Birthday Special! Six facts about Shreya Ghoshal that you were probably unaware of

Winner of ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’

Shreya was the winner of singing reality show, Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 2000, which had Sonu Nigam as its host. She was only sixteen years old then.

She started singing at the age of 4

Music was always in her genes. Shreya started singing at a tender age of four, with her mother being her trainer. At six, she started formal training in classical music from Padmashree Late Kalyanji Bhai and Late Mukta Bhideji.

Shreya was spotted by Sanjay Leela Bansali’s mother

It was while she was performing at the 75th children's special episode of Sa Re Ga Ma, that she was spotted by Sanjay Leela Bansali's mother, who was watching her on television. She told Sanjay about it and SLB too was quite impressed with her talent and decided to give her a break in his movie 'Devdas.'

Shreya can sing in an array of languages

Shreya Ghoshal can sing fabulously, not only in Hindi, but in a huge number of Indian languages. From Bengali, Assamese, Marathi, Gujarati and Nepali to Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada, you name the language and you will find at least one song sung by her.

Shreya Ghoshal Day

The singer enjoys a huge global fan-following. One proof about the same is the fact that the Governor of The United States of Ohio, Mr. Ted Strickland, has declared 26th June as ‘Shreya Ghoshal Day', when all her fans celebrate by uploading their favourite songs sung by her on their social media accounts.

Got married to her childhood freind

Shreya got married on the 5th of February, 2015, to her childhood friend, Shiladitya Mukhopadhyaya in a traditional Bengali ceremony.