Aashiqui 2 Cast & Crew:
Banner
- T-Series
- Vishesh Films
- Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.
Producer
- Bhushan Kumar
- Kishan Kumar
- Mukesh Bhatt
Star Cast
- Aditya Roy Kapur
- Shraddha Kapoor
- Shaad Randhawa
Censor Dates
- Not Available.
Personal Profile:
Date of Birth
: Thursday, March 12, 1984
Birth Place
: Durgapur, West Bengal
Nick Name
: Piu
Zodiac Sign
: Pisces
Religion
: Hindu
Marital Status
: Single
Family Background:
Father’s Name
: Mr Biswajeet Ghoshal
Mother’s Name
: Mrs. Ghoshal
Occupation
: Playback Singer
Biography:
Shreya Ghoshal or Shreya Ghosal is an Indian playback singer. She
performed several songs in Bollywood, regional films and also for Indian
soaps like Kasturi. Besides Hindi, she has also sung songs in Bengali,
Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu, .
Early years
Shreya Ghoshal was born in a Bengali brahmin family. She grew up in
Rawatbhata, a small town near Kota, Rajasthan. Her father works in
Bhabha Atomic Research Center as a nuclear power plant engineer for the
Nuclear Power Corporation of India while her mother is a post-graduate
literature student.
From the age of four Ghoshal accompanied her mother on the harmonium.
Her parents enrolled her for formal training in Hindustani classical
music in Kota with Maheshchandra Sharma.
As a child she won the children's special episode of the Sa Re Ga Ma
contest on Zee TV. Back then, the show was hosted by now-famous singer
Sonu Niigaam. Kalyanji who also judged the competition, convinced her
parents to move to Mumbai. She trained with him for 18 months and
continued her classical music training with Mukta Bhide in Mumbai.
She studied at Atomic Energy Central Schools (AECS) at Kota and
Anushaktinagar (Mumbai). For Graduation she had enrolled herself at SIES
College in their Arts Stream.
Career
She 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
against adults. In 2000, He offered her the opportunity to be the voice
of Paro, the lead female character of his film Devdas, who was to be
portrayed by Aishwarya Rai. Shreya sang five songs in the film.
Moviegoers from across the world heard Ghoshal’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. This song earned her the Filmfare Award
for best singer that year, as well as the R D Burman award, given to
upcoming talents in music at the same award ceremony.
Since Devdas, she went on to sing for many other actresses under the
baton of various music directors, including Anu Malik, Himesh
Reshammiya, M.M. Kreem, Nadeem-Shravan, Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Pritam,
Vishal-Shekhar, Mano Murthy, Gurukiran, Ilayaraja, A.R. Rahman, Yuvan
Shankar Raja and Harris Jayaraj.. She has won many awards. She has also
received many accolades for the song 'Mere Dholna' from Bhool Bhulaiyaa.
Today Ghoshal is an established industry singer and has recorded in
various regional languages, including Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu,
Malayalam, Bengali, Meitei, Marathi, and Bhojpuri. She also appeared as a
judge in the singing show Amul Star Voice Of India Chhote Ustaad. She
also sang the title songs of many Indian Television serials.
Ghosal has completed her college education, and is planning to pursue
her MA in literature. She enjoys Symphony and instrumental in western
music and her favourite group is ABBA. 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 “Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai ” from
Jism).
She is also comfortable singing sad songs or peppy songs. Apart from
Devdas, she has done songs for Jism, Saaya, Inteha, Out of Control,
Khakee, Munnabhai MBBS, Dhoop, Kuchh Kaha Aapne, Armaan, Desh Devi,
Tujhe Meri Kasam, LOC Kargil, Aetbaar, Police Force, Lage Raho
Munnabhai, Guru, Big B etc. She is the only playback singer to have been
nominated in 4 out of the 5 nominations for the best playback singer
for her songs in 2008 in IIFA 2008.
Awards and Honors
- National film award for the years 2003,2006,2008,2009.
- Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for the years 2003,2004,2008,2009.
- Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent for the year 2003.
- Filmfare Best Female Playback Award (Tamil) for the year 2007.
- IIFA Best Female Playback Award for the years 2003,2004,2008,2009.
- Zee Cine Award for Best FemalePlayback Singer for the years 2003,2006,2008.
- Star Screen Award Best Female Playback for the years 2004,2006,2008.
- Apsara Award Best Female Playback Singer for the year 2008,2009,2010
- 2003 – Stardust Award as New Musical Sensation (Female) for Devdas
- 2005 – Andhra Pradesh State Award Best Female Playback Singer for
Pillagaali Allari (Athadu) & Neeke Nuvvu (Modati Cinema) (Telugu)
- 2007 – Tamil Nadu State Film Award for Best Female Playback for Munbe Vaa (Sillunu Oru Kaadhal) (Tamil)
- 2008 – German Public Bollywood Award Best Singer (Female) for Yeh Ishq Haaye (Jab We Met)
- 2008 – Zee Astitva Award for Excellence In Music.
