Shalmali Kholgade

Shalmali Kholgade is an Indian playback singer, who is predominantly known for her songs in the Hindi film industry. In addition to Hindi, she has also sung in other Indian languages including Marathi, Bengali, Telugu, and Tamil. Kholgade began her Bollywood playback singing career with the song ‘Pareshaan’ for the film Ishaqzaade (2012), which earned her success and several awards and nominations, including the Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer. The following year, she garnered a second nomination in the Best Female Playback Singer category at Filmfare for singing the song ‘Balam Pichkari’ from the film, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and received praise for the song ‘Baby Ko Bass Pasand Hai’ from the sports drama Sultan, both of which rank among one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films. Kholgade's first regional song ‘Raja Raja’ from the 2013 Tamil film, Naan Rajavaga Pogiren was very well received. Her song "Oday Oday" from the romantic film, Raja Rani was successful in the southern part of India and made her an accomplished singer in the south Indian film industry. Throughout her career, Kholgade has received immense praise for her singing style.