Anjali Gaikwad is an Indian classical singer from Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. She sings songs in the

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languages. In 2017, she appeared in the singing reality show ''

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017 ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs 2017'' (stylised as Saregamapa Li'l Champs) is an Indian singing competition television series which premiered on 25 February 2017 on Zee TV. In a back-to-school format that lends itself to a spirited atmosphere of c ...

'', where she was the winner along with Shreyan Bhattacharya. In 2020 Anjali Gaikwad participated in ''

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'', where she was in the Top 9 contestants.

Early life

She had started learning music at the age of 4 from her father. She debuted her signing career from a Marathi Music Reality show ''Sangeet Samrat'' in 2017 organised by

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Career

She was the winner of ''Sangeet Samrat'' in 2017. In 2017 she took part in ''

'' where she was mentored and judged by

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Javed Ali Javed Ali is an Indian playback singer who predominantly sings in Hindi. He has also sung in various Indian languages including Bengali, Kannada, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi, Odia, Tamil, Telugu and Urdu. Early life Javed Ali was born Javed H ...

, She was the winner of the show along with Shreyan Bhattacharya. Later in 2021, She was in ''

'', finishing in 9th place. In that show, she along with other contestants was criticized by

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for her singing. She debuted with A.R. Rehman's song Mard Maratha in 2017.

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References

Living people Marathi playback singers Indian women singers Indian Idol participants Sa Re Ga Ma Pa participants 21st-century Indian singers Year of birth missing (living people) {{India-singer-stub