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New songs!

Dear Fans, I'm extremely sorry for not posting the reviews of a lot of our Nightingale's songs as I was really very busy and caught with various things, exams and many assignments. Now I've set my mind to the fact that, no matter what happens, I will post the reviews of shreya Ghoshal's songs :)

Here's the list of the songs that I forgot to write reviews on :

Symbols : (T) - Tamil, (B) - Bengali/Bangal, (H) - Hindi , (TU) - Telugu and (K) - kannada

• Kannai thedi - Marupadiyum Oru Kadhal (T)
• Megher palok - Notabor not out  (B)
• Pal main mila jahan - ashayein (H)
• Chita pata pata - matthe mungaaru (K)
• Unnalagai Konda - Ooh la la laa (T)
• Sa ni pa ni ni - target (bengali)
• Endhiran/Yanthram and robot (T,Tu,H)
• Ankhoin mein needein, Hamesha and forever - we are family
• Tere mast do nain, Chori kiya re jiya - Dabangg
• National anthem - youth version
• Inthe Nana - Eno onthara (K)
• Krishna sakha albumn songs : Maya Jasoda tera Kanhaiyan, Nand ka laala bansuri wala, Maat roko dagar mere shyam
• Ishq hai Ye - thakita thakita (TU)
• Kannalli kannittu nodu - Bindas Hudugi (K)
• Ninnaya Nalumeya, Hudugaru beku - pancharangi
• Eradu Jadeyannu - Jackie (K)
• Chal Rastay, Utche jege sokal gulo - autogrpah (B)
• Chori chori - kis hadh tak (H)

Ogo Bodhu Shundori (Bengali)

This beautiful and romantic song is sung by Our nightingale and Babul Supriyo. The name of the movie is Ogo Bodhu Shundori, I know that most Bengali's will think that I'm probably talking about the old one, but I'm not. This is a new movie starring Babul Supriyo himself. All the songs in the movie are a replica of the songs from the earlier one but not this track. This track is completely new and a fresh composition.

The song runs for approximately 3 Minutes and 42 Seconds. The song starts off with light, heart touching music played by various instruments such as : acoustic guitar,strings etc. Babul Supriyo starts off the song right after the short string solo by singing "ek sholaj hanshi, kajol chahoni" which means "beautiful smile and eyes with kajal on them". After Babul Supriyo finished the first few line, We hear out diva sing "Aaj shopna rogin..kotha jai bolo naa" with her cute, beautiful and angelic voice.

The first interlude of the song is well supported by the electric guitar, drums, piano and the beautiful sound of the flute playing at the end.

Babul Supriyo starts  the second verse and our diva follows him later on in the verse singing just a line with such emotions entirely portrayed through the use of her voice.

The second interlude involves the same instruments used in the first interlude but the melody and rhythm changes.

Our Nightingale starts to belt out her cute, honey soaked voice in the third verse singing with passion and we can actually hear the emotions involved in the song, once again portrayed by our diva.

Right after the third verse which was beautifully sung by our diva,We hear the first verse being repeated by Babul Supriyo and our nightingale.

This amazing song finally comes to end with Babul supriyo and our diva singing one after the other in the song possibly trying to convince each other. The male character tries to convince the female that she is beautiful and female says she is just a burden. We also hear a cute laugh by our nightingale before the song ends. The voices slowly fade off .

Overall this song is an beautiful song supported well by every instrument used and once again Hatts off to our diva and Babul Supriyo for giving us a song that we will cherish forever :)

Our diva sings a telugu song for Salim Suleiman!!

Sreeram and Shreya Ghoshal in salim-Sulaiman's studio




One of Indian Idol 5's most talented singers, Shreeramchandra, has just bagged his first big break, courtesy composers Salim-Suleiman Merchant.

Shreeram recorded this love song with Shreya Ghosal. The song will be picturised on the film's lead pair, Siddharth (Rang De Basanti, Striker) and Shruti Hassan (Luck).


What was it like to record with Shreya?


"I consider myself lucky that I am doing playback with Shreya Ghosal. This is like my first break."


"When I first met her, I was surprised to know she had heard me in Indian Idol. She said I was one of her favourite contestants and she appreciated my singing. She felt I was apt for this particular song."


"Though we didn't record together, it was a pleasure to meet her after my recording"


Source : http://movies.rediff.com/slide-show/2010/jul/13/slide-show-1-indian-idol-shreerams-big-break.htm

Videos of our nightingale's performance at Sera Bengali 2010

Our Nightingale receiving the Sera Bengali award






PERFORMANCES

1. Kaise Mujhe and Chalo tumko lekar



2. Jaane do naa and O mon monya go(bengali)



3. Tuj mein raab &Teri ore


4. Shukran allah ( a little bit) , Soniyo (female part) and Yeh Ishq hai



5. Pherari mon & Soona soona lamha..


6. Barse so re megha (ending),Zoobie doobie & Sagar kuler naiya re (palligiti)


7. Sagar kuler naiya re (ending) & Ami Je tomar

The Nightingale of Indian Music Wins Sera Bengali Award!!

Our nightingale won an award at the latest award ceremony in Kolkata - Star Annada Sera Bengali.

Our diva received the award for her contribution to music. She also performed her hit songs there as well as a very special song, which is close to her heart : "Pherari Mon"


Congratulations Shreya for winning this AWARD!!
God bless you..All the best for the future

PS :- will post the videos of her performances very soon :) (Tomorrow)

Upcoming Bengali Song!

As all you fanatics already know that our diva sings in her mother tongue too.
Here's an upcoming bengali song of our diva.

Movie : Notabor Not Out
Song : Megher Palok -Female  ( There are three versions male,female and sad)

Music releasing this month

Dochey (Telugu)

Movie : Komran Pulli

Finally the most awaited TELUGU song of our diva is out!!..It release a few days ago and is now available for download.

This rocking song once again like "Gelluba Gelluba" shows our diva's versatility. This song is sung by Lady Krissy, Lady Kash and our diva!
The song runs for approximately 4 minutes and 22 seconds. The music director is AR Rahman and I'm having a premonition this song will get an award. The genre hip hop and peppy and the instruments used are modern.

The song starts with a very catchy beat followed by a kind of rappy saying by Lady Krissy " You...make the bad guys cry". We hear our diva hum in the beginning but she doesn't come into the song yet!

Our diva comes in after the first interlude, just like in the beginning Lady Krissy starts to rap "You..make the bad guys cry". Our nightingale adds a soothing touch to the song by her harkats but right after the peppy beat starts our diva totally changed her tune into peppy.Wow..only top class singers can do that, from soothing to peppy.

The third verse follows the same pattern like the second verse. Our diva sings in a soothing tune then suddenly her voice turns peppy. At the end of the song we can hear our diva and Lady Kash sing "Dochey..." followed by Lady Krissy rapping "You...make the bad guys cry"

Overall this songs a peppy,rocking side. Once again our diva has shown her versatility and left me and other fans speechless. She can easily change from an soothing note to an peppy note, Hatts off to all the singers and especially our diva for giving us such an wonderful song.

PS:- Even you don't understand Telugu like me you should just listen to the music and gain something from it like I'm gaining a lot of knowledge from this music.

Listen to the song below :-

~ Ee Preethi Bandakshana~ (Kannada)

Movie : Preethiya Loka

This beautiful song is sung by Karthik and our diva. The song is runs for approximately 4 minutes and 52 seconds. The genre is romantic and the instruments used are fairly modern instruments.

This beautiful , romantic song starts with a tune played on the acoustic guitar followed by light high hats beats by the drum and Karthik singing " EE preethi..". Right after Karthik finished the first line we hear the honey soaked melodious voice of our diva singing "EE Sanji...". The same pattern is followed for the first verse all over. For the second verse our diva starts singing first with her soulful voice and Karthak follows.

The piece in this song that will truly touch your hearts in this song is the first instruments when our diva and Karthik hum in harmony. Karthik sings the high notes whilst Shreya sings the lower notes. The voices gel perfectly with each other and instruments.

For the third verse the same pattern follows as the second verse. Note the way our diva smiles at 03:40, she sounds extremely beautiful and awesome.

Overall the entire song is an amazing song and I'm totally addicted to it as well as you will be after hearing this song. The tune played on guitar adds a Spanish touch to the song which is just beautiful in its own way.

Our nightingale has put so much emotions into this song and conveyed such a lovely message about love to the audience ( which she always does in every single song she sings.). Karthik has sung with emotions as well and has done a great job. We hope to hear more of Karthik and Shreya Ghoshal duets in the future. Hatts off to both the singers and especially Shreya Ghoshal, for giving such an lovely song.

Shreya Ghoshal live in Auckland & Sydney!! :)

The diva is heading to Auckland and also Sydney to do a concert. After the amazing performance she gave in 2008 at the Sydney Opera house ( I went to her concert), Shes back becuase of public demand but this time not in the Opera house.Its the diva 's first concert in Newzeland,Auckland.

THE DETAILS ARE INCLUDED IN THE COMMERCIAL POSTERS BELOW (please click the image to enlarge the posters)

new zealand, Auckland

Australia,sydney

The Winner of Four Indian National Awards “Shreya Ghoshal” Performing in Hills Centre with her 10 men Orchestra Troupe.

Date: 21 August 2010

Time: 7.00pm

Tickets: $150, $110, $85, $65, $45

Contact: Mostafa 0401040174, Shampa 0403878395, Ronald Patra 0418765396

www.thehillscentre.com.au

Seats are limited (30% already sold out),

Book as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment

Sol Pechu - Thillalangadi (Tamil)

Hey, Readers!!
Back with a new and fresh tamil track!
The genre is definitely POP
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This awesome track is sung by Chitra,Yuvan (Music Composer) & Our diva SHREYA GHOSHAL!!!

This tracks runs for approximately 4:58 minutes.
The song starts with Chitra singing "nananaanan" along with a techno voice covering the humming. A few second later Yuvan follows singing a light tune. After the tune sung by Yuvan, Chitra starts singing "Sol Pechu...".

We hear our diva's voice at approx 1;02 belting out a wonderful and fast tune with a totally different rhythm compared to the start of the song, In fact a new aspect of the song.

At 1:53 Yuvan starts to sing in a style that sounds similar to the techniques of rapping but is actually quite different. Soon after he finishes our melody queen belts out her melodious voice and adds harkats in every line which sounds absolutely devine and soothing to listeners ears.

After the short instrumental solo our melody queen belts out her amazing honey soaked voice and sings in the same rhythm as she sang last the last verse in but with different lyrics again adding beautiful harkats to them.

This rocking song finally ends with Yuvan singing the same tune as he started the song with.

Overall this song is truly amazing and rocking. Every singer got equal parts n the song and once again Shreya's harkats in the songs and every line she sang were amazing,soothing and rocking.

Hope you guys enjoy the song!!..:)
Hatts off to all the singers and a very big thanks to Shreya for giving us yet another amazing rendition!

Sol Pechu (Youtube Video -Enjoy)

26th June - Shreya Ghoshal Day =)

American state Ohio has honoured Bollywood playback singer Shreya Ghoshal for her contribution to the music industry by declaring June 26 as ‘Shreya Ghoshal Day’.

An ecstatic Shreya wrote on microblogging site Twitter: ‘26th june is declared Shreya Ghoshal Day in Ohio. The First Lady of the State presented me this honour while I was performing yesterday (Saturday).

‘It’s an honour which has been given to personalities, artists n (and) literates since many years. I was informed that (Rabindranath) Tagore, Swami Vivekananda were the recipients that time. I was too overwhelmed at this thought. My name went into the same archives. Unimaginable!!’ she added.

Many many Congrats Shreya :)

Videos of the Diva's Recent US tour =)

Wada Raha




Teri Ore



Ami je tomar



Tumhe jo meine dekha



Dola re dola



Lag ja gale se

 

Deewangi Deewangi / Om shanti Om



Tasveer teri dil mein / Ogo aaj (hindi and bengali mixed)



Dhoom taana



Here are some videos of Shreya Ghoshal in Vancouver - Concert/Interview =) Enjoy!

Vancouver ( Part 5): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTcy_p_prSE

Vancouver (Part 4) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Hei31SDdPw

 vancouver (Part 3): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZ_l8cbJES4

Vancouver: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hUHgFPwxb4

Vancouver concert : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf9tczClGdo

Recent songs =)

Dear Readers.

I could not post any reviews or any other news of the diva as I was on my work experience and had assessment tasks. It was a bit hectic but now since its my winter holidays Ill post the recent songs of the diva and write reviews (a paragraph each)


The songs in the order of their release

• Kajraare - 2 songs - duet with Himesh Rashimiya (as usual Shreya has only got a few lines and the rest of the slot in the duration of the song is given to Himesh)

• Khuda mere Khuda (krantiveer) - Duet with KK - Awesome song. Totally addictive, This song uses double voices and also techno and pop beats. Our melody queen sounds awesome n rocking!

• Dangal (kushti) - Duet with the composer himself Sreenivas - Fun filled and a beautiful song, The short alaap by Shreya once again like all her alaaps and songs transform you to a totally different world.

• Milenge Milenge (MM) - 2 versions (first version) duet with Himesh - Lovely,haunting song. In this song both singers are given equal opportunities and lines. Himesh sounds really different, To be frank and honest,He doesn't sound nasal in the song (a great improvement). Shreya sounds gorgeous.

• HariyeJay (bengali - Hangover) - duet with Babul Supriyo - Pop song. Love the way shreya starts humming in the song. Lovely song. Great dance number

• Pagol mon re ( Version 1 (solo) - Bengali - Ekti taraar  khonje) - Woow..Amazing song. This song is beautifully supported by jazzy beats and a male choir - Note : The way Shreya has sung each and evey line with so many different emotions and harkats (woow)

• Pagol mon re (version 2 -duet with Shaan - Ekti taraar khonje) - Awsum song. The only difference in this version is that the tempo is slowed down a bit. The first verse is sung by Shaan and the chorus sung by the male choir. The second line is sung by Shreya but in this version our diva holds onto the note reaching high scales while shaan continues.

• Mr Singh Mrs Mehta ( 2 songs :- 1 solo and the other duet with Udit Narayan)

1. Solo - Barhaan dil - Amazing song. The songs genre is definitely gazal . Our diva has used so much emotions is every single line of the song. Truly sounds like an amazing gazal.

2. Behosh Nasha - duet - As you all might have read the article on "google news " about the classic revival and how ustaad stated that this song is of a mixed genre (semi-classical) . Well this song is indeed semi classical, A lot of modern instruments are used which supported by classical instrument. Its a romantic track and Shreya and Udit ji once again like Bari piya and all their other songs creates magic using their soulful and classical voices.

An Enchantress casts her Spell :)

People started pouring in Bangabandhu International Conference Centre, Dhaka before 5pm on May 27. Both floors of the Hall of Fame were getting packed. Dhakaiites were eagerly waiting for a Bollywood nightingale to take the stage. There was added enthusiasm however; this particular 'Bollywood Sensation' is Bengali.

As minutes turned into hour, the stage needed to be engaged. Kuntal Banerjee, an upcoming singer from Kolkata, was the opening act. Kuntal is a capable vocalist, no doubt, and he belted out a decent cover of Kailash Kher's Sufi hit “Teri Deewani” but unfortunately for him, it was a tough audience who were there for the main course and were not really appeased by the appetizer.


As he tried to work the audience, the singer rendered a Rabindra Sangeet, “Ami Chini Go Chini Tomarey”; a Kishore Kumar classic, “Neele Neele Ambar” and a Bappi Lahiri hit du jour, “Chirodin-i Tumi Je Amar”.

Around 7:30 pm, the wait was over. Four Indian National Film Awards winner, multilingual Bengali singer Shreya Ghoshal took the stage and like butter the full house seemingly melted under her charm.

Shreya began with a rendition of the song that gave her the seminal big break in the Mumbai-based film industry -- “Silsila Ye Chaahat Ka” from the film “Devdas”.

The songstress's rise to fame has not exactly been a Cinderella story but more of a steady recognition of her talent. As a child she won the children's special episode of the talent hunt “Sa Re Ga Ma” (now “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa”) on Zee TV. Renowned musician Kalyanji who judged the competition, convinced Shreya's parents to move to Mumbai. She caught the attention of filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she participated in “Sa Re Ga Ma Pa” for a second time. In 2000, he offered her the opportunity to lend her voice to Paro, the female lead of his film “Devdas”. This soundtrack earned her a Filmfare Award (her first) for Best Female Playback Singer. She also won her first National Film Award for the song “Bairi Piya” (from “Devdas”).


She has done playback for over 140 films and worked with all major Indian music directors, including Ilayaraja, AR Rahman, Anu Malik, Himesh Reshammiya, MM Keeravani, Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy and Pritam. Besides Hindi and her mother tongue Bangla, Shreya also sings in Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu.


What sets Shreya apart from her contemporaries is perhaps the same quality that distinguishes iconic singer Lata Mangeshkar -- an innate ability to channel a sort of inner purity, and turn up the heat when necessary with equal ease.


For the soundtrack of “Delhi-6” AR Rahman superimposed the original rendition of Raga Gujari Todi by the legendary Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan with the vocals of Shreya. There must be a reason why Rahman chose Shreya. The late Ustad is undoubtedly a maestro, last heard in an Indian film almost half a century back (“Mughal-e-Azam”). But what's astounding is how Shreya keeps up with the legend with a kind of poise that can only come from a solid background in classical music.

Shreya's repertoire at the Dhaka concert included her recent and not-so-recent popular songs from films. With “Chalo Tumko Lekar Chale” (from “Jism”), she invited the audience to set out on a musical journey. With “Wada Raha Pyar Se” (from “Khakee”), she professed her love for her fans.

The diva continued to segue from one hit to another: “Agar Tum Mil Jao”, “Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai”, “Tujh Mein Rab Dikhta Hai”, “Teri Ore”, “Shukran Allah” and more.

The Rabindra Sangeet inspired “Piya Bole” (from “Parineeta”) was greeted with rounds of applause and cheer. But what brought the house down was a spirited rendition of “Ami Je Tomar/ Mere Dholna”. “Spirited” because it was as if the crooner was invoking the much-feared spirit, Manjulika, from the film “Bhool Bhulaiyaa”. Haunting indeed.

In between, the audience sang along with the artiste and Shreya had this to say about the Dhaka music enthusiasts at the show: “Not one of you is out of tune! Incredible!”

The show was managed by Mirror Media & Production Ltd and organised by The Financial Mirror, a national business weekly.

Source : http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=140438tr

Recent Upcoming songs of our Nightingale

This is a list of the recent upcoming songs of our nightingale (the movie is written first followed by the song n details)

1.  Krantiveer - Khuda mere khuda- duet with KK (Hindi)
2.  Kushti - Dangal - duet (Hindi)
3.  Ogo Bodhu Shundori - Ogo bodhu shundori (title track) duet with Babul   Supriyo (Bengali)
4. Tell me O khuda - Song name unknown - duet with KK
5. Kajrarey - 2 songs Music by Himesh- songs unknown! (releasing 29th May 2010)

These songs will be releasing soon!! Enjoy!! :)

Bahara - I hate Luv Storys (Hindi)

This song is from the movie named : I hate luv storys which Starr's Sonam Kapoor and Imran Khan.

This song is sung by our one and only Nightingale : SHREYA GHOSHAL!! :)
and yes! its a solo!

The genre is definitely Romantic and Bhangra as some aspects of Bhangra were added to this song and there is a mixture of instruments used that are Eastern as well as Western!

The song starts off with a bhangra tune playing followed by another female singer singing in a deep voice " o thoda sajan ayo thora des".

At approx 00:37 our nightingale starts to sing with her honey soaked voice "Sooyi Sooyi" followed by the chorus singing "Bahara" which is then followed by the other female singer at the start of the song singing the same lines.

The second verse starts after the piano piece in the first interlude followed by a funky bhangra beat and tune. The way our princess has sang this song just instantly touches your hearts and also gets your body moving! (Dancing!). I loved the way she sing "Voooo...Kabhi dekhe zameen pein....yehhhhh nazar kahein".

In the second interlude the other unknown female singer starts to sing " Preet mein" accompanied by a little bhangra tune, After this our melody queen starts to belt her honey soaked, soothing voice out by humming "AAAaa" accompanied by a group of strings which play the exact same tune that Shreya sings.

In the next verse the same melody as in verse 2 repeats itself followed by chorus

At 04:22 our nightingale sings the first verse again but this time in a few of the words echo and make it sound like techno followed by the chorus "Bahara x2 Hua dil pehle ve"

The song ends with the other unknown female singing the exact line as she started the songs with and this groovy,lovely song ends.

I also love the way Our Nightingale sings "Bahara" it just touches truly touches my heart!

Download link :- http://sensongs.com/IHateLuvStorys.html

Once again Hat's off and A very biggggg Thanks to Shreya di for giving us such a wonderful and lovely song!!..Wow!.Totally addicted to this song.Pls listen to it and you will be addicted too!

Ps :- More reviews coming soon and I'm very sorry I forgot to post about a kannada song of our nightingale from the movie Nannu Nanna Kansu titled Balukthalama Nam Kaveri!

Ali Maula - Le chakka (Bengali)

Finally! This song is out! I was eagerly waiting for this song to come out after hearing the promo on YouTube.

This mesmerising,beautiful and heavenly track is sung by Our nightingale Shreya Ghoshal , Shaan and Shadab Hussain

Genre : The songs a mixture of Classical,Qawali, Sufi and Romantic

The instruments used are :-

1. Harmonium
2. Acoustic Guitar
3. Keyboard
4. Drums

There is a mixture of modern and classical instruments in the whole song.

This beautiful  song starts off with Shadab singing "Ya..Ali.." in moderately high notes, after the first few notes the harmonium starts to play accompanied by some sargams by a chorus Singing " Ali Maula Maula"

At approximately 01:07 Shaan belts outs his voice singing " Dana Mele chole gele". Our nightingale starts singing at 01:43 singing " E mon cholo kothai" but in a more varied fast rhythm than the first verse

Here comes by fav bit :

This interlude is a very very special treat for all of Shreya fans. Our nightingale has sung this with such emotions reaching high notes and adding a classical touch to it! woow! This interlude will instantly transform you to another universe and also directly touch your souls.

The song end with Shadab singing "Ali Maula.maula.."

This song has equal parts for all singers and is sure to be a blockbuster!
Thanks a lot to Indradeep Dasgupta for composing such a gorgeous song for our diva. Thank you so so much to Shreya di for giving us such a lovely, mesmerising track!.

Ogo Bodhu shundori - Title Track!!

Song :Ogo Bodhu Shundori -
Singers :Shreya Ghoshal & Babul Supriyo
Movie : ogo bodhu shundori

Enjoy this video!! This video was Retweeted by our nightingale via twitter just few minutes ago!!..:)

From Reality show to Playback Stardom :) (Shreya's Musical Journey) ^_^

Shreya Ghoshal is all excited about 'Raavan' and talks to Shankaran Malini about music industry, her big inspirations and things that she likes.




Growing up with music



I spent about 13 years of my childhood in Rawatbhata, a small village near Kota, Rajasthan. It was a township, which was cut off from the urban city life. I used to travel 10 KM up and down to Kota to learn music. I learnt classical Hindustani there. In fact, one of my initial achievements was at this place. I was nine years old then. I didn’t get the opportunity to learn Carnatic music. Then 'Sa Re Ga Ma' gave me a lot of exposure. But my first big break was singing for 'Devdas'.



Inspiration from family



My mom is a housewife and my dad an engineer. We Bengalis simply love music. My mother has been my musical inspiration and even today I look up to her opinion — be it criticism or appreciation. I need her guidance forever. But my dad silently appreciates me and whatever I am today is because of him.



Reality shows — then and now?



When I won 'Sa Re Ga Ma', the platform didnt actually become a reality show. It wasn’t that big or commercial. There wasn’t an audience reaction like today. TV itself was not that big those days. Judges in such shows used to be big names from classical music such as Zakir Hussain, Girija Devi and the like. But now the format has changed a lot. People from all over the world watch these shows, therefore the reach is bigger. Audiences make heroes out of their singers. I believe that the scope for classical music still exists, which I realised when I was doing 'Music Ka Maha Muqabla'.



Your take on mobile auditions



It is yet another platform which is commercially beneficiary to audiences. I feel it’s a good move. And as we live in a fast paced world, innovation is the key to success. There was a time when audio cassettes were popular and then audio CDs took over. But now it is the age of Internet downloads and mobile downloads.



Your take on remixes



I haven’t done a remix song as yet although some songs of mine have been remixed. Honestly I liked the original versions better. I'm okay with doing a remix as long as it enhances the song. I feel music enthusiasts do a fantastic job with remixes.



Is the music industry’s still a man’s world?



I would not completely agree with it. It’s a phase. Currently, it is Sufi music that is the trend and that is a male-dominated area. But things will not be the same forever.



About being a versatile singer



All that I can say is I pay close attention to the music director and lyricist when the concept and situation of a song is being explained. I write down the lyrics in Devanagri marking all the places with required accents. I try my best to sing it as perfectly as possible. But there have been occasions when I have made mistakes and I read the reviews on the Internet. I only try to improve myself.



Current projects



My next in Tamil will be 'Endhiran' and 'I Hate Luv Stories' in Hindi.



Role Model



My role model has always been Lataji.



Music director you want to work with?



Harris Jeyaraj. I have sung for 'Anniyan', one of his projects. It so happened that whenever a possibility of a project would come up with him, it would not materialise owing to some reason or the other.



Would love to playback for?



Waheeda Rehman. How I wish I could sing for those B/W movies of hers.



AR Rahman



For me he has always been iconic and always full of surprises. It was for 'Enakku 20 Unakku 18' when I sang 'Azhagiya Askava'. That was my foray in Tamil. After that, it was only for 'Sillunu Oru Kadhal' that I sang 'Munbe Vaa', which went on to become a hit. Following that 'Vinnaithadi Varuvaya' and now 'Raavan'. He never repeats genres in his works and is the only music director whom I have seen working late till night. I have enjoyed working with him. I admire his patience. Thanks to him, I have experimented with so many genres.



Chennai



I am in awe of the music, the singers and music directors of the city. That apart, whenever I am here, I visit Saravana Bhavan and eat idlis and chutneys from Murugan Idli Kadai. I love the Chettinadu cuisine here.



Rapid Fire:



Can’t live without: My phone, just switched loyalties with Blackberry



Most prized possession: It’s an old Harmonium that I first used when I started to learn music.



Favourite show: How I met Your Mother



Style statement: A pair of jeans and white shirt



Fitness mantra: Treadmill and cardio.



Love to dig into: Thai cuisine, followed by Bengali cuisine and Kongunadu



What are you humming at the moment:



'Jo Dil Mein Kushi', a Lataji and Hemant Kumar composition — my all-time favourite



Favourite book: Jhumpa Lahiri’s The Namesake and The Unaccustomed Earth



Unforgettable lesson at school: It used to be the little quarrels during my school days. I was both the noisemaker and the newsmaker



Your biggest fear: Music should never become a burden



Favourite singers: P Susheela and S Janaki



Lyricists : Gen X lyricists are doing a great job



If not a playback singer: I'd have become a scientist

Music has no barriers! :)

Music has no barriers!. I feel like I should write about this today as many fans dont listen to all songs of our princess. Even if you dont understand the language enjoy the music and ofcourse the singer!

There have been great compositions/music in different languages of our melody queen over a period of time which have gone just unnoticed and have not recived adequate/true recognitIon just because the movie didnot do well for eg : Shreyas songs in Ankahee : aa paas aa & Ek pal (lovely songs)

I request all you Shreya Ghoshal Fans to listen to music in all languages.

Here are some fabulous songs you guys have to hear!

1. Songs of Jodi ek din - Bengali!!..-3 songs!!..amazing songs!

2. Yaaradi - Tamil - You guys will love it!

3. Yennova Sathai - Tamil - Woow! Classical touch added!

4. Oh my love - Bengali

5. Songs of Sanchaari - Kannda

6. Anuraga Vilochaanayi - Malayalam

7. Manju maza - malayalam

8. Songs of Banaras - Malayalam

9.Mogindi Je Ghanta - Telugu

10. Rayilin - Tamil

11, The Award winning - Naa Naguvamodidhe - kannda

12, Songs of Antaheen :)

All of bengali are available for download at http://valobasi-bangla.blogspot.com/ or musicjalsha.com

All the Tamil,Telugu,Kannada and Malayalam songs r available on sensongs.com or 123music.com

Enjoy! :)..Hope you guys understood the message!

MUSIC has no BARRIERS!!!

Our nightingale wins the "Suvarna Award" for Naguva Modalene

Our princess Shreya Ghoshal has won the Suvarna Award (people's choice) for the song Na Naguva Modalene” from the movie Manasaare!!..I am very very happy Shreya got an award for this song!!...:)

Many Many CONGRATS!!..

May you win many many more!!..:)

God bless you and We all are very proud of you n love you!

List of Shreya Ghoshal songs that Ive missed on to write reviews (Read post :sorry)

Hey guys!!..Heres a list of the songs that I've missed out on because blogger was blocked by my school laptop but I've found other ways to update my blog/gift to the diva!

I wont write a whole review for all 24 and more songs..Just a one sentence review or words that describe the song! Enjoy! n A BIGGGGGGGGGGGGGG SORRY once more!

1. Mehroom - "amazing..especially the way Shreya sings Mehroom in so many different variations"

2. Ajnabi Hawayein - "Goosebumps..Touching melody and Shreyas voice sounds like a crystal"

3. Sandesa Sandesa "Awesome!..Lovely ryhthum,melody and Shreya sounds awesome!"

4. Dekho Raaste Mein " Lovely track...Shreya sounds rocking!..Hatts of to the queen of versatility"

5. Rang Dalunga "Holi song!..Shreya sounds Cute!"

6. Tere liye "Rocking!!..Shreya sounds likea  rockstar"

7. Arikillumilla nee " Sad song!..Shreya sounds amazing"

8. Bajai Bashi "beautiful song"

9. Amma nannu "wow!!..a karnatic song"

10. Agar hum tumko "Rocking!.."

11. Bahsuha Vo chanchala "Beautifull"

12. Jodi ek din : Khola chithi , Aphu Belay, Aaj rodurr "Love em all..Rocking,amazing"

13. Sargoshio ke kya sil sile hai "Lovely song"

14. Magar Kuch to hai "Amazing..lovely"

15. Poochandi "Peppy.."

16. Devdas Remake : Kahay Tum sung, Kaise jiyun bin tere "Gugalbandi , amazing"

17. Oh my love - Bengali "Shreya only has a few lines but without her the song sounds incomplete"

18. Sanchaari :kanna Sannayeli, Galiye Nodu baa "Woow!..Classical and has a karnatic touch to it. Shreya sounds soothing n heavenly"

19. Aromale - VTV... an alaap by Shreya "Woow!"

20. Ghar dil mein "Rocking..modulated her voice to suite the theme"

21. Shaam ki "Sounds like an nightingale"

22. Gelluba Gelluba "peppy..Shreya sounds like a rockstar"

23. Melle melle ee preethi "lovely track.:) "

24 . Yaradi " Beautiful"

Kalvare (TAMIL) from Raavan

Yes!!...Finally the Ravaan Tamil songs have released!!..I was eagerly waiting for the release of Kalvare!.Lets talk about the song now!

The song runs for approximately 03:49!..

Kalvare is the tamil verson of Khilli re (hindi version) and is from the movie RAAVAN which stars : Aishwariya Rai , Tamil actor and Abhishek Bachan in the hindi version

This beautiful,lovely song starts off with the dholak and the flute playing a beautiful rhythum. At 00:00:20 seconds our princess starts singing "Kalvare..Kalvare", the song instantly touches your heart. After the first verse a beautiful piece of music is played by the flute supported by the chorus humming.

In the second verse our princess is supported by broken chords played by the synthesiser .

Throught out the song the dholak ryhthum is repeated. The song ends with our nightingale singing "Kalvare..kalvare" but in a moderately high note just at the end of the song and the dholak and flute rhythums repeat itself until this lovely song ends! :)



 Needless to say Shreya has completely overshadowed Reena Bhardwaj who sang Khilli re!

As usual Shreya sounds absolutely lovely in this Track!
Hatts off to Shreya and Arr Rahman..Once again they have created magic through music!

My 13th tweet from the Diva!yay!

Click to see a larger image! :)

Sorry!!..:)

Hey,Fans!


Im extremely sorry my blog is soo incomplete. Pls excuse me!!..:)..My school laptop blocked this site for some reason n my dad always uses the home comp!!..Now ive made up my mind!!..Ill keep on updating reviews n things..from my home comp!!..


Lots of love to all you
Yours Sincerely/Truly
Sanjoy(Biggest die hard Shreya Ghoshal Fan) :)

"National Award made me conscious":Shreya

  

She’s won the National Award for the second consecutive year. And it’s by no means a small achievement for the 25-year-old.


This is also her fourth National Award. Predictably, Shreya Ghoshal is still over the moon after the announcement. “It definitely feels great. But you know what? I’m really nervous. That’s because now, there is more responsibility on me,” said the singer when Hyderabad Times spoke to her. “Now, I have to keep delivering better music everyday. I can’t be laidback and let it all slip through. I don’t want to disappoint anyone.”



But the award is more special to the velvet voiced singer since she has won it for not one but two songs — Jiv Dangla from the Marathi film Jogva and Pherari Mon from the Bangla movie Antaheen. “Today one finds melody missing in most numbers. But these songs only prove that there are melodious tunes in movies too,” says Shreya.


On winning the award for songs in regional languages, Shreya says, “Bollywood film music composers are under a lot of pressure to add elements of disco or bhangra or any other flavour currently popular with the youth. But when it comes to regional films, composers are given a free hand and they compose music they believe in. I think it’s a matter of great pride to be singing such soulful tunes,” she says.


And when she’s not busy at the recording studios, Shreya is doing a weekend television show, Music Ka Maha Muqabala. Apart from exercising her vocal chords the singer has presented herself as a young, stylish and vibrant individual before her audience. “It’s fun to break stereotypes. I like being myself and my outfits reflect that. As far as performances are concerned, I connect best with the audience at live concerts. For those who can’t come to see me perform live, this show gives them an opportunity to catch me singing on stage. Trust me I just love it,” she confesses.

So what next? “Well, the National Award has made me more conscious about the choices I make in life. And no matter what language I sing in —Tamil, Telugu, Bangla or Bhojpuri — my aim will be to give it 200 per cent.”

Shreya's Superstars latest news!

As all you Shreya fanatics know that our princess is in a reality show called " Music ka maha muqabla"...


Here are some of her teams latest videos


Shreya Vs Shankar (special)
 This time our legend picked herself for the solo rounds..she sang an evergreen song from the film Anarkali - Yeh zindagi usiki hai by Lata Mangeshkar. There are really no words to describe her performance for this song.One must watch/hear it to feel its power..







Medley round - Amazing songs sang to perfection :- Jago mohan pyaare, aaye mallik tere bandi hum and Allah tero naam! :)





The match between Guru n shiksha was a tie! :)


Shreya Vs Himesh


In this episode the king of bollywood - Shahrukh Khan n the king of music directors Karan Johar came to promote their new film " My name is Khan" in which our princess also has a song...- Noor-e-khuda..Ive written the review in my previous post


Medley - Award winning tuj mein raab dikhta hain, darde-disco and deewangi :)





Sadly in this round Shreya's superstars lost just by a few points..:O..but the way our legend sang Tuj mein raab dikhta hain was just remarkable! No words to describe how heavenly it sounded :)..


Pls pls hindustan ki janta vote for
 SHREYA'S SUPERSTARS!!!:o)

Some of our diva's songs in 2009 :o)

I know Im posting this very late. Should have done it on new years eve but was too busy and caught up with things!


Here are just some of Shreya's songs in 2009

1. Aaj dil gustak hai
2. Bawari hoon main
3. Bhor bhayo
4. Chan Channare
5. Dolna
6. Dont ever leave me
7. Dont say alvida
8. Dont say alvida - sad
9. Edeya Baagilu
10. Fiqrana
11. Humko rehna hai
12. Ishq hi hai raab
13. Janemaan
14. Jao pakhi
15. Jodi proshno koro
16. Kangana
17. Koi na koi chahe
18. Kyun hota hai dil deewana
19. Meera
20. Nazrein karam
21. Ore saawariya sasur ghar jaana
22. Pahle toh meri 
23. Pal mein hi
24. Pherari mon
25. Rang diya dil
26. Rang diya dil - sad
27. Rehnuman
28. shaam ho chaali hai
29. Shokal ashe naa
30. Shorey Shorey jai
31. Shukran allah
32. Teri bin kahan
33. Teri meri dosti ka aasma
34. Teri meri yeh zindagi
35. Tumjo ho kareeb
36. Tum ne socha
37. Uff aare tu mirch hai
38. Zarasa Halkasa
39. Zindagi
40. Zoobi doobi

And the list continues on and onnnnn,,,,:o)..

Crooner wins 4th National awards :o)

Our crooner has won 2 national awards this time!!!


1 . Pherari mon from the movie antaheen (Bengali) .This iong is my most favourite Shreya Ghoshal bengali song followed by all her songs in Antaheen!!


2. Jiva rangala from the movie Jogua..(Marathi)


Im very happy for our nightingale for winning these two national awards..
I always wished Shreya would get a national award for her songs in Antaheen..Pherari mon is a one of a kind song.


A very big and heartiest :-




Congratulations!!! :o)..
May u win many many more di :)
God bless you always :D



" Any celebrations????" :)

For you : - " Aajo acche gopon...Pherari mon....beje gacche kohon..se telephone"

Vinnaithaandi Varuvaaya!!!

Wow!!! Amazing are the words to decribe this song!!


This is Shreya's first tamil song of the year. What a way to start 2010 with this incredible song! :)


Its a duet by the legend AR Rahman and our melody queen Shreya Ghoshal!


This heart touching song has many different instruments involoved.
Some of them are :
1.Keyboard/Synthesiser
2. Drums
3. Piano
4. Guitar
5. Strings


The genre of this song is definitely classical,romantic and pop!
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The song is titled " Maanipaaya" meaning " will you forgive me?"..This songs all about asking for forgiveness


This amazing song starts off with the synthesiser/keyboard and strings playing a chord. Then comes in our nightingale with her honey soaked voice! signing the first few lines..


This song is beautifully supported by percussions. The drums - especially when the maestro Rahman sir starts to sing..his lines..


Shreya's renditions for this song is amazing. Well one of a kind!.The way she plays with notes singing in different tunes " Maanipaaya" is just magical!


These two legends through out the song have belted out soulful, soothing , light music..


shreya and Ar rahmans rendition n melody in this song is very hard to describe all I can say " Heavenly". Only hearing it can describe how soothing yet poppy it is...:)


Thank you and a very big hatts off to Shreya Ghoshal & AR Ranhman!!! wow!!! We hope to hear more Ar Rahman & Shreya combo..maybe in hindi this time.


 Our melody queen always seems to surprise us with all of her songs


One of my most favourite n close to my heart songs of Shreya!


MAANIPAAYA --------->>>>> >>>HEAVENLY!!!! :O)...

Shreya Bags another award!!!

Shreya Wins another Apsara award for the song " Tujhmein raab dikhta hain"

Many Many Congratulations!!!

May u win many more!!

God Bless :)

Fianlly the song got it's due.

One of my most fav and very close to my heart

Well done!!! :)

Noor-E-Khuda!!!

This song is from the blockbuster movie " My name is Khan".
Star Cast : Shahrukh Khan And Kajol!
Director : Karan Johar
Music director : Shankar-Eshaan-Loy


This is our melody queen's first song of the year!!! What a way to start the year!!


This soulful, depth song has been sung by Shankar Mahadevan, Adnan Sami & ofcourse our soulful diva Shreya Ghoshal!!!


This song runs for approx - 6 mins and 37 seconds.


The instruments used are modern instruments as well the classical instruments like tabla to create the sufi mood


The genre is definitely a mixture of country,qawali, Sufi & Classical..


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This awesome rendition starts off with the breathless male singer Shankar Mahadevan singing " Noor -e-khuda" but playing with notes...Then we start to hear the notes of the guitar playing a country tune...


Through out the song Shankar Mahadevan and Adnan Sami shares parts n lines.


Remember how I said this song had a depthfull meaning??
It does, this song's about reaching god, finding god.


Let me now skip to the best part.. You guessed it :- Shreya's Part!!!


Our melodious diva comes in at approx 3:56..singing the aalap " aaaaaaaa" in her own unique,honey soaked voice but playing with the notes..Then she sings just a few sargam lines " Ga ma pa niiiiiiiiiiii......sa ga...." Its very hard to describe the way our princess has sung this song.. It just touches my heart instantly.


After the last few lines of the aalap the tabla comes in and she starts to belt out her soothing voice singing. " Ujde Se Lamhon Ko Aas Teri "... " Khali aankhien khudse sawal kare" asking different questions to god,expressing sorrow and sadness!!


Then she sings "  ruh jam si gai...Waqt tham sa gaya..Toote khwabon ke manzar pe..Tera jahan chal diya"


Here are Shreya's next few lines with chorus:-


Noor E Khuda Noor E Khuda - chorus




tu kahan chhupa hai humein yeh bata - Shreya adding her own soothing and classical touch to it, playing with the notes.


Noor E Khuda Noor E Khuda - Chorus


yun naa humse nazarein firaa. - Shankar and Shreya....singing amazingly high notes!!


Here is the review of the song from another site and I completely agree to them


Noor-E-Khuda wants to be gospel until Shreya Ghoshal segues into the track at four minutes of enduring both Shankar Mahadevan and Adnan Sami trying to reach out to God in their feeble pop-ish attempt. Must be something about Saraswati being in the ‘kanth’ of a woman; it’s only when Shreya pitches in that the track begins to take a prayer to the skies."


One of my fav and very close to my heart!!!..Hatts off to our diva and all the singers..WE hope to hear more Shreya Ghoshal and Shankar-Eshaan-Loy combo soon!!!

MMM videos of our diva's performances

Hey all you die hard Shreya fans,

Here are the videos of her performance in the reality music show " Music ka maha muqabla"

The songs Shreya sang so far are :-
Shreya vs mohit - Hoth Rasiley, Reshma chaligani - marathi, Khayke paan,Oh mungda & Dum Dum dhol baje...

Shreya vs Shaan - my most fav and our diva's most fav - Ami je tomar, Dola re dola, Rangila maro dholna, Show me your jalwa & finally a huge ending with the sargams of the song Ami je tomar beautifully sang by the diva herself only supported by Abbhas just for a few line..Fianlly ending with words of the song " Ami je tomar, shudhe je tomar...ami je tomar.."



Shreya Vs Mohit Video!!!




Shreya Vs Shaan Videos!!!!







Hope you guys enjoy these videos...
Ps ; - Shankar Vs Shreya videos coming soon!!! (^_^)

MMM latest news!!!!

Shreya Ghoshal one of the six captains of Star Plus' Music Ka Maha Muqqabla, easily captures the difficulties of sur and taal. However, the girl had to face a tough time when it came to conquering her costume- the traditional Indian sari!

According to our source, "For the upcoming episode that is to be aired this weekend, Shreya had to make an entry, where she had to climb the steps to the stage while simultaneously mouthing a few lines from the soundtrack that was being played. However, Shreya kept stumbling during the shoot, because the nails on the steps kept pulling at her sari. The poor thing couldn't decide on what to concentrate more, the singing or the sari."


The source goes on, "Eventually Shreya asked if she could skip the first few steps, and when the director gave the go ahead, Shreya started climbing the steps from halfway and made the intended grand entry."


Adds the source, "Shreya's challenger in this episode, Shankar Mahadevan, showered Shreya with compliments. Shankar said Shreya looks so gorgeous that she already seems like a winner. And that he doubted whether he would win. Shreya replied gracefully that even if Shankar lost it he should take it as a compliment because Shreya considers him his guru and the victory of a student is always a compliment for the teacher. Shankar too said that he will be happy if indeed Shreya won the face-off."
 
source : click here for the link!!!!

All the best Shreya's Superstars!!!

Hey guys,

As you all know that Shreya our crooning diva is in a show called " Music ka maha muqabla" and she has won a round against Mohit's fighters!!!.... She has also sadly lost a match against Shaan's strikers by only a point.. but the performance she gave that day was amazing. She was the true winner!!

Now our princess is up and against the breathless male singer and computer engineer Shankar Mahadevan!!! According to the Indian forums its a tie!!!
What will happen??? Who will win??? watch this Saturday to find out!!!

A friend of mine told me - well if Shankar Mahadevan is a male breathless singer then Shreya Ghoshal is a female breathless singer!!! :)

All the best Shreya

May victory be yours

U rock so just keep on rocking!!!

Remember we all love u heaps!!!

Ps : Noor-E-Khuda review coming soon - its a lovely song!!! Totally addicted to it..:)

My name is Khan!!

Our cronner has a lovely song in " My name is khan" called Noor -e- Khuda.
Its sung by Shnakar Mahadevan, Adnan Sami and our crooner Shreya Ghoshal!!



The music is directed by Shnakar Ehsaan Loy..
Starcast : Sharukh Khan & Kajol
Directed by : Karan Johar


Good News : The music release is today!! so buy it off Amazon or downlaod it in a few days time from http://www.song.pk/ 
Amazon link - http://www.amazon.co.uk/My-Name-is-Khan/dp/B0031C45O6



Preview the song in Amazon!! Lovely song.... :)

Zoobi Doobi Nominated!!

Shreya Ghoshal our nightingale  has been nominated in the 16 th Star screen awards for "Zoobi doobi" from 3 idiots

Here are the nominations!!

Shreya Ghoshal - Zoobi Doobi

Kavita Seth - Iktara

Shilpa Rao - Mudi Mudi

Sunidhi Chauhan - Mere Sang

Rekha Bhardwaj - Genda Phool



Here is my review of 3 idiots once again.. Read the last few lines!! My prediction came true!!! Not the whole review just highlights..:)


Zoobi doobi - Shreya Ghoshal and Sonu Nigam


shreya has shown her versitaile voice in this song. This song starts witth the nightgale's voice in a melodious tune. The lyrics are " gun gunati hain yeh hawaein, gun gunate tah alam........".


Then sonu starts " zoobi doo param pam ".


Throughout the song it's a kind of 60's , 70's feeling.


shreya as always did a wonderful job with this song and the way she sang it i cant describe it in words. The way she changed her pitch and emotions from romantic to goofy, no words for it. Hats off to Shreya di


We havent heard too much of shreya and Sonu's duets in 2008 but then halfway down 2009 we've started hearing more Shreya and sonu duets.

Thankyou Shreya di for giving us such a wonderful song.
This song was composed by Shantu Moitra and sung by shreya and sonu

I have a feeling Shreya di will get nominated for this song and also win it!! :)

To : Shreya di with loads of love

Happy New Year!

May u add many more awards to your kitty!! :D

All the best for the new year!! (^_^)

May 2010 be full of happiness and joys.

May your 2010 be as bright as the fireworks dispalyed in sydney!!

We all ( Shreya fans) cant wait to hear your 2010 new songs.

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3<3 <3 <3 <3

A quote on my behalf :

“Another fresh new year is here . . .

Another year to live!

To banish worry, doubt, and fear,

To love and laugh and give!

This bright new year is given me

To live each day with zest . . .

To daily grow and try to be

My highest and my best!

I have the opportunity

Once more to right some wrongs,

To pray for peace, to plant a tree,

And sing more joyful songs!”

Your biggest & most craziest die hard fan

Sanjoy ( love u)(^_^)