Shreya game for Doha again

One of the biggest stars of Indian music industry, Shreya Ghoshal is all set to enthral her Doha fans once again. Ghoshal will perform at a solo concert to be held on the 13th of next month at Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiyah Arena.The event will be the first in a series of concerts planned for next year by the organisers, Red Apple Events and Media. Ghoshal has a reputation of winning awards in all the languages she sings. And she has already performed in Doha before. Ghoshal will be accompanied by her group of 13 musicians, promising Doha a night of soulful melody and music.“The venue has a capacity of accommodating more than 8,000 people and we are expecting a packed house for the concert as is always the case with Sherya Ghoshal concerts the world over. She is big star with a great following all over the world and in Doha too,” Jassim Mohamed, the organiser, told Community.“The event is being hosted at the world class Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiah Arena. The venue hosted the world handball championships and it boasts of world class amenities designed to host world class international events,” he added.Shreya Ghoshal Live in Doha will be the first big major South Asian concert at the venue and the artist and her group will be hosted by The Westin Doha Hotel & Spa as the official hotel sponsor.She has received four National Film Awards, six Filmfare Awards and nine Filmfare Awards South (one for Telugu, two for Kannada, two for Tamil and four for Malayalam) to date. She has recorded songs for film music in various Indian languages, and has established herself as a leading playback singer of Indian cinema.Ghoshal aspired to become a playback singer from a young age. At the age of four, she started learning music. At the age of six, she started with her formal training in classical music.At the age of sixteen, she was noticed by filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali when she entered and won the television singing reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa.Following that, she made her Bollywood playback singing debut with Bhansali’s romantic drama Devdas (2002), for which she received a National Film Award, a Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer and Filmfare RD Burman Award for New Music Talent.Apart from playback singing, Ghoshal has appeared as a judge on several television reality shows. She has been honoured by the US state of Ohio, where governor Ted Strickland declared June 26, 2010 “Shreya Ghoshal Day”.She was awarded with the highest honour in London by the selected members of House of Commons of the United Kingdom. She has also featured four times in Forbes’ list of the top 100 celebrities of India.Ghoshal performs in musical concerts around the world. In 2013, she performed at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in United Arab Emirates.The same year, she paid her respects to the casualties of an excessive rainfall in Mauritius with a concert at the Swami Vivekananda International Convention Centre in Pailles.Along with Hrishikesh Ranade, she also gave a stage performance during the 18th annual day celebration of Airports Authority of India. Later in 2013, Ghoshal went on a European tour as a celebration of 100 years of Indian cinema.In 2006, along with Sonu Nigam, Sunidhi Chauhan and Shiamak Davar, Ghoshal performed the theme song of the 2010 Commonwealth Games at its closing ceremony, as an invitation to everyone to the following Commonwealth Games in Delhi.The same year, she along with Nigam, recorded the title track Haath Se Haath Milaa for the album put together by the BBC World Service Trust as part of an AIDS awareness campaign, where profits garnered through the album were donated to HIV charities.Her concert in Doha on January 13 is sponsored by City Exchange Western Union, Kerala Jewllery, and 7 Street by Mumbai Spices. Voice of Kerala and NRI Cafe are the official media partners.