Richa Sharma

Overview

Richa Sharma is a renowned Bollywood singer with huge hits to her credit. She specializes in Sufi style singing and is known in the industry for the power of her vocals. Richa has won several awards including:

• Bollywood Movie Award for the Best Singer Female 2003 - MAHI VE(Kaante)
• Zee Cine Award for the Best Singer Female 2011 For Song Sajda (My Name is Khan)

Richa Sharma hails from a very modest background and was born in Faridabad, Haryana. She is the youngest of seven children of a temple priest. Her father Pandit Daya Shankar Upadhyaya and mother Manorma Devi taught young Richa the art of singing bhajans, particularly Mata Ke Jagran, which slowly and steadily became her destiny in the initial years of her life. Richa later received classical training and has been doing playback singing for several Bollywood movies.

Indian Expressions LLC is a Charlotte based organization that was formed to encourage music, arts and cultural performances for local audience.  Most members work on voluntary basis and help bring the best artists to the area. Their prior projects include live performances by Shreya Ghoshal, Sunidhi Chauhan, Vishal-Shekhar, Kaushiki Chakraborty, Samir-Dipalee.