Bollywood singing sensational Shreya Ghoshal enthralled Aucklanders with her performance at The Trusts Arena. More than 3000 people went through a three-hour musical journey of the best of Bollywood;from the ’80s and ’90s to super hits of A. R. Rahman and the best of Shreya.
On her third tour to New Zealand, on August 20, the lively Shreya was an absolute pleasure to watch as she interacted with the audience during the concert and made them hum along and even shake a leg.
After a successful show in Wellington on August 12, she entertained Aucklanders with her charm and great stage presence. Accompanied by Hrishikesh Ranade, the queen of melodies took the crowd’s energy a notch higher with her opening number—Mohe rang do laal—from the latest blockbuster Bajirao Mastani. She went on to sing her other popular hits such as Saans, Agar tum mil jao and Barso re.
In a special tribute to the legendary music composer A.R. Rahman, she sang some of his best songs that many of us grew up listening and still rejoice. Melodies such as Roza, Jiya jale, Kaise mujhe tum mil gaye were a delight for the audience.
The crowd broke into applause when Shreya sang the oldies from the golden era of the ’70s and ’80s. Lag ja gale, Ab to hai tumse, Aa jaane jaan, Piyaa tu ab to aaja, and the epic Dum maaro dum were some of the numbers that made everyone present in the auditorium, nostalgic.
Shreya has won four national film awards and has sung in various languages. A diehard fan and admirer of India’s nightingale Lata Mangeshkar, Shreya started learning music at the age of six. She rose to fame after winning the music reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa in 2000 that led her to make her Bollywood debut with Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Devdaas in 2002. Today, she performs in the concerts all around the world and is one of the leading playback singers of Indian cinema.
It was a night to remember and a total paisa-vasool show where the audience was left asking for more. The show was presented by Eco Travels and managed by CFI Events.