Tanvi Shah was born on 1 December 1985 in Tamil Nadu, India. She has sung in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu. In addition, she sings in Spanish, Portuguese, and other romance languages, as well as Arabic. Her first song was “Fanaa” for the movie Yuva
Who was the first Indian woman to win a Grammy?
The first and only Indian woman to win a Grammy is Tanvi Shah. She is a multi-lingual talent, singing in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, Spanish, Portuguese and Arabic.
The trained soprano singer began her Bollywood career with ‘Fanaa’ in the political thriller film Yuva (2004).
AR Rahman is the music producer of Yuva. But it is their work together on Slumdog Millionaire (2008) that aided Shah to make a landmark achievement at the 2010 Grammys.
Shah wrote the Spanish lyrics for the award-winning ‘Jai Ho,’ along with lending her vocal gifts.
The title is actually a Hindi phrase, which roughly translates as “let there be a victory.”
Tanvi found success as the energetic and exuberant track elicited an extremely positive critical and fan reception.
Her contribution adds to the global flavor of the catchy song and as previously mentioned, it is an honor for ‘Jai Ho’ to win under a big category