung many songs with music directors Mani Sharma and MM Keeravani. Some of her telugu hit songs are:
Song Movie
Nuvvena Naa Nuvvena Anand
Vachhe Vachhe Anand
Righto Lefto Anukokunda Oka Roju
Andamlo Andhra Kosta Laxmi Narasimha
Thalachi Thalachi Choosa 7G Brindhavan Colony
Indradhanshu Maha Nandi
Nee Kosam Nenunnanu
Nuvve Naa Swasa Okariki Okaru
Vellipothe Ela Okariki Okaru
Kopama Varsham
Neelo jarige thanthu Balu abcdefg
Enni ashalo Jai
Pillagali allari Athadu
Preme Neramouna Maya Bazaar
Nuvvem maya chesavokani Okkadu
Chinnanati Chelikade Yagnam
Sogasu Chooda Tarama Sianikudu
Kannada
Its not for sure whether Mungaaru Male was her first Kannada movie or not, but she has sung very well in the two songs "Araluthiru Jeevada Geleya" and "Ivanu Geleyanalla". She also sung in "Miss California","Hudugaata",
She first sung in Akash, Aaha Anta Aakshana
Awards
• 2002: National Award for the Best Female Playback Singer for Bairi Piya (Devdas)
• 2002: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (with Kavita Krishnamurthy) for Dola Re (Devdas)
• 2003: Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai (Jism)
• 2003: Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Female (with Kavita Krishnamurthy) for Dola Re (Devdas)
• 2006: Zee Cine Award Best Playback Singer- Female for Piyu Bole (Parineeta)

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