Shashaa Tirupati

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Does Shashaa Tirupati smoke: Not Known.Does Shashaa Tirupati drink alcohol: Not Known.Though Shashaa was born in Srinagar, she spent most of her childhood in Vancouver, Canada.At the age of 6, Shashaa began singing on local radio frequencies in Vancouver. 4 years later, she started learning the basics of Hindustani Classical Music; for this purpose, she used to spend a lot of time with her music gurus in cities like Allahabad and Varanasi.Shashaa became a household name in Vancouver when she won the first season of RED FM Idol hunt in 2005. Notably, RED FM is a Canadian radio channel that is broadcasted on frequency 93.1. Interestingly, ten years down the line, Shashaa was one of the judges on the same singing hunt.She excelled in both music and academics. Not only did she top the province in her graduation school, she also went on to the University on a full scholarship, besides 6 other scholarships.Soon, the budding singer returned to India to pursue a degree in MBA. Meanwhile, she started looking for opportunities in the singing industry. Luck did not favor her during the initial years of her career and she had to be content with singing ad jingles only.However, the Mozart of Madras, A.R.Rahman, spotted her during the shoot of one of the episodes of Coke Studio. The veteran musician was so impressed by her voice that within a weeks time, Shashaa had a Tamil song offer from him.She even performed at the BRICS Summit 2016 held in Goa.Her song Phir Bhi Tumko Chahunga, from the movie Half Girlfriend, became an instant chartbuster. Within 2 days of its release on YouTube, the song garnered over 9 million views.