Teri Ore to Deewani Mastani, pick your favourite song of Shreya Ghoshal

Shreya Ghoshal Birthday 2024: As the singer turns a year younger today and will also complete 22 glorious years in the Hindi film industry in 2024. In these many years, she has graduated from being a new voice on the block to one of the most powerful and enchanting vocalists in the country.

The performances of the actors she lends her voice to are sometimes elevated due to her understanding of the craft. There has to be chemistry between the actor and the singer, and Ghoshal is one such singer who engages you in her singing as much as the actor does with her acting.

Rightly so, she`s inspired by the legend, Lata Mangeshkar, and her songs always have what seems to be missing in many albums today – melody, and may we add, posterity. She has crooned in multiple languages in her memorable career that`s yet to see a lot more highs and hurrahs.

As Shreya Ghoshal celebrates her birthday today, here are some personal favourites that were tough to pick, but hopefully, you all will agree.

1. Silsila Ye Chahat Ka – Devdas (2002)

The world has said no filmmaker has been able to tap into the aura and power that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan possesses as meticulously as Sanjay Leela Bhansali. But this prolific filmmaker has also extracted the same amount of tenacity from Ghoshal as well.

What Mahesh Bhatt did for Kumar Sanu, Mansoor Khan did for Udit Narayan, Bhansali did for Ghoshal. Devdas was the biggest and grandest film of 2002, and Ismail Darbar, the music director, worked on the music for more than two years. Ghoshal sang what is arguably the best song of the album.

Silsila Ye Chahat Ka was a song that celebrated unrequited love through a beautiful metaphor – an inextinguishable Diya. Rai`s performance and Ghoshal`s vocals pierced straight into the heart, and the staging of the song and the grandeur of the film mesmerized the eyes. The singer was here to stay!