Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian playback singer who has recorded songs for film music in Hindi, Tamil , Bengali , Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Nepali, Assamese, Bhojpuri, Gujarati, Marathi, Oriya, and Punjabi. She has received four National Film Awards, five Filmfare Awards (four for best playback singer), seven IIFA Award, six Screen Awards, and eight Filmfare Awards South till date. She has established herself as a leading female playback singer in Indian cinema.
Ghoshal aspired to become a playback singer from a young age. At the age of sixteen, she was noticed by film-maker Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated 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 Award and aFilmfare Award.
Apart from playback singing, Ghoshal has also been appearing on several television reality show's, serving as a judge. She has also been honored from the U.S. state of Ohio, where governor Ted Strickland declared 26 June as "Shreya Ghoshal Day". She has also featured three times in Forbes’ list of the top 100 celebrities of India. On February 2015, Ghoshal married her childhood friend Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya.
She was an immediate success and was called by various regional film industries for recording songs in her voice. Ghoshal performed as a playback singer numerous times in 2003 for films like Saaya, Jism, Tujhe Meri Kasam,Armaan, Inteha, Munna Bhai M.B.B.S., and LOC Kargil. Her song "Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai" from Jism won her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. In 2004, Ghoshal lent her voice to various composers for films like Plan,Khakee, Shikaar, Muskaan, Krishna Cottage, Main Hoon Na, Aan: Men at Work, Girlfriend, Garv, Dhoom, Phir Milenge, Tumsa Nahin Dekha: A Love Story, Musafir, and Dil Maange More.