Aishwarya Majmudar

Aishwarya Majmudaar (Gujarati: ઐશ્વર્યા મજમુદાર ; born October 5, 1993) is a singer from Ahmedabad, India. She gained popularity after winning the 2007-2008 musical reality show Amul STAR Voice of India at the age of 15.^[2] She was highly praised for her performances by the judges throughout the show, and obtained the "Chhote Ustaad" award from Amitabh Bachchan after a competition with Anwesha Datta Gupta. Aishwarya received the highest votes throughout the show. She also took part in Music Ka Maha Muqabala in Himesh Reshamiya's "Himesh's Warriors" team. She has sung many Gujarati songs and recently recorded Bollywood songs for four Hindi movies. She was also seen in Antakshari – The Great Challenge.

Musical background

Both of Majmudar's parents are singers, and she started her vocal training in Hindustani classical music from Smt. Monika Shah at the age of three;. She took voice lessons from Shree Purushottam Upadhyayaji and Shree Aniket Khandekarji. She took part in Zee Saregamapa at the age of seven. Before entering the Chhote Ustaad competition, she was recognized for her talent by the Gujarati music industry. Majmudar delivered her first solo concert at Nagpur at the age of 11, and has performed several solo concerts across India and abroad, including eastern African Countries, the United States, and Europe. She was selected for Indian Idol 5, but was eliminated by the judges.

Recordings

Under the music direction of Shree Gaurang Vyas, Majmudar recorded her first solo album, Aishwarya, containing Gujarati devotional songs. Her other albums include Saat Suro na Sarname, Paalav, Swarabhishek, Videshini, Niralo Mukaam, Aishwarya's Nursery Rhymes, Sapna Sathe Aishwarya, and Allak Mallak. She recorded her first playback song for the Gujarati movie Ghar maru mandir in February 2003. She recorded a theme song, "Asmani rang hoon", for the Hindi TV Serial Dill Mill Gayye in 2008. Her first Bollywood playback song "Hari Puttar is a dude" was released in July 2011 in the movie Hari Puttar: A Comedy of Terrors. She has recorded for four Hindi movies and completed recording "Ele Elege" for the Kannada movie, Crazy Loka in 2012. She has recorded one song "Aa Safar" for urban Gujarati movie Kevi Rite Jaish in 2012. 2013 she recorded a song for vani hari krishna for movie loosugalu, 2013 duet with vijay prakash for movie SHIVA music Guru Kiran. In 2015, she voiced Anna in the Hindi version of the movie Frozen.

Anchoring

Majmudar has also anchored several shows including Nach Baliye 4 for two weeks, Mummy ke super stars for Star TV, the special Hum Young Hindustani on NDTV-Imagine, Little Star Awards-2008, and Harmony Silver Awards 2008.

Awards and recognitions

Majmudar won the "Chhote Ustaad", awarded by Amitabh Bachchan on 5 April 2008 in the Amul Star Voice of India contest. She was also awarded with the "Shahu Modak Award" in 2006, "Power-100" in 2008 and "Sangeet Ratna" in 2009. She was felicitated at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of Gujarat for her achievements on "International Girl Child Day" in 2009. She was also commended by the Federal of Indian Association in 2008. Majmudar was invited by New York's Indian community to sing the American national anthem, followed by the Indian national anthem for the India Day Parade on August 19, 2009.Outstanding young talent in Kannada kadri awards 2011 mangalore.

Discography

References

External links

• Official Website