Sanjeevani Bhelande,Singer: Light music, Bollywood songs, Folk songs, Film songs, Live show performer, Playback singer

Honey-soaked vocals" "Bubbly and full of life", "Versatile" - praise for the talented Sanjeevani has been as plentiful, as it has been well deserved. "When Sanjeevani sings, the world stops to listen", wrote a leading newspaper.

For Sanjeevani, the singing sensation of hit songs such as Chorichori jab nazren mili, churalona dil mera sanam (Kareeb) and Nikamma kiya is dil ne (Kya dilne kaha),  singing has been as much a matter of passion as it has been of sheer devotion. Having studied music from the tender age of 10 under various renowned gurus of classical music such as Pundit Dinkar Kaikini, she completed her Sangeet Visharad (graduation in Hindustani Classical Music) all the while studying for her Masters in Commerce (MCom), a Diploma in Mass Communication, and one in Film Production.

"I come from a family of academicians so education was of prime importance and a masters degree a must!", she says. Her late father was the Director of Education, Maharashtra and professor of Sanskrit, her mother retired as professor of English and her sister holds a doctorate in English Literature and currently is Reader in English at a city college..

Sanjeevani continues to fine-tune her art under the tutelage of Ms Rajshri Pathak from whom she is training in Thumri Gayki

Not surprisingly, appreciation and acclaim has constantly been showered on her since the time of her first claim to fame - Zee TV's extremely popular show Sa Re Ga Ma, which she won and was spotted by filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra as the voice of his film Kareeb.

Being the multi-faceted personality that she is, Sanjeevani still finds time to address some social issues that are very close to her heart like working with citizens' associations, initiating tree plantation drives and partaking in activities aimed at keeping the environment safe and healthy.

Having travelled the world over, Sanjeevani now wants her music to transcend linguistic barriers and reach a foreign audience as well.For this she is about to release her new album 'Meera 'n mee'. She has translated and sung the songs of legendary saint poet Meerabai in English."I want the world to sing India's music. Meera will be a world icon with my album which I want to stage as a musical" she says simply..