Our Queen - Shreya Ghoshal

Met My God - 7

2012-02-13T07:28:00.000-08:00

Hello friends!! I met my inspiration yesterday at the airport :)..It was sheer luck that I got to meet her this time! On 11th Feb, I was going somewhere with my parents and on the way, came a beautiful building.I was just looking at it and on some distance, saw Shreya's poster. Then I was sure that she was performing in Delhi today!!! But it was already 8 by then and entry would have also been a problem! And she tweeted about being in Delhi later. So even if she had not tweeted, I would have met her as I saw the poster..interesting na?

So, I decided to go to the airport next day. I reach there at 7:30..Waited for an hour. This Terminal -3 was soo huge! I was confused from which gate she will enter. But she finally arrived at 8:30.. She waved hands at me. I ran towards her :).. Finally the wait got over...She was very happy with my cocnentration towards spirituality. And the message/autograph she gave me on my diary made me really happy. I will cherish it forever

Shreya at launch of Deepak Pandit's album "Miracle"

2012-02-09T10:02:00.000-08:00

Shreya tweeted few months ago talking about a thumri she had recorded. The music launch of that album held yesterday in Mumbai. Shreya was present there and also sang few lines leaving me spellbound :)..Music has been composed by Deepak Pandit. The album is titled “Miracle”

Dhoni (Tamil)

2012-01-31T11:25:00.000-08:00

I am starting with the newly released Tamil songs of Shreya! They released just today.

The movie is titled “Dhoni”.Music is composed by Ilayaraja.

Hope you guys remember the unforgettable songs of Sri Rama Rajyam in which Shreya sang 4 songs for Ilayaraja!

Shreya has sung two songs..one duet with Naresh Iyer and other is a solo!

1.Vilayatta Padagotty (Solo)

This track is a solo by Shreya. The song has a duration of 4 minutes 47 seconds. It’s a typical Ilayaraja song. The track starts with chorus singing. Shreya has changed her voice according to the need of the song. The instrumentation has been kept very light. Its a slow peaceful song. It seems to be a typical village track sung in Tamil Nadu (just guessing). Both the interludes are superb, especially the second interlude containing violin piece. The antaras are sung by Shreya are amazing as well.. I really wish I could understand Tamil. I would have been able to understand the mood of the song better. To all music lovers, do not miss this track! :)

2. Chinna Kanniley (Duet by Shreya and Naresh Iyer)

The track runs for 4 minutes 40 seconds. Its a duet with Naresh Iyer. As far as I could understand, its a romantic track. The song starts with Shreya singing with light piano piece playing in the background. The instrumentation is superb in this song as well. I really like the way Ilayaraja manages both the voice and instruments. I really liked the way chorus entered into the scene at 0:40 just after Shreya ended her lines. Naresh enters after the first antara and sings the first few lines of second antara but according to me, he has not been able to do justice with the feel Shreya has put into the song.His voice sounded a bit low..no offence

Both are beautiful songs. After a long time, I got to hear those beautiful instrumentation of Ilayaraja with Shreya singing the songs!

Ps: The awards Shreya has won so far in this year has been updated in “Awards in 2012” bar!

Sorry for the absence

2012-01-31T11:11:00.000-08:00

Hello friends.I am back!!

Sorry for the absence..I stopped for some while because majority of fans were active in the fanclubs I have created in Twitter and Facebook.

But I have finally made up my mind to start with blogging again!!

Meanwhile, there are quite a few songs I have not reviewed..I’ll start with newly released songs of Shreya now..

Hope you guys didn’t miss the masterpieces sung by our Nightingale..Some of my favorites are Nee Mohisu, Usiro Bido, the songs from Aparajita tumi,etc ..The list is endless..and how to forget Chikni Chameli and Ooh La La!!!

I am starting with reviewing with my next post! :)

I expect good activeness of fans here :)

Nishant

Encyclopedia of Shreya (Newly named by her :P)

Met My God - 6

2011-11-07T11:18:00.000-08:00

Yayyy..I met Shreya di again yesterday at the concert! (Qutub Festival)/ I was so lucky to have met her again. All is God's grace and thanks to all my well wishers.

She sang all her hits including Teri Meri and Ooh La La, She sang Barso Re, Deewangi, Jadoo Hai, Agar Tum, etc ad at the last, she sang two of the Lata Mangeshkar numbers.. i.e. Ye Zindagi and Lag Ja Gale.

Its one of the best cocnerts of Shreya I have attended so far.Thank you once again Shreya di..U Rock! :)

Your Biggest fan/Encyclopedia

Nishant :)

Btw,Hope you all are staying updated with the Twitter and Facebook fanclubs I have created! :)

Shreya's first advertisement (Multi lingual)

2011-08-02T11:36:00.000-07:00

As you all must be aware that Shreya had shooted for the very first time for an advertisement for Joy Alukias!!

Shreya di’s expressions are much better than any other leading actress today! But I would sincerely request Shreya to never take up acting. I would just like her to see singing, singing and only singing :)

MALAYALAM

TAMIL

KANNADA

TELUGU

HINDI

Shreya Ghoshal wins Swaralaya Award!

2011-08-02T11:31:00.000-07:00

Shreya didi has won yet another award!!

She has won 11^th Swaralaya Yesudas Award!!

Lets all get together to congratulate our Nightingale :)

Many Many Congratulations Shreya di :) ..U Rock!

Nishant

Your Biggest fan :)

Met My God - 5

2011-07-25T13:52:00.000-07:00

Yes, I met my idol Shreya Ghoshal again the 5^th time on 23rd July! :) ..I couldn’t post the 4^th part because of some reasons.Coming to the recent meeting, Shreya di had tweeted “Now- Sleep. :) 2mrw delhi! :)” ..And I couldn’t believe it because there was no news of her coming to Delhi. I was very excited but on the other hand, I was equally sad as I was thinking whether I’ll be able to meet her this time as it had been more than 9 months that we met!

I didn’t sleep that day (my twitter and FB friends must be aware of that). I finally slept at 5am and woke up at 12 noon. I was waiting for the sun to rise so that I could get in contact with Shreya’s mother to get to know anything related to her concert! I finally got in contact with her at 3 and before I asked her, she told me about the concert but she herself had not come with Shreya this time as her father was accompanying her this time! I asked her mother if I could meet her this time! She said she could try but sadly, she told ,me that Shreya had forgotten her cell phone in Mumbai and her manager’s cell phone was not reachable! But since Aunty takes me as her own son, she didn’t let me lose the hope and kept trying and finally, I got in contact with her manager. He said that I could come. I was super happy after the 3 hours sadness and praying to Guruji continuously. It was 6pm that time and I was already late. I reached the venue around 7pm and fortuntately, my Shreya didi was there at the backstage and I entered the room! She first noticed me and said , “You are looking very changed..She actually said “bilkul risht pusht lag rahe ho”..Haha! She liked my outfit a lot and complemented 2 -3 times for it. I was super happy. I asked her for a photograph but she said “Sit, there is more time” . I asked her about X Factor and she said it was going good. I also asked her about her foot. I was thinking if it’s a dream and suddenly, someone came to call her as some dancers wanted a snap with her! She told that she would be back in a few minutes. In the meanwhile, I talked to her father for the first time.He asked about my education :).He is again, so humble liker his whole family. I took his blessings and Shreya entered the room again. And then, someone came to call her for the concert and we took the snap and I was very happy to have met my Idol after 10 long months :)…And then, luckily enjoyed the whole concert by her. She started with Silsila Ye Chahat Ka and sang quite a few numbers like Wada Raha, Tumhe Jo Main Dekha, Chalo Tumko Lekat Chalein, Jaadu Hai Nasha Hai, O Bekhar, Ami Je Tomar and not to forget, she sang her recent hit Saathiya for the very first time in a concert :)..

Thank you God and Guruji for turning impossible to possible. Anyway, impossible says that I m possible ;) ..hehe ..Thank you all for your blessings and last but not the least, million thanks to Shreya’s mom and her manager for helping me out :) ..Loads of Love and Hugs :)

Nishant

Biggest Devotee of Shreya

Short reviews of songs!

2011-07-11T13:31:00.001-07:00

Hi guys..I am back!! Exams were not less that Internship came into scene!! I never thought I would be so busy that I would not complete my blog. I am not even abnle to sit on Twitter like before! I make sure that this busy schedule of mine ends soon!!

Again, I'll have to write short reviews of songs..All songs of Shreya recently have been super hit!!

Specially Zara Sa Ansuna tops my list this year! :)..The song has such a rich flavor.Hats off to Shreya and Deepak Pandit

1. Zara Sa Ansuna - Starting with my favorite track :).. Songs like Zara Sa Ansuna, that too in Shreya's voice is what I want everyday :)..Its my cuppa tea! The beats, the instrumentation, everything is soo unique..Its a romantic song from the Movie "Ye Faasley"..The combo of Shreya and Deepak Pandit always rocks!! The song also has another version which is almost same..The only difference is that it is a duet and has mridangam playing in the antara instead of dholak and the instrumentation is less in the later version.

2. Kitne Din Beetey - Another mindblowing song from the same movie..It has a slight sad feel to it.. It also has two versions..almost similar! Nice instrumentation! The song is my favorite as well :)

3.Poovakelu - Guess who is back? The superb combo Shreya and Ilayaraja :)..This Tamil song is a duet with Karthik.. Its a romantic song with superb syhcronization of instruments. Shreya , as usual is the star of the song! :).. The song has a carnatic feel to it and I got reminded of Konjam Konjam (again by Shreya - Ilayaraja)

4. Bavani Varugira - Another song by Shreya - Ilayaraja. Its from the Movie "Ponnar Shankar". Its sung by Shreya and chorus part. It seems like a Tamil village song. A lot of Carnatic flavor and very unique instruementation has been done by Ilayaraja..

5.Kannai Padithaen- Another melody from the same movie! Its a duet with Sreeram Parthasarthy..Its a typical Raja melody..Shreya sounds like an angel, specially in the antaras. I got reminded of Elangathu Veesudey after hearing this!

6. Mallar Villilae - Third song from the same movie! Its a duet by Shreya and another female singer Darshana! It has a carnatic music touch to it and the interludes between the antaras are simply superb. Shreya takes small alaap in the ending of both the antaras which impressed me the most. To be honest, the other female singer sounds just Ok in front of Shreya!

7. Thedi Vantha - Last song from Ponnar Shankar. Its a duet with Shreya and Kunal. Its a unique song with full of expressions and Shreya has rocked it!

ps: Sorry guys, I'll post the rest of the reviews later as I have to write a very special post "Met My God - 5" ;)

Review of the pending songs!!

2011-06-01T12:52:00.000-07:00

Hi friends. I know you all have ben waiting long for the posts but I had some problem with the font of the blog and also exams were/are dancing on my head. So, I decided to write short reviews of pending songs instead of getting more late. I'll bold the name of the songs which according to me cannot be missed and the one in bold and italics will be even more special and I'll write big reviews of some selected songs as well!

1.Chinna Nee Nanna - A Kannada song from the movie Uyyale. Music by Rickey Raj. Its a duet of Shreya with Kunal Ganjawala. A nice usual romantic song with slight western beats

2.Nee Thandiruve - Kannada duet by Shreya and Shaan. Music by jan Varkey (never heard of him before). The song is very nice. It has a carnatic touch to it and antaras are aptly made.

3.Geleya - Again, third continuous Kannada song. Its sung by Shreya n Kunal from the movie Hori. A nice romantic song starts with a soothing tune played on Guitar, followed by Shreya's mesmerizing vocals. Though its a nice song, but like always, Shreya's vocals makes it more special.

4.Rong Diya - Its the second Assamese song of Shreya. It cannot be missed at any cost. Its from the movie Raamdhenu..Duet with Zubeen Garg and music by Jatin Sharma. The song has a complete aura of Assamese tradition no one except Shreya could justice to it. A very soothing song which will be loved by all music lovers.

5. Kaaya Vaacha - Kannada duet with LN Shastry..from the movie Olave Mandhaara. Music by Deva. A very short song, having complete Carnatic touch to the song. It hardly runs for 3 minutes and Shreya adds a special touch to the song in the last.

6. Chinna Ninna Bali Seralu - Kannada duet with Rajesh Krishnan from the movie Olave Mandhaara. A mixture of romantic and a peppy track.

7. Munpani - An amazing Tamil track by Shreya from the movie Seedan. Music by Dhina. Its having that village flavor in the song. The song may sound easy in hearing but its really difficult to sing it!

8. Mere Bacche - Aah, a great lullaby by Shreya which could make the most stressed person go in a peaceful sleep. Truly amazing! Its from the movie Satrangee Parachute.. Music by Kaushik Dutta..Its one of my most recent favorites by Shreya. What expresions she has put in the song!

9. Mehki Mehki - One of the hits of this year, sung by Shreya and Kshitij. Music by Shankar- Ehsaan - Loy. Shreya completely overshadows the male singer with her outstanding vocals. The song has latin tunes and she has completely rocked it. The song is promoted quite well.

10. Tara Tara - A Kannada song which is a huge hit in Karnataka state. Music by Arjun Janya. Its a duet by Shreya and Vijay Prakash. I recently visited Bangalore and this song was playing in each and every radio station after every single hour. The chorus part which continues in whole of the song adds new touch to the song.

11. Jhiri Jhiri - A Bangla track by Shreya and Nachiketa from the movie "Bhorer Alo". Music by Jeet Ganguly. Awesome song with a classical touch. A very soothing song. Hop you all will love it.

12. Chali Chaliga - New Telugu solo by Shreya. Its a huge hit all over Andhra and among music lovers. Music by Devi Sri Prasad. The song has a Carnatic touch and I got reminded of Enni Ashalo after hearing this track.

13. Ki Jani Ki Je Holo - A Bangla track by Shreya and Shaan from the movie Punorutthan. Music by Ravindra Jain. The song is a like a typical Ravindra Jain track, having beats like the songs from Vivah, Ek Vivah Aisa Bhi, etc

14. Hey-La-Mana - A song from the movie Queens - Destiny of Dance. Its composed by Anurag Ware. Its a solo by Shreya. The trailor of the movie is not even shown once.

15. Bhishe Bhishe - A Bangla track from the movie Iti Mrinalini. Music by Debjyoti Mishra. We all are aware of the amazing songs Shreya has sung for him before. A nice track having latin touch, supported by instruments like Guitar. Shreya has completely rocked the song with her superb and versatile vocals.

16. Ajana Kono Galpo Bole - s.Again a superb track from the same movie. The instrumentation is superb. Shreya, like always have added apt emotions in the song which makes it even more special. The song sounds like the unforgettable oldies by OP Nayyar.

ps: Hope you guys will cooperate with me. I will write big reviews for the rest of the songs tomorrow because they are really special! :)

Dil Ne Mere Dil Ne - Tum Hi To Ho

2011-05-07T12:41:00.000-07:00

Movie: Tum Hi To Ho

Song: Dil Ne Mere Dil Ne

Singers: Shreya Ghoshal & Udit Narayan

Music: Anand – Milind

Review

It’s a long 7 minutes 29 seconds track, composed by Anand - Milind for whom Shreya sang many songs between 2003 – 2006. The4y hardly composed in one or two movies after that. Anyway, coming to the track, as expected, it has a 90s flavour to it. Though the song is not extraordinary, but Shreya’s voice can even put life in a rock, so this song works only because Shreya has put life to it :)..And sorry to say, I didn’t find Udit Narayan’s voice impressive here.

Conclusion

Nice romantic track. Anand Milind could do much better though.

Vidhuramee Yathra - Gaddhama (Malayalam)

2011-05-07T11:31:00.000-07:00

Movie: Gaddhama

Song: Vidhuramee Yathra

Singers: Shreya Ghoshal & Hariharan

Music: Bennet Veetrag

Review

This post is about the new Malayalam track of Shreya titled “Vidhuramee Yatra”. Rest of the other information have been mentioned above. The track runs for 4 minutes 11 minutes. It starts with a bhaunting tune, having an Arabic touch. Shreya starts the song with her mellifluous voice. Hariharan has given good support to Shreya. Wish I could understand Malayalam, so that I could give a better review but whataver I get to understand by hearing the composition, I write it here! The first interlude is awesome, specially the line where the chorus singer sings Allah… Shreya starts with the first antara. She, as usual, sings brilliantly and puts some classical touch in the antara which is a treat to hear.

Conclusion

A very different kind of song, with lots of new innovations by Shreya. Do not miss!

Tolakari Chinukai - Prema Kavali (Telugu)

2011-05-07T11:14:00.000-07:00

Movie: Prema Kavali

Song: Tolakari Chinukai

Singers: Shreya Ghoshal & Ranjith

Music: Anoop Rubens

Review:

This post is about Shreya’s Telugu track “Tolakari Chinukai” sung for Anoop Rubens. Shreya had earlier sung two solos for him, one being Enni Ashalo (my most favorite Telugu song) and the other one, peppy number Vaade Vaade. The previous mentioned two songs ere different from each other and with no surprise, the new song "Tolakari Chinukai" is again from different genre! The track runs for 4 minutes 44 seconds. Its a peppy, yet sensuous tune. Shreya starts with the song and Ranjith follows her in a little higher scale. The first interlude before the second stanza is a nice blend of carnatic and western beats. Shreya, the princess of expressions has again modulated her voice to suit the theme of the track.

Conclusion:

A nice track, witth interesting instruments..as usual sung beautifully by Nightingale Shreya :)

Paatinte Palkadavil - Living Together (Malayalam)

2011-04-26T11:24:00.001-07:00

Movie: Living Together
Song: Paatinde Palkadavil
Singer: Shreya Ghoshal
Music: M.Jayachanderan

REVIEW
The song runs for 4 minutes 25 seconds.It starts with kids singing and then Shreya starts with the song. I got reminded of Kuyil Padum after hearing this track. Its a peppy track which would be loved by kids. The interludes are composed according to the theme of the song, of which 1st interlude is having a flute piece, followed by Shreya's beautiful harmony. The antaras are great as well. The song may look easy in hearing but it has many small notations and only Shreya can do justice with them.

CONCLUSION