No. 41

Shreya Ghoshal, 25
Singer

Soulful Voice

She represents a generation that owes its success to network television. There are no fakes or pretenders in the new breed of playback singers, assayed as each one has been through the rigours of music contests. Not so long ago, she was a finalist in Zee’s Sa Re Ga Ma, but today she is a singer who is arguably the most in demand in Bollywood. Probably the youngest singer with four national awards, her facility extends to nine languages. Among her most popular songs are Dhola Re Dhola from Devdas, Teri Ore from Singh Is Kinng, Piyu Bole from Parineeta and Yeh Ishq Hai from Jab We Met.