Shilpa Rao
Shilpa Rao trained in classical music, sang jingles in Mumbai, and from Tose Naina (Anwar, 2007) and Khuda Jaane (Bachna Ae Haseeno, 2008, with KK) became the singer composers turn to for the dark, low, unhurried song: Mudi Mudi, Ishq Shava, Malang, Bulleya (Ae Dil Hai Mushkil), Ghungroo, Besharam Rang (Filmfare Award, 2023).
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Life
She was born in Jamshedpur in 1984, learned music from her father and later under Hariharan, and studied in Mumbai, where she sang advertising jingles before Mithoon's Tose Naina. Vishal-Shekhar, Pritam, A.R. Rahman and Amit Trivedi have used her across the 2010s; she won the Filmfare Award for Besharam Rang (Pathaan) in 2024 and has sung on Coke Studio and with the Pakistani band Fuzon's circle; she performs with her husband, the composer Ritesh Krishnan.
The voice
A low, smoky, controlled voice with a classical base and a sense of restraint rare in the dance song; Besharam Rang showed it could carry a blockbuster.
Composers
- Vishal-Shekhar
- Pritam
- A.R. Rahman
- Mithoon
- Amit Trivedi
- Salim-Sulaiman
Sang for
- Deepika Padukone
- Anushka Sharma
- Katrina Kaif
- Priyanka Chopra
- Alia Bhatt
Sang with
- KK
- Arijit Singh
- Amit Mishra
- Vishal Dadlani
- Benny Dayal
Honours
Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer, 2024 (Pathaan — Besharam Rang)
More film songs 20 songs, by year
2010s
2020s
year not stated
Ghazals and non-film recordings 3
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- Jaspinder Narula
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