Shalmali Kholgade is an Indian playback singer, who predominantly sings for the Hindi language films. Apart from singing in the Hindi language films, she also sings for the South Indian films, most notably in the Marathi, Telugu and Bengali languages.
She has received one Filmfare Award and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of India. She made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 Ranjan Singh’s East Indian Konkani-Marathi film Tu Maza Jeev, which was released on Maharashtra Day.
Personal Life – Shalmali was born on 2 January 1988 in Mumbai, Maharrashtra, India. She began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song “Pareshaan” for the film Ishaqzaade (2012), which earned her wide success and several awards and nominations, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer.
Career – Kholgade’s first regional song “Raja Raja” from the 2013 Tamil film Naan Rajavaga Pogiren was a wide success in the Southern part of India, which made her an accomplished singer in the South Indian film Industry.
She followed this success with further regional hits, “Kala Koi Geli” for the Bengali film Proloy (2013), “Preminchaa” for the Telugu film Toofan (2013), “Maria” from the Bengali film Herogiri (2015), “Jil Jil Jil” for the Telugu film Jil (2015), “Tu Mila” for the Marathi film Timepass 2 (2015), and “Kangaroo” from the Marathi film Highway (2015). In addition to these, she was also one of the judges of the Sony Entertainment Television’s reality show Indian Idol Junior for auditions.
She through her successful career, she has received one Filmfare Award and has established herself as one of the leading playback singers of India. Currently, she is appearing in singing reality show ‘Dil Hai Hindustani’ as a judge.
Shalmali made her debut as a lead vocalist in Bollywood playback singing in 2012 with the song “Pareshaan” from film Ishaqzaade under the music of Amit Trivedi.
Shalmali made her film debut with a supporting role in the 2009 Ranjan Singh’s East Indian Konkani-Marathi film Tu Maza Jeev, which was released on Maharashtra Day. The film was a moderate successful at the Box Office India and earned mixed reviews, however, she was praised for her performance.
Born – 2 January 1988
Mumbai, Maharrashtra, India
Age & Height – 1988 & height 5 ft. 5 in. approx
Parents – Uma Kholgade
Awards –
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
- Screen Award For Best Playback Singer (2013)- Pareshaan
- Zee Cine Award for SAREGAMA Fresh Singing Talent (2013)
