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Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984)[2] is an Indian playback singer.

She has received


four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South (one for Telugu, two
for Kannada, two for Tamil and four for Malayalam) to date. She has recorded songs for film music in
various Indian languages, and has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian
cinema.
Ghoshal aspired to become a playback singer from a young age. At the age of four, she started
learning music. At the age of six, she started with her formal training in classical music. At the age of
sixteen, she was noticed by film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she entered and won the
television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa. Following that, she made her Bollywood playback
singing debut with Bhansali's romantic drama Devdas(2002) for which she received a National Film
Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare RD Burman Award for New
Music Talent.
Apart from playback singing, Ghoshal has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows.
She has been honored by the U.S. state of Ohio, where governor Ted Strickland declared 26 June
2010 "Shreya Ghoshal Day". She was awarded with the highest honour in London by the selected
members of House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She has also featured four times in Forbes,
list of the top 100 celebrities of India.

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