Anwesshaa

Some Lesser Known Facts About Anwesshaa

• Anwesshaa is an Indian playback singer, songwriter, composer, and author.

• She grew up in Virar city, and at the age of 3, she moved to Kolkata along with her parents.

  

• Her parents noticed her singing skills when she was very young, and they provided her with the best possible training in music. Anwesshaa considers her parents her first mentors in music.

  

• At the age of 4, she started training under musician Shri Jayant Sarkar, a notable disciple of Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty. Anveasshaa learned the basics of Hindustani classical vocals from him.

  

• In 2000, Anwesshaa performed on ETV Bangla. In 2002, she was one of the finalists of the TV show ‘Tarana’ on ETv Bangla (now Colors Bangla).

• When she was 13 years old, she got an opportunity to meet Bollywood actor Salman Khan.

  

• In 2004, she won a talent hunt completion at the Calcutta School of Music.

• In 2005, she became part of Smile World Seva Mission.

  

• In 2006, Anwesshaa won All Bengal Interschool Competetion.

• In 2007, she was one of the finalists of the Bangla singing reality show ‘Sa Re Ga Ma Pa’ (Juniors) on Zee Bangla.

• In 2008, she got an opportunity to share the stage with megastar Amitabh Bachchan at an event.

  

• In 2008, she won the television singing reality show ‘Amul Star Voice of India Chhote Ustaad’ on StarPlus.

• In the same year, she made her playback singing debut with the song ‘Ek Je Ache Raja’ from the Bangla film ‘Khela.’

• On 26 June 2008, she created her official Facebook page, ‘Anwesha Datta Gupta,’ and she later changed the name of the page to Anwesshaa on 12 August 2015.

• In 2009, she won the Bengali TV Show ‘Royal Bengal Superstar’ on Star Jalsha.

• In September 2009, she released her first solo song, ‘Nachiketar Ebar Safar,’ with Saregama Ltd.

• On the ZEE5 show ‘Dadagiri,’ she appeared alongside Sourav Ganguly.

  

• In 2013, she lent her voice to a ghazal titled ‘Benaam Khwaayishein’ on Coke Studio @ MTV Season 5; the song was composed by Papon.

• In 2015, she lent her voice to the song ‘Jalte Diye’ from the Bollywood film ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo.’

• She has performed alongside Udit Narayan in many shows.

  

• In 2017, Anwesshaa composed songs for the film ‘Limelight’ along with Javed Ali.

• In 2018, on the occasion of Guru Purnima, her music teacher gifted her a Sitar.

• During the nationwide lockdown in the wake of Covid-19, she released a single track, ‘Balcony.’

• She has lent her voice to more than 500 songs in 13 Indian regional languages like Bangla, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Nepali, Rajasthani, and Bhojpuri.

• Many popular singers including Sunidhi Chauhan, Javed Ali, Abhishek Ray, and Abhay Jodhpurkar have sung the songs composed by Anwesshaa.

• She has performed in various countries including New Zealand, the USA, Bangladesh, UAE, Qatar, and Canada.

• Anwessha Mitra loves writing on various issues and has written articles on various national and international issues.