Shreya Ghoshal Early Life

Shreya Ghoshal was born on 12 March 1984 into a Bengali family in Berhampore, Murshidabad district, West Bengal. Her family:

• Father, Bishwajit Ghoshal: an electrical engineer with the Nuclear Power Corporation of India
• Mother, Sarmistha Ghoshal: a postgraduate in literature
• Younger brother, Soumyadeep Ghoshal

She grew up in Rawatbhata, a small township near the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station, and studied at Atomic Energy Central School No. 4 there up to class eight. In 1997 her father was transferred to the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, and the family moved to Mumbai. There she attended Atomic Energy Central School in Anushakti Nagar. She briefly enrolled for science at Atomic Energy Junior College, then switched to arts with English at SIES College of Arts, Science and Commerce.

Her music training:

• She began learning at the age of four, with her mother accompanying her on the tanpura.
• At six she began formal Hindustani classical training.
• In Mumbai she trained with composer Kalyanji (of Kalyanji–Anandji) for about 18 months.
• She then continued classical training with Mukta Bhide.

In 2000, aged 16, she won the Zee TV singing competition Sa Re Ga Ma, which put her in front of Sanjay Leela Bhansali.