Shreya Ghoshal

She was born in 1984 in Berhampore and grew up in Rawatbhata, Rajasthan, where her father was a nuclear engineer; her mother taught her music, and she trained under Mahesh Chandra Sharma and later Mukul Shivputra. She won the children's Sa Re Ga Ma in 1996 and the adult show in 2000; Bhansali's mother saw her and he gave her Devdas — Bairi Piya, Dola Re Dola with Kavita Krishnamurthy, Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka — which won the National Award and two Filmfare Awards at eighteen.

Jism (2003), Paheli, Parineeta (Piyu Bole), Jab We Met (Yeh Ishq Hai), Singh Is Kinng (Teri Ore), Aashiqui 2 (Sun Raha Hai), Bajirao Mastani (Deewani Mastani), Padmaavat (Ghoomar) and hundreds of songs across Hindi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Marathi followed; she has won National Awards for Devdas, Paheli, Jab We Met and the Bengali Antaheen, and seven Filmfare Awards. She has judged television talent shows and tours worldwide; she married Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya in 2015.

Shreya Ghoshal's voice is sweet, pure and perfectly in tune in the Lata tradition, but with more warmth and body in the lower register and a classical training that lets her take ornament, fast or slow, without strain. She is the rare singer equally at home in the semi-classical set piece, the romantic ballad and the modern pop song, and her diction in every language she sings is a matter of pride among its speakers.