TOP 10 SHREYA GHOSAL SONGS

Recently I came across a post which listed the best 10 songs of Sadhna Sargam. Well, my Bollywood favourite is Shreya Ghosal. A highly talented singer with 4 Filmfare and 4 National awards in the 8 years of her career, she has a golden voice, and excels equally in classical as well as routine songs of the bollywood films (though there can be no songs without classical base in it...). In fact, of the 36 songs in my mobile tracklist, 15 are shreya ghosal songs, 17 Lata Mangeshkar ones, and 3 Geeta dutt ones. Here's listing top 10 of her best songs I have heard.(not listed according to rank)

1. Piyu Bole Piya bole (Parineeta): It was one of a kind with an old charm. With sweet vocals of Ghosal, along with Sonu Nigam, it is perhaps the best romantic song I have heard this decade.

2. Barso re Megha Megha (Guru): The rendition of this song by shreya ghosal was awesome, and revealed a different dimension to her genre. When I hear this song, I can really feel the rain beat, qudos to ARR's tunes and beats, and Ghosal's singing (wont comment on the picturization, though).

3. Ami je Tomar/Mere Dholna Sun (Bhoolbhulaiya), and Main Chali (Black and white): Awsome example of her classical singing. while the first one, atched with Vidya Balan's superb expressions, is a phenomenal in today's age of peppy numbers. The second one has a seer innocence to it, and its classical notes by Sukhwinder Singh, have been superbly rendered by Ghosal.

4.Kaise Mujhe Tum Mil Gayi (Ghajini).: The last 6 lines she sang were highly melancholic , and only a hearing of it can make you realise the pathos behind the song.

5. Noor e Khuda (My Name is Khan): The whole composition is so touching. All of the singers- Shankar Mahadevan, Adnan Sami, and Shreya Ghosal rendered the melancholy that the song demanded...a desperate prayer in times of need.

6. Chalo tumko lekar Chale (Jism), and Be Panah Pyaar hai Aaja (Krishna Cottage): while one was sensuous to the core, the other was a highly eerie song, sung to the right mood by the versatile Ghosal.

7. Qaatil Aada (Blue) and Tu Hi Mera Dost (Yuvraaj): Two very westernized tracks...while Qatil ada is a killer track in terms of signing of both Shreya Ghosal and Sonu Nigam beautifully blended..( dont know How many heard this song), Tu hi Mera dost is unique in its tune (set by ARRahman)..and the sugar coated vocals of Ghosal, with Benny Dayal

8. Thore badmaash Ho tum, and Sawar Gayi Saawariya (Sawariya): The songs of sawariya are perhaps some of the toughest and sweetest songs she had sung. In fact I had expected her to win a National award for Thode Badmaash (she won it for Yeh Ishq Hai that year). The songs were highly blissful, beautifully composed by Monty Sharma and Sanjay Leela Bhansali, and sweetly sung by Ghosal

9. Thirak Thirak (Khoya Khoya Chand): again a wonderful duet by Ghosal and Sonu Nigam, this is one of those songs Il never delete out of my tracklist...the classical composition of Shantanu Moitra has been aptly complemented by both the singers.

10. You me aur Hum ( You me aur Hum) and O saathi re (Omkara): The first one is a lesser heard song...but if you hear it, youl know why I put it in the list. The song's simple, but the expressions, are awesome. Ghosal has used somewhat hushed tones in certain areas, and the overall effect of this Vishal Bhardwaj Composition will bowl you over! Listen to the last stanza " ek din to woh lamha hi aana hai, dono milke saathe me chale jaana hai", and its surely to bring tears in your eyes. The second one is another Vishal Bhardwaj romantic composition, which is simple, and yet one of the best romantic numbers iv heard in recent times...


Amongst the regional albums in Bengali, the songs of Antoheen are undoubtedly the best, though she has sung some very good compositions by Jeet Ganguli. Ihave heard 1-2 of her Tamil numbers, and like them, but those are too few to name and rank.

Wish she'l bring more National Awards home!