Shilpa Rao
- January 5, 2024
- World Music Singer
Quick Facts
| Full Name | Shilpa Rao |
| Occupation | World Music Singer |
| Date Of Birth | Apr 11, 1984(1984-04-11) |
| Age | 40 |
| Country | India |
| Horoscope | Aries |
Shilpa Rao Biography
| Name | Shilpa Rao |
| Birthday | Apr 11 |
| Birth Year | 1984 |
| Birth Country | India |
| Birth Sign | Aries |
| Parents | S. V. Rao, R. Shyamala |
Shilpa Rao is one of the most popular and richest World Music Singer who was born on April 11, 1984 in India. Award-winning Indian singer who has been featured in numerous Hindi films, including Gandhi My Father and Desi Boyz.
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Shilpa Rao (born Apeksha Rao; 11 April 1984) is an Indian singer. Raised in Jamshedpur, she moved to Mumbai at the age of 13. She completed her Master’s in Applied Statistics from St. Xavier’s College, Mumbai, before working as a jingle singer for three years. During her college days, Mithoon offered her to record the song “Tose Naina” from Anwar (2007), making her Bollywood career debut.
Rao was motivated to be a singer upon meeting with Hariharan, at the age of 13, and commenced training under Ustad Ghulam Mustafa Khan, insisted by Hariharan. Initially, she found herself struggling in “finding references” and meeting music composers since she was not “so active” in social networking media during the time. About her early days in the city, Rao said: “Jamshedpur is home for me but Mumbai with the people, the place, the pace everything has made a more patient person and a more hardworking artist I could ever be”. In 2001 she began performing live with Hariharan at different venues, subsequently winning a national-level talent hunt in New Delhi. Shankar Mahadevan—one of the judges in the contest—asked her to settle in Mumbai.
His father S.V. Rao obtained an education in music. He also began her pursuit of an industry in music.
Shilpa Rao Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | World Music Singer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Shilpa Rao is one of the richest World Music Singer from India. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Shilpa Rao 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
She began her career singing in the form of commercial Jingles.
She also was part of the group Band Called Nine and worked using the traditional Indian art in Qissa Goi.
Born on 11 April 1984 in Jamshedpur, Rao was initially named as Apeksha Rao but later changed to Shilpa Rao. According to her, she relates to the name Shilpa more, since the name has “to do with art”. She started singing while she was a kid, tutored and instructed by her father, S Venkat Rao, who holds a degree in music. He taught Rao to understand the “nuances” of different ragas: “His method of teaching was casual and at the same time very effective because it was designed to pique my interest”. For her education, Rao went to Little Flower School and Loyola School, Jamshedpur, where she was part of the choir group in school. In 1997, she visited to Mumbai along with her family, to do a postgraduate diploma in statistics from the University of Mumbai.
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Rao, a friend of music composer Amit Trivedi, introduced him to Anurag Kashyap, director of the film Dev.D (2009) who was searching for a new composer with a “distinct vision” for his film. The song, “Dhol Yaara Dhol” from the soundtrack of the film was recorded three years ago, “free of cost”. She was next heard in Piyush Mishra-composed Gulaal, where she performed the track “Aisi Sazaa”. Sen from Rediff.com credited Rao’s “distinctively dulcet tones” for making the song a memorable track. After recording “Manzaraat” from Sikandar, Rao performed the track “Mudi Mudi Ittefaq Se” for Ilaiyaraaja’s Paa. She described the song as the “most difficult experience” and believed that lyrics and “musical bounces” in the song was a “test” in proving her versatility. The song garnered positive response from critics; Chandrima Pal from Rediff.com picked the track as the “most significant song of the album”. The soundtrack album had another track titled “Udi Udi Ittefaq Se” by Rao, with slight variations in the arrangements and lyrics. “Mudi Mudi Ittefaq Se” garnered her second Filmfare Award nomination in Best Female Singer category.
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Rao’s third collaboration with Pritam came along with the song “Allah Maaf Kare” from Desi Boyz (2011). She lent her voice for Trivedi in “Yeh Pal” from No One Killed Jessica, where NDTV noted that the song is “effectively voiced” by Rao. The year marks her first collaboration with Salim–Sulaiman, by recording “Jazba” from Ladies vs Ricky Bahl. Rao’s vocals in the energetic track was critically acclaimed; Vivek Warrier from Koimoi declared that her vocals are “refreshing” and “have great presence”. During the year, she teamed up with Raghu Dixit as the composer and Ash King as the co-singer in “Uh-Oh Uh-Oh” from Mujhse Fraaandship Karoge. Rao collaborated with lyricist Neelesh Misra and composer Amartya Rahut and formed the Band Called Nine, which works for the traditional Indian craft of storytelling. During the year, they released their debut album, Rewind, consisting of songs and storytelling, put together with a narrative. Besides, Rao appeared in several TV series including MTV Unplugged and The Dewarists, where she performed acoustic versions for some of her previously released songs for the former and the song “I Believe” with Parikrama and Agnee for the latter. Rao considered MTV Unplugged “very challenging” to do since she had to create a totally different version of songs and “present it to people, who have heard it earlier and liked it”.
What is singer Shilpa Rao's real name?
Apeksha Rao
How old is Shilpa Rao?
38 years (April 11, 1984)
Is Shilpa Rao classically trained?
Trained in Indian classical music by her father, S Venkat Rao, and ghazals by Hariharan , the 35-year-old counts Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder and British singers Sting and Sade among her inspirations.
Where is Shilpa Rao from?
Jamshedpur, India
Is Shilpa Rao a good singer?
Rao’s vocals in the energetic track was critically acclaimed; Vivek Warrier from Koimoi declared that her vocals are “refreshing” and “have great presence”.