Shreya Ghoshal!!!

It has been almost a decade since she started creating magic!!! The little sweet 16 year old that
came into our lives as the voice of Paro has established herself as the most sought after voice of
the country in a short span of time. There is a lot of fan following and her list of awrds is
ever-growing and yet the singer has not let herself into the fold of what some people call
"Attitude". The list of songs had surpassed her age and experience many years back but what
remains is that there is soul in the singing and most importantly diction is something what she
seems to not compromise on which is one of the main reasons for her success in languages that
she does not speak. If you do not believe, please watch any awards ceremony,Filmfare in gereal,
and point out one proper speech she has given. Even Hindi has been a problem as far as she is
concerned and there is absolutely no connection between the singing and the speaking. She
speaks so badly as against her too good singing. Still, language has never been a problem with
her and she is an established playback singer and one cannot limit her to Hindi playback singer
or Tamil playback because one knows for a fact that she has done appreciable amount of work in
every industry and she is in general an Indian playback singer. I would even term her as the
epitome of National Integration!!!


Considering the technical aspects of her voice, she has a fantastic and a flexible pitch. This pitch
is suitable for singing many genres like pop, ghazal, quawali, Indipop, classical etc. And the range
of the voice is also pretty wide. She seems to be comfortable taking any note as her take-off note
and the landing note with the same ease irrespective of the octave be it lower, middle or higher.
And the tone is again just enough to make an impression, a standing impression. The required
stress at a given point of time to create the mood of the song just comes naturally for her. At this
juncture I would like to cite an example. In the song जादू है नशा है the mood of the song is a bit
sensual and the same mood was created in தழுவுது நழுவுது. This way she gives life to the
emotions through her voice. And this is one of the reasons why her songs are a big hit generally.
The ultimate aim of music is to stir the soul within ones own self and this she does by putting in
her soul into work. The vibrato is also just too good to make a lasting impression on the listener.
Very few people possess this kind of a haunting voice.

A full fledged technical analysis of each song and how effectively she has cultured her voice to suit every mood and every emotion transcending the boundaries of language could be an interesting Doctoral research study for ENTs. Whatever is said and done, she has created a place for herself in the music industry and most importantly the hearts of people world over and this is more than any achievement or award for a singer. Jai Ho Shreya!!!