Early life
Shreya Ghoshal was born in a Bengali Brahmin family in Durgapur, West Bengal. His ancestors resided in the village of Hasra of Bangladesh's Birkramapura. He grew up in the town of Rawatvata near Quota of Rajasthan. His father, Biswajit Ghosal, was an engineer at the Atomic Energy Center. His mother is a postgraduate in literature. [5]
From the age of four, Shreya used to play harmonium to his mother. He took the training of Indian modern music in Kota. [6] With the special episode of 'S Re Ga Ga Pa' music competition of GTV, Shreya took the attention of the famous musician Kalyanji Birju Shah. Kalyanji was the judge of this competition. On his advice, Sareer's family moved to Mumbai. Shreya received training for one and a half years from Kalyanji and continued to receive training in modern music. [7]
Shreya Ghosal studied at the Atomic Energy Central School (AECS) in Rawatbhata and at Anushaktinagar in Mumbai and was admitted to SIES College. [5]
Career
For the second time, Shreya Ghoshal took the eye of the famous film director Sanjay Leela Bonsali, while participating in the song 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa' in GTV; In 2002, he got the opportunity to sing a parvati character (played by Aishwarya Rai) in the Devdas film directed by Sanjay Leela Bhansali, based on the famous novel Devdas, written by Sharatch Chandra Chattopadhyay. 