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Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (; born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer. Noted for her wide vocal range and versatility, she is one of the most prolific and influential singers of India. Often referred to as the "Queen of Dynamics'' for her remarkable vocal expressions, Ghoshal is widely regarded as one of the greatest vocalists of the Indian subcontinent. She has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian and foreign languages and received List of awards and nominations received by Shreya Ghoshal, numerous accolades, including five National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awards, two Tamil Nadu State Film Awards, one Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer, Maharashtra State Award, one Telangana Gaddar Film Awards, Telangana Gaddar Film Award, Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, BFJA Award, seven Filmfare Awards and ten Filmfare Awards South. Ghoshal began learning music at the age of four. Beginning her training in classical music at the age o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shreya Ghoshal Discography
Shreya Ghoshal is an Indian singer who has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian cinema. She is highly regarded as one of the most successful singers of all time, having won seven Filmfare Awards, ten Filmfare Awards South, five National Film Awards and four Kerala State Film Awards. She has established herself as one of the leading singers in Bengali language, Bengali, Malayalam language, Malayalam, Tamil language, Tamil, Hindi, Telugu language, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi language, Marathi, Punjabi language, Punjabi and Bhojpuri language, Bhojpuri languages. Studio albums Songs sung by Shreya Ghoshal Bengali discography Bhojpuri songs Hindi discography Kannada discography Malayalam songs Marathi discography Punjabi songs Tamil discography Telugu discography Urdu songs Other languages Angika songs Assamese songs English songs *This list includes even the songs in different languages by Ghoshal used in English movies. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Folk Music
Folk music is a music genre that includes #Traditional folk music, traditional folk music and the Contemporary folk music, contemporary genre that evolved from the former during the 20th-century folk revival. Some types of folk music may be called world music. Traditional folk music has been defined in several ways: as music transmitted orally, music with unknown composers, music that is played on traditional instruments, music about cultural or national identity, music that changes between generations (folk process), music associated with a people's folklore, or music performed by Convention (norm), custom over a long period of time. It has been contrasted with popular music, commercial and art music, classical styles. The term originated in the 19th century, but folk music extends beyond that. Starting in the mid-20th century, a new form of popular folk music evolved from traditional folk music. This process and period is called the (second) folk revival and reached a zenith ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Telangana Gaddar Film Awards
The Telangana Gaddar Film Awards (TGFA) are annual awards presented by the Government of Telangana to recognise excellence in Telugu cinema, as well as lifetime achievements in Indian cinema. The awards are instituted in 2025 in the honor of revolutionary Telugu poet Gaddar. The Telangana Film Development Corporation (TGFDC) announced the Telangana Gaddar Film Awards (TGFA) for best picture and six special awards, for the period between June 2014 to December 2024, on 30 May 2025. The awards were instituted in 2025 and honored films which released from June 2014, after the bifurcation of Andhra Pradesh. In 2025 it was found that the jury selecting the awards did not watch the films that received the awards. It was reported they only partially watched two to three films. Best feature film * Telangana Gaddar Film Award for Best Feature Film Special awards NTR National Film Award - Artist only The NTR National Award is named in the memory of former chief minister and actor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maharashtra State Film Award For Best Female Playback Singer
The Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Playback Singer Female is an honour established in 1962, and presented at the Maharashtra State Film Awards for best female playback singer in Marathi cinema. The first recipient was Asha Bhosle, who was honoured at the 1st Maharashtra State Film Awards in 1962 for her rendition from the movie ''Manini (1961 film), Manini''. As of 2024, The female playback singer who won the most awards is Asha Bhosle with eighteen wins, followed by Sadhana Sargam and Devaki Pandit with four wins each. Lata Mangeshkar won the award three times. Sulochana Chavan, Suman Kalyanpur, Usha Mangeshkar, Uttara Kelkar and Pushpa Pagdhare have won it twice. Winners See also * Maharashtra State Film Awards * Maharashtra State Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer References External links * {{IMDb event, 0015478, Maharashtra State Film Awards Indian film awards Maharashtra awards Marathi cinema 1962 establishments in Maharashtra Awards establi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards
Tamil Nadu State Film Awards were given for excellence in Cinema of Tamil Nadu, Tamil cinema in India. They were given annually to honour the best talents and provide encouragement and incentive to the South Indian film industry by the Government of Tamil Nadu. The awards were decided by a committee headed by a Judge. The awards were first given in 1967 and discontinued after 1970. The awards were given again in 1977 and continued till 1982. The awards were not given in the years 1971 to 1976. However, in the year 1977, the awards for Best Actress and Best Actor were announced for the years 1971 to 1976 by way of honorary certificates by the government led by the then chief minister M.G.Ramachandran. Since 1988, the awards were regularly given until it became defunct in 2008. After winning the election for the Producers Council of Tamil cinema, the chairman Vishal (actor), Vishal revealed that he would approach the government to reinstate the awards. The awards were reinstated in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kerala State Film Awards
The Kerala State Film Awards are the film awards for a motion picture made in Kerala. The awards started in 1969 by the Department of Cultural Affairs, Government of Kerala and since 1998 the awards have been bestowed by Kerala State Chalachitra Academy on behalf of the Department of Cultural Affairs. The awardees are decided by an independent jury formed by the academy and the Department of Cultural Affairs, Govt. of Kerala. The jury usually consists of eminent personalities from the film field. For the awards for literature on cinema a separate jury is formed. The academy annually invites films for the award and the jury analyses the films that are submitted before deciding the winners. The awards intends to promote films with artistic values and encourage artists, technicians and producers. The awards are declared by the Minister for Cultural Affairs and are presented by the Chief Minister of Kerala. List of awards The number of awards varies from year to year, co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Film Awards
The National Film Awards are awards for artistic and technical merit given for "Excellence within the Cinema of India, Indian film industry". Established in 1954, it has been administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals from 1973 until 2020, and by the National Film Development Corporation of India, NFDC since 2021. Every year, a national panel appointed by the government selects the winning entry, and the award ceremony is held in New Delhi, where the President of India presents the awards. This is followed by the inauguration of the National Film Festival, where award-winning films are screened for the public. Declared for films produced in the previous year across the country, they hold the distinction of awarding merit to the best of Indian cinema overall, as well as presenting awards for the best films in each region and language of the country. History The Awards we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indian Subcontinent
The Indian subcontinent is a physiographic region of Asia below the Himalayas which projects into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of Bengal to the east and the Arabian Sea to the west. It is now divided between Bangladesh, India, and Pakistan. (subscription required) Although the terms "Indian subcontinent" and "South Asia" are often also used interchangeably to denote a wider region which includes, in addition, Bhutan, the Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, the "Indian subcontinent" is more of a geophysical term, whereas "South Asia" is more geopolitical. "South Asia" frequently also includes Afghanistan, which is not considered part of the subcontinent even in extended usage.Jim Norwine & Alfonso González, ''The Third World: states of mind and being'', pages 209, Taylor & Francis, 1988, Quote: ""The term "South Asia" also signifies the Indian Subcontinent""Raj S. Bhopal, ''Ethnicity, race, and health in multicultural societies'', pages 33, Oxford University Press, 2007, ; Q ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The New Indian Express
''The New Indian Express'' is an Indian English-language broadsheet daily newspaper published by the Chennai-based Express Publications. It was founded in 1932 as ''The Indian Express'', under the ownership of Chennai-based P. Varadarajulu Naidu. Santwana Bhattacharya was appointed Editor-in-Chief on 1 July 2022, replacing G.S. Vasu. History ''Indian Express'' was first published on 5 September 1932, in Madras (now Chennai) by an ayurveda, Ayurvedic doctor and Indian National Congress member P Varadarajulu Naidu, publishing from the same Publisher, press where he ran the ''Tamil Nadu'' Tamil weekly. But soon, on account of financial difficulties, he sold it to S. Sadanand, founder of ''The Free Press Journal'', another English newspaper. In 1933, ''The Indian Express'' opened its second office in Madurai and launched the Tamil language, Tamil daily ''Dinamani'' on 11 September 1934. Sadanand introduced several innovations and reduced the price, but later sold part of his stak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Times Of India
''The Times of India'' (''TOI'') is an Indian English-language daily newspaper and digital news media owned and managed by the Times Group. It is the List of newspapers in India by circulation, third-largest newspaper in India by circulation and List of newspapers by circulation, largest selling English-language daily in the world. It is the oldest English-language newspaper in India, and the second-oldest Indian newspaper still in circulation, with its first edition published in 1838. It is nicknamed as "The Old Lady of Bori Bunder", and is a newspaper of record. Near the beginning of the 20th century, Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, called ''TOI'' "the leading paper in Asia". In 1991, the BBC ranked ''TOI'' among the world's six best newspapers. It is owned and published by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd. (BCCL), which is owned by the Sahu Jain family. In the Brand Trust Report India study 2019, ''TOI'' was rated as the most trusted English newspaper in India. In a 2021 surve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forbes India
''Forbes India'' is the Indian edition of ''Forbes'', which is managed by the Reliance Industries-owned media conglomerate, Network 18. History and profile Since its founding in 2008, ''Forbes India'' has achieved a circulation of 50,000 copies and makes over Rs 50 crore in topline. The magazine is published fortnightly. In May 2013, the Network 18 owned '' First Post'' was merged with ''Forbes India''. Shortly thereafter, the four top editorial heads who had led the growth of ''Forbes India'', including its editor-in-chief Indrajit Gupta, were dismissed under surprisingly humiliating conditions. The event led to considerable media speculation. Press Club, Mumbai, passed a resolution: “The method of ejecting them from the company was nothing short of shameful. Journalists are not only messengers of news and information, but are the collective voice of civil society." The new editor R. Jagannathan (erstwhile editor of '' First Post'') took over ''Forbes India''. He told '' Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
