Amika Shail (pronounced -mee-kaa born 13 November) is an Indian singer turned

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. She is known for her works in Hindi-language cinema,

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s, and

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. She portrayed the character of Vayu Pari in Balveer Returns.

Early life

Amika Shail was born in

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in the Hooghly district of

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and currently lives in

Mumbai Mumbai (, ; also known as Bombay — the official name until 1995) is the capital city of the Indian state of Maharashtra and the ''de facto'' financial centre of India. According to the United Nations, as of 2018, Mumbai is the second- ...

. Amika started her career on the silver screen as a contestant on

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Lil Champs ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Tamil Li'l Champs'' is an 2016 Indian-Tamil language musical reality TV game show, which airs on Zee Tamil. The show based on the Hindi Language show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs. The series is meant for young children between th ...

singing reality show at the age of 9. Amika started learning music at the age of 5 years from her mother. Amika has also participated in

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version of "

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' is an Indian Hindi-language reality singing television show. It started airing on Zee TV in 1995 as ''Sa Re Ga Ma''. It is the oldest running game show in India as well as the oldest show on private television in India. The ...

". She later participated in other singing reality shows like - Sa Re Ga Ma Pa National Talent Hunt,

Indian Idol ''Indian Idol'' is the Indian Reality television, music competition television franchise based on the ''Pop Idol'' format. Versions : Currently airing – 1 : Upcoming for airing – 0 : Recently concluded – 3 : No longer airing – ...

Star Voice of India Star Voice of India is an Indian television singing competition that premiered on 18 May 2007 and ended on 24 November 2007 on StarPlus. The show was directed by Gajendra Singh, creator of the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series, and produced by Urban Bre ...

and All India Radio Show. The actress is a post graduate in

Hindustani Classical Music Hindustani classical music is the classical music of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. It may also be called North Indian classical music or, in Hindustani, ''shastriya sangeet'' (). It is played in instruments like the violin, sita ...

passed out as a Sangeet Visharad. Amika has lent her voice to the television commercials of brands such as

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, Colgate, Santoor, Ujala and

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. The actress in a candid interview had admitted that she had taken up the job as a music teacher during her early struggling days in Mumbai to make ends meet. The actress considers

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as her music inspiration. She considers Priyanka Chopra to be her acting inspiration.

Acting Breakthrough

Amika got a career breakthrough when she started acting on television starting with ‘ Udaan’. Later, she then went on to act in television soaps like ‘

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’, ‘ Balveer Returns’, etc. Amika has also been a part of television series like ‘ Madam Sir’, ‘Laal Ishq’, ‘

Shaadi ke Siyape ''Shaadi Ke Siyape'' (''Wedding Problems'') is an Indian television comedy series produced by Sonali Jaffer under Full House Media. It premiered on 16 March 2019 on &TV. It stars Mishkat Varma and Sheen Dass. Plot Fancy Aunty, a wedding plan ...

’ ‘Gunah’ and ‘ Abhay’. Amika in an interview mentioned that "After being a singer, I realized that I could try my hand at acting. I was very fascinated by the television industry right from the time I participated in singing reality shows. I admit that I came to Mumbai with the goal of being a singer, but acting drew me towards itself. ‘Udaan’ boosted my confidence and motivated me to go for more." Amika currently is the Indian Brand Ambassador for the South African Brand ESN also known a
Evolution Sports Nutrition
The global brand endorser is the star Cricketer

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. The actress is a fitness freak and considers Milkha Singh as her fitness inspiration. Post the Covid-19 induced lockdown in the country, the actress is doing only web shows for various OTT platforms and taken a break from TV for sometime.

Filmography

Television

Web

Songs

Reality Shows

Media

Amika is very active on social media platforms including

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and

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page. The actress is one of the top 10 most followed Indian Cover Singers on YouTube. The social media photoshoots that the actress does often become a talking point in the media. The actress also represented

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at the

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for the second time in 2022. She sang and performed on a song in front of Global audience which included the

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. She was also felicitated at the

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in India for the same.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Shail, Amika Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Actresses in Hindi cinema Female models from Mumbai Indian film actresses Indian television actresses Actresses from Mumbai Indian women playback singers Indian women pop singers Indian voice actresses Women musicians from West Bengal Indian Hindus Year of birth missing (living people)