Shreya Ghoshal is a musical phenomenon, hailed as the reigning queen of Indian film music. She has been delighting the Asian audiences the world over with her delectable songs for over more than a decade. Shreya has brought a vocal wonder to the world only in Bollywood Hindi music but also Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi and South Indian music.
Shreya has over 500 film songs in her name and received a number of musical awards in India. It was Shreya who sang with Pakistani singer Rahat Fateh Ali Khan the hit song 'Tere Mast Mast Do Nain' in 'Dabang' which, in fact, initiated her into the realm of fame and fortune. There are other hits like 'Shukran Allah' from 'Kurbaan,' 'Theri Ore' from 'Singh is King,' 'Zoobi Doobi' from 'Three Idiots' and many more.
Recently she came up with a Ghazal album, 'Humnasheen,' where she sang in the purest form of the Ghazal. She was lauded for her effort by both the public and demanding pundits of the genre. When I met her in London at the time, she said “Humnasheen is a heartfelt humble effort from me to revive the pure form of ghazals.”
Apart from being a musical exponent, what is equally captivating about Shreya is her personality. She is, like her voice, beautiful. And it is her beauty as a person and a performer that she endears herself passionately to the people who come to see her perform. On stage, Shreya also sings a few golden oldies of Lata Mangeshkar. She is expected to sing some Gujarati songs too.
It is for her musical achievement that a special honour, considered to be very prestigious, was bestowed upon her by the governor of the State of Ohio, USA, Ted Strickland, by a proclamation that June 26 as the Shreya Goshal Day in Ohio. Only two other Indians, Swami Vivekanand and Rabindranath Tagore, were given this recognition.
Vijay Bhola, a veteran of Indian film and music promotions in the UK and Europe, is now promoting Shreya concert in London and Leicester this week. He said: "Shreya is all set to enrapture the Asian audiences. You have to be part of these thrilling shows staged non-stop for more than three hours."
Shreya's schedule: Friday 6th May 2016, 7 pm at De Montfort Hall, Leicester;
Saturday 7th May 7 pm at Eventim Apollo, Hammersmith, London.
Rock on Music continue to bring high calibre artists to the UK for sellout concerts such as Arijit Singh, Sonu Nigam, Shreya Ghoshal and Shaan to name a few. This year has a smorgasbord of versatile artists including Shankar Ehsaan Loy later this month and Arijit Singh in July.
