Vaishali Mhade is an Indian playback singer and music producer born on 26 May 1983 in Solapur, Maharashtra. She grew up in a musically inclined environment and moved to Mumbai to pursue a singing career, initially working as a chorus singer. She holds an M.Phil degree and was also admitted to a PhD programme. At age 24, she won the Marathi version of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa on Zee Marathi (2008). In 2009, while pregnant, she was selected for Zee TV's national Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge. Just a week after delivering her baby daughter, she began shooting for the show, bringing her infant to sets and nursing her during breaks. She won the season, earning a ₹50 lakh music contract, a Hyundai i10 car, and an LCD TV. She was part of Himesh Reshammiya's 'Rock Gharana' team and won the 'Jai Mata Di' Gharana challenge. Her first Bollywood song was a duet with Reshammiya for Damadamm! (2011). She sang the iconic 'Pinga' with Shreya Ghoshal from Bajirao Mastani (2015), and 'Ghar More Pardesiya' with Ghoshal from Kalank (2019). She performed alongside Olympic gold medalist Abhinav Bindra at the 2009 Nagpur International Marathon. She has sung title tracks for several prominent Marathi TV serials and founded her own music production company. She is the recipient of the first Damani-Patel Karmayogi Award. In 2019, she participated in Bigg Boss Marathi Season 2 on Colors Marathi hosted by Mahesh Manjrekar and was evicted in Week 8 (Day 55), finishing 11th.

Winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi (Zee Marathi, 2008); winner of Zee TV's Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2009 (prize: ₹50 lakh music contract, Hyundai i10 car, LCD TV); sang the 'Pinga' duet with Shreya Ghoshal from Bajirao Mastani (2015, nominated for Mirchi Music Award); sang 'Ghar More Pardesiya' with Shreya Ghoshal from Kalank (2019); title tracks for Honar Sun Me Ya Gharchi and Mazya Navryachi Baayko; Bollywood debut with Himesh Reshammiya in Damadamm! (2011); recipient of the first Damani-Patel Karmayogi Award; founder of her own music production label.

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