Modern day Nightingale of Indian Cinema, one of the most loved musicians India is truly proud of, Shreya Ghoshal celebrates a special day today, the 26th of June. The United States, state of Ohio, Governor Ted Strickland had declared 26 June 2010 as "Shreya Ghoshal Day" for her contribution towards Indian music and playback singing. The ardent fans of Shreya all over the world have been celebrating this day with utmost enthusiasm and pure admiration for last 12 years! A rare honor to be bestowed upon with at a young age; which however deserves to be acknowledged highly.
Shreya Ghoshal has sung over more than thousands of songs in almost more than 20 languages for film as well as non film projects ever since debuting in 2002. Her songs color all the hues of a human life, branch wide in terms of genres right from bhajans to romance to lullabies to classical music to ghazals to thumris. She has often encountered with listeners and fans who reminiscence about her songs playing a pivotal role in their lives. She is a household name from Kolkata to Kochi to Kota to Kanyakumari! Her rendition, nuances and perfection in diction is spoken of by composers, lyricists and contemporaries. An inspiration to the aspiring and colleagues, a yardstick of perfect balance between professional and personal life yet maintaining a direct interactive mode with her truest admirers, she's a favorite to almost everyone.
Her illustrious filmography includes participation in music created for awareness and spreading of social messages, initiated by government and other NGOs. A part of her live concert receipts have been donated for social causes over the years. But what separates her from the crowd, is her staunch belief in Indian rooted music. Her independent projects portray her vision to cultivate the habit of celebrating Indian culture through learning Indian music across the globe, because she truly believes that the world will look up and ape Indian music into its breath. Her latest single, Angana Morey was the perfect example of face of Indian music with electronica infused into classical based ragas.
Boasting of wide discography, spread over multiple languages and genres, it is the endearing personality Shreya Ghoshal dons that steals all the attention. Her innocence, purity and angelic presence on and off screen are magical. She continues her focused aim towards bettering self outing at each of her future endeavors. As she adorns this 12th Year of Shreya Ghoshal Day onto her caps, her words always promise of delivering novel, unadulterated and rooted good music for her listeners because she truly believes that there definitely exists some true music lovers, always yearning to hear from her. Wishing the Mistress of music, Dearest Shreya Ghoshal a very happy Shreya Ghoshal Day!
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