Shubha Mudgal

Some Lesser Known Facts About Shubha Mudgal

• Does Shubha Mudgal smoke?: No

• Does Shubha Mudgal drink alcohol?: No

• Her range of singing involves various singing genres such as Khayal, Thumri, Dadra & Indi-Pop.

• She belongs to a scholarly family as her parents & grandparents both were College Professors.

• She is also a trained ‘Kathak’ dancer.

• She earlier got married to the son of her guru, Vinay Chandra Maudgalya, but the marriage ended in divorce. In 2000, she got married to the eminent Tabla soloist & Vocalist,  Aneesh Pradhan.

• In addition to her recordings and concerts, she briefly ran a website called raagsangeet.com for the lovers of Classical Indian Music.

• She sang the title track of Star Plus’s popular serial Diya Aur Baati Hum along with Kailash Kher.

• She was awarded the 1996 National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film ‘Amrit Beej’, the 1998 Gold Plaque Award for her music in the film Dance of the Wind (1997) at the 34th Chicago International Film Festival.

• She was also honoured by Padma Shri in the year 2000.

• The glimpses of her tremendous singing can be seen in a few songs such as Ali More Angana,  Mann Ki Manjeree & Kisson Ki Chadar etc.

• Her song ‘Ab Ke Sawan’ is considered one of her best songs among the pop-music lovers.

• She had one son, Dhaval Mudgal, who is a lead singer in the Delhi-based band ‘Half Step Down. He is also a promising poker player.

• Here Shubha Mudgal is telling us about the power of music in one’s life.

• In November 2018, she went to Italy to perform at the wedding function of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.