Sunidhi Chauhan

Sunidhi Chauhan is a popular Indian playback singer. SUNIDHI Sunidhi Chauhan was born on 14th August 1983 to a Gujrati family living in Delhi. Her father is a small theater personality who supported her love for singing. Suneha is her younger sister. She studied at the Greenway Public School until 10th standard. At the young age of 18, she married music video director and choreographer Bobby Khan. This marriage ceremony was held secretly. The singer was disowned by her family as her parents were not in favour of this relationship. Sunidhi and Bobby separated after one year. DID YOU KNOW? The singer owes her success to her parents and singer Sonu Nigam. Gymnastics and cricket are Sunidhi's favourite games. Akshaye Khanna and Madhuri Dixit are her favourite actors. Her favourite movie is Sadma and she is inspired by Mariah Carey and Michael Jackson. Himesh Reshammiya rated her as a 9 out of 10 when he was on the popular talk show Koffee with Karan. CAREER Sunidhi Chauhan sang at a temple in Delhi at the age of four, and then started singing for many competitions and gatherings.ns. Her family moved to Mumbai with an aim to build a successful music career for her. She got a chance to be the lead singer in Kalyanji's Little Wonders troupe. The singer was noticed after winning the music show Meri Aawaz Suno and won the offer to record an album Aira Ghaira Nathu Khaira with HMV. But this album did not bring her much popularity as it was promoted as a children's album. Sunidhi got an offer from Aadesh Srivastava to sing "Larki Deewaani Dekho, Ladka Deewaana" from the movie Shastra (1996). Her next recording was "Ruki Ruki Thi Zindagi" for Ram Gopal Varma's Mast. This song was a big hit and brought her a number of offers to work with some of the best musicians in the film industry. She has lent her voice for the female superstars of Bollywood like Aishwarya Rai, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Bipasha Basu, Priyanka Chopra and also for the legendary actress Rekha. Some of the her popular songs are "Dhoom Machale" (Dhoom), "Beedi" (Omakara), "Aaja Nachle" (Aaja Nachle), "Sajnaji Vari Vari" (Honeymoon Travels Pvt. Ltd.), "Dance Pe Chance" (Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi), "Desi Girl" (Dostana), "Race Saanson Ki" (Race). Sunidhi is said to be a versatile singer. She has a strong and intense voice and can sing any kind of song whether it is rock, pop, classical or semi-classical. The singer is famously known for singing the item numbers like "Kaisi Paheli" (Parineeta), "Beedi" (Omakara), and "Lucky Boy"(Bachna Ae Haseeno). The item number "Beedi Jailaile" was picturised on Bipasha Basu. This hit number was sung by Sunidhi. Currently Sunidhi is facing cutthroat competition with another successful singer Shreya Ghoshal. For recently released movies like New York(2009), Dil Bole Hadippa! (2009), and Kaminey (2009), she has given some superhit numbers and for the upcoming release Ajab Prem Ki Ghazab Kahani (2009), she has lent her voice for three songs. She has also sung for Soha Ali Khan and Jimmy Shergill's Mumbai Cutting (2009). *chakpak.com*

Sajna Ve Sajna - Sunidhi chauhan

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Lata Mangeshkar-The Nightingale of Bollywood

Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore on September 8, 1929, and became, quite simply, the most popular playback singer in Bollywood's history. She has sung for over 50 years for actresses from Nargis to Preity Zinta, as well as having recorded albums of all kinds (ghazals, pop, etc). Until the 1991 edition, when her entry disappeared, the Guinness Book of World Records listed her as the most-recorded artist in the world with not less than 30,000 solo, duet,and chorus-backed songs recorded in 20 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987. Today that number might have reached 40,000!

She was born the daughter of Dinanath Mangeshkar, the owner of a theater company and a reputed classical singer in his own right. He started giving Lata singing lessons from the age of five, and she also studied with renowned singers Aman Ali Khan Sahib and Amanat Khan. Even at a young age she displayed a God-given musical gift and could master vocal exercises the first time.

Ironically, for someone of her stature, she made her entry into Bollywood at the wrong time - around the 1940s, when bass singers with heavily nasal voices, such as Noor Jehan and Shamshad Begum were in style. She was rejected from many projects because it was believed that her voice was too high-pitched and thin. The circumstances of her entry into the industry were no less inauspicious - her father died in 1942, the responsibility of earning income to support her family fell upon her, and between 1942 and 1948 she acted in as many as eight films in Hindi and Marathi to take care of economic hardships. She made her debut as a playback singer in the Marathi film Kiti Hasaal (1942) but, ironically, the song was edited out!

However, in 1948, she got her big break with Ghulam Haider in the film Majboor (1948), and 1949 saw the release of four of her films: Mahal (1949), Dulari (1949), Barsaat (1949), and Andaz (1949); all four of them became runaway hits, with their songs reaching to heights of what was until then unseen popularity. Her unusually high-pitched singing rendered the trend of heavily nasal voices of the day totally obsolete and, within a year, she had changed the face of playback singing forever. The only two lower-pitched singers to survive her treble onslaught to a certain extent were Geeta Dutt and Shamshad Begum.

Her singing style was initially reminiscent of Noor Jehan, but she soon overcame that and evolved her own distinctive style. Her sister, Asha Bhosle, too, came up in the late 1950s and the two of them were the queens of Indian playback singing right through to the 1990s. Her voice had a special versatile quality, which meant that finally music composers could stretch their creative experiments to the fullest. Although all her songs were immediate hits under any composer, it was the composers C. Ramchandra and Madan Mohan who made her sound her sweetest and challenged her voice like no other music director.

The 1960s and 1970s saw her go from strength to strength, even as there were accusations that she was monopolizing the playback-singing industry. However, in the 1980s, she cut down her workload to concentrate on her shows abroad. Today, Lata sings infrequently despite a sudden resurgence in her popularity, but even today some of Hindi Cinema's biggest hits, including Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995), Dil To Pagal Hai (1997), and Veer-Zaara (2004) feature her legendary voice.

No matter which female playback singer breaks through in any generation, she cannot replace the timeless voice of Lata Mangeshkar. She is an icon beyond icons....
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Lata Mangeshkar - Jo Wada Kiya (Live Performance)

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K.S.Chithra Nightingale of South India

K. S. Chithra,(കെ.എസ്‌.ചിത്ര:malayalam) credited as Chitra, is a six time National film awards winning singer who has made her mark in the Indian (film) playback industry. Known as the “Nightingale of South India”, she has lent her voice to Malayalam, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Oriya, Hindi, Assamese and Bengali films.

Professional career
Born on July 27, 1963, in Thiruvananthapuram (Trivandrum), Kerala, into a family of musicians, Chithra’s talent was recognized and nurtured from an early age by her father, the late Krishnan Nair. He was also her first guru (teacher). Chithra received her extensive training in Carnatic music from Dr. K. Omanakutty, after she was selected for the National Talent Search Scholarship from the Central Government from 1978 – 1984. She was introduced to Malayalam playback singing by M. G. Radhakrishnan in 1979. She made her debut in the Tamil film industry in Chennai under the guidance of film music composer Ilaiyaraaja. Her knowledge of South Indian languages and Hindi enables her to render songs with originality and perfection. She is married to Vijayashankar, an engineer and businessman. Her only daughter Nandana, was born on 2002 in Chennai was died in an accident at a swimming pool in dubai on 14th april, 2011.

Other achievements
Chithra was also honoured with the Kalaimamani title from Tamil Nadu Government in 1997, the K. J. Yesudas Lifetime Achievement Award in 2004, Kalaiselvam title from the South Indian Nadigar Sangam in 2002, and the Lifetime Achievement Award from Global Malayalee Council in London in 2003. She has also received numerous mainstream awards like MTV Video Music Award, Screen – Videocon Award, Film Fans Association Awards, and Cinema Express Awards. She has in her credit, private albums in Hindi, namely Piya Basanti and Sunset Point. Her first ghazal album with Masterio Ghulam Ali and Asha Bhosle is ready for release. She recently released an album in dedication to Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi named My Tribute. It is a collection of kirthis and bhajans dedicated to Smt.M.S.Subbulakshmi. Sony is planning to release a solo album soon owing to success of Piya Basanti. Recognising her contribution to the music world, Smt. Chithra has been conferred the prestigious Padma Shri title by the Government of India in 2005.

Stage performance
Chithra has performed all over India, Middle East, Singapore, Malaysia, UK, France, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Sri Lanka, Western European countries like Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Denmark.

Audiotracks
Chithra, who is a Grade A artiste of All India Radio and Doordarshan, has established her own recording label, Audiotracs, to promote new talents in the music world by giving them opportunities to collaborate with her as singers, lyricists and music directors.
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KS Chitra and SPB sing the duet Anjali

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Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal’s voice mesmerized viewers on the television show Sa Re Ga Ma not once but twice after which, Shreya became one of the most sought after playback singers in Bollywood.

Basics on Shreya
Shreya Ghoshal was born in Rawatbhata, Rajasthan, India on the 12th March 1984. She is a Bengali Brahmin. Her father was an engineer at the Bhabha Atomic Research Center while her mother holds a degree in literature.

Ghoshal studied at the Atomic Energy Central School in Kota and Mumbai. She has a degree in Arts from the SIES College and hopes to do her Masters in Literature.

Shreya Ghoshal on Sa Re Ga Ma
As a child, she trained in Hindustani Classical Music under Maheshchandra Sharma.

She appeared on Zee TV’s Sa Re Ga Ma in a children’s segment which was hosted by singer Sonu Nigam. She won the competition. One of the judges Kalyanji convinced her parents to move to Mumbai and Ghoshal trained with him for nearly two years after which she received training under Mukta Bhide.

She was a contestant on Sa Re Ga Ma as an adult and was selected by the film director Sanjay Leela Bhansali to sing in Devdas. She went on to become a successful playback singer and sang songs in various languages like Hindi, Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi.

Shreya Ghoshal in Movies
Some of her most popular hits were Devdas (2000) - Bhairi Piya; Jism (2003) – Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai; Bhool Bhulaiyaa (2007) – Mera Dholna and Raaz: The Mystery Continues (2009) – Soniyo.

Awards
Shreya Ghoshal won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 2002 and 2006, for Bhairi Piya from Devdas and Dheere Jalna from Paheli respectively.

In 2006, Ghoshal was awarded the Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent. She has also won the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award four times for Devdas, Jism, Guru and Singh is Kinng, as well as for the Tamil movie Sillunu Oru Kaadhal.


Shreya Ghoshal - Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hain

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