Famous Bollywood singer Shilpa Rao is celebrating her 42nd birthday today i.e. on 11th April. Shilpa Rao mainly records songs in Telugu, Hindi and Tamil languages. The singer’s voice is considered deep, soulful and very versatile. Due to this, Shilpa Rao has made her mark not only in Bollywood but also in Tollywood and Kokiwood. So let us know about some interesting things related to the life of singer Shilpa Rao on the occasion of her birthday…
Birth and family
Shilpa Rao was born on 11 April in Jamshedpur. He received music education since childhood. His father S Venkat Rao taught him music initially. His childhood name was Apeksha Rao, which he later changed.
Made hobby a career
After taking music education, Shilpa Rao got music training from singer Hariharan. Shilpa gets inspiration from many people in the field of singing. Which includes music personalities like Pandit Nikhil Banerjee, Mehndi Hasan, Begum Akhtar, Ustad Sultan Khan and Farina Khanum. These people have greatly influenced Shilpa’s singing.
introduction of jingles
Shilpa Rao also won a music talent hunt show. After this, Shankar Mahadevan gave him a chance to sing in jingles. After singing in jingles for three years, he started singing in films. Music director Mithun gave Shilpa a chance to sing a song ‘Tose Naina…’ in the film ‘Anwar’.
After this, singer Shilpa Rao also got a chance to sing in Amitabh Bachchan’s film ‘Ek Ajnabee’. Later, Shilpa got a chance to sing in many big films. The singer has sung songs in films like ‘Desi Boyz’, ‘Ladies Vs Ricky Bahl’, ‘Dev D’, ‘Bachna Ae Haseeno’, ‘English Vinglish’, ‘Mission Mangal’, ‘Dhoom 3’, and ‘Pathan’.