Anweshaa


Anweshaa is an Indian singer who made her presence felt in the Indian music scene at the age of 13 through the reality show Amul STAR Voice of India, Chhote Ustaad. Anweshaa was runner-up in the finals, where the outcome was solely decided on the number of votes polled. She was the favorite of judges throughout the contest and had the sole distinction of winning a Sarvottam for all her performance. Anwesha is known for starring in Amul Music ka maha muqqabla at the age of 16. She not only had the sole distinction of '6 Singer of the Day awards' for seven performances, but also won the 'Singer of the Series award'. In spite of being the youngest in the show, she defeated the winners and participants of various shows who participated in 'music ka maha muqqabla' and received the award. She was hugely applauded in this show for her flawless and rocking performances, which helped her team to the finals. Also one of the opposite teams captain in the show, Shankar Mahadevan said that '"she was the best singer that ever emerged from a reality show after Shreya Ghoshal in the 90s". She has also made her debut in commercial playback singing in a Hindi movie Golmaal Returns. Anweshaa has sung the song Tha Karke, which is said to be the most expensive song to ever be shot in Bollywood. Apart from few Bollywood songs, She has sung many Bengali songs, albums, two Tamil songs and one Telugu song for the movie and a Telugu album song to her credit. Anwesha made her Kannada debut with the film Santheyalli Nintha Kabira in 2016. She also appeared in Coke Studio aside Papon. Along with other awards, she won Best female playback singer award for Bengali song in Tele Cine Awards 2011.

Biography

Anwesha is a student of Lycée School, Kolkata. She is the only child of Mita and Kushal Dattagupta. Anwesha's ambition is to become a playback singer in the music industry and she idolises her parents. Her favourite singer is Lata Mangeshkar and Amitabh Bachchan is her favorite actor. She started yoga when she was only six. Anwesha does four hours of 'Riyaz' every day. She also likes reading detective stories and enjoys cricket & football.

Musical background

At the age of four, Gupta started her training under Shri Jayanta Sarkar, a leading personality in Indian classical music and a composer. Anwesha still continues her training in Hindustani Classical music under him. She is guided by her mother in light music.
Anwesha achieved 1st Division with Distinction in Hindustani Vocal and Rabindra Sangeet under Bangiya Sangeet Parishad Examination. She also became one of the few recipients of the Jugal Srimal Talent Scholarship in Rabindra Sangeet, given by Tagore Foundation.
Anwesha was the Winner of "Young Talent Contest – 2004" in Indian Popular Vocal category organized by the Calcutta School of Music. She has also won the All Bengal Music Competition 2006 organized by Smile World, an NGO. She was also the runner up at Amul Star Voice of India Chhote Ustaad.

Early public appearances

Anwesha performed in Sabujer Deshe in 2000. She was a Mega Finalist in Tarana music competition which was telecast in January 2003. In early 2007, she also participated in the musical game show Antakshari where she represented East Zone. In 2015 December a concerts in kalna in utsav. Bardhaman, west Bengal.

Recordings

Lycée School, Kolkata

Compositions

Anwesshaa composed and scripted the lyrics for the following singles.
She has been releasing these compositions on her Youtube channel.
Anwesshaa has composed songs in the following feature films:
YearSongsMovieMusic DirectorCo-singerLanguage
2008Tha Kar Ke
Tha Kar Ke 		Golmaal ReturnsPritamNeeraj Shridhar, Akriti Kakkar, Earl, IndieHindi
2010Megam Vandhu PogumMandhira PunnagaiVidyasagarMadhu BalakrishnanTamil
2011Mazhayil KulithaIlaignanVidyasagarKarthikTamil
2011BrishtiAjob prem ebongShamik SinhaBengali
2011Door theke aar dooreAjob prem ebongShamik SinhaShaanBengali
2012Jaane jaanAccidentJoy SarkarBengali
2012Tumse Pyaar Hai Already100% LoveSamidh MukerjeeSamidh MukerjeeBengali
2012Ishq Mein RuswaaDangerous IshhqHimesh ReshammiyaSoloHindi
2012Bojhena Se BojhenaBojhena Shey BojhenaIndradeep DasguptaArijit SinghBengali
2012Anuraagame HaaratulayeUu Kodathara Ulikki PadatharaBobo Shashi, Vidya SagarKarthikTelugu
2013Saaradin aar saara raatRupkatha NoyJoy SarkarBengali
2013Mon BawareKanamachiIndradeep DasguptaArijit Singh, Timir Biswas, Ujjaini MukherjeeBengali
2013BanarasiyaRaanjhanaaA. R. RahmanShreya Ghoshal, Meenal JainHindi
2014Tu Sab Kuch Re'Ismail DarbarSonu Nigam, Ismail DarbarHindi
2014Koshampa'Ismail DarbarAman Trikha, Sanchita Bhattyacharya, Subhash GhaiHindi
2014Bol Rahi Hai PayalRevolver RaniSanjeev SrivastavaAvi DuttaHindi
2015Jalte DiyePrem Ratan Dhan PayoHimesh ReshammiyaVinit Singh, Harshdeep Kaur, Shabab SabriHindi
2015Halka HalkaBlackDabbuShaanBengali
2015Ni Sa Gari SaDarling 2RadhanNaresh IyerTamil
2015Taake KhujiAbby SenJoy Sarkar–Bengali
2016Aaj AmayePowerJeet GannguliJeet GannnguliBengali
2016Baare Ninage NaanuSantheyalli Nintha KabiraIsmail DarbarSonu NigamKannada
2016 Navu premada huccharuSantheyalli Nintha KabiraIsmail DarbarKavita SethKannada
2016ManeyemboduSantheyalli Nintha KabiraIsmail DarbarMohammed IrfanKannada
2016Ektu ChowateTui Je AmarAshok BhadraZubeen GargBengali
2016Dhire DhireAynabajiHabib WahidHabib WahidBengali
2016Enendu HesaridaliEnendu HesaridaliSurendra Nath B RSandeep BankeshwarKannada
2016Nenapagali NenneyuEnendu HesaridaliSurendra Nath B RManoj VasishtaKannada
2016Thiyya ThiyyaniPittagodaPranam KamlakharTelugu
2016Bholi Surat Dil Ke KhotEkk AlbelaC RamachandraVinay MandkeMarathi
2016Sukho ThikanaThammar BoyfriendDolaan MainnakkBengali
2016"Bojhabo Ki Kore"Haripad BandwalaIndraadip DasguptaArijit SinghBengali
2017"Bhalo Laage Tomake"Tomake ChaiIndraadip DasguptaArijit SinghBengali
2017Tujhse Milke Ye BaawraSingleShreyash ShandiliyaHindi
2017"Amar Je Kichu Kotha"Amar AponjonDabbuBengali
2017"Minnaminungu"TheeramAfzal YusufNajim ArshadMalayalam
2017Nee EnageeHottegagi Genu BattegagiRamachandra HadpadKannada
2018Dhoyan dhoyanKayaAnindya SahorBengali
2018Moner ei janalaKayaShubhayooBengali
2018Jagnyala pankha phutleBabanHarsshit AbhirajOnkarswaroopMarathi
2018Godi MadhachiBabanOnkarswaroopOnkarswaroopMarathi
2018Shravan MahinaBabanHarsshit AbhirajSoloMarathi
2018Churi Jai BeduwinerDwikhonditoArup BhattacharjeeSoloBengali
2019Urte DiyechiNabajiban Bima CompanyKumar SanuSonu NigamBengali
2019KhamoshiyaanLime'nLightAnwesshaaJaved AliBengali
2019SuperstarLime'nLightAnwesshaaSunidhi ChauhanBengali
2019Eki Meyer GolpoLime'nLightAnwesshaaSoloBengali
2019LimeliteLime'nLightAnwesshaaSoloBengali
2020Rangi saari gulaabiBohomaanPt. Tanmoy BoseSoloBengali
2020Kagojer BariSanjhbatiAnupam RoySoloBengali
2020Gumsum GumsumOne little fingerRupam SarmahRupam SarmahHindi

Albums

In 2007–08, she participated in the juniors version of the popular musical reality show Amul STAR Voice of India named Chhote Ustaad. Aishwarya Majmudar was winner and Anwesha became runner up in competition.

After Chhote Ustaad

Anwesha participated in Music ka Maha Muqqabla held in 2009–2010 which was organised by Star Plus. Six teams competed for the title which were captained by Shankar Mahadevan, Shaan, Himesh Reshammiya, Shreya Ghoshal, Mohit Chauhan and Mika Singh. Anwesha played for Shaan along with Bharath, Harshit Saxena and Shadab where the team came second.

MTV Coke Studio

She performed a ghazal "Benaam Khwahishein" at Coke Studio on the fifth episode under the music direction of Papon.