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= Bela Sulakhe =

Bela Shrikant Sulakhe(born May 24, 1968) is an Indian Playback Singer, Songwriter, Music Composer, and a Painter. Born in Pune and raised in Barshi, this singer's talent was discovered at the tender age of 9, when she gave her first solo performance.

Early Life
Encouraged by her mother Mrs.Vaijayanti Sulakhe & trained by Mrs.Archana Kanhere & Sri.Moloy Banerjee, Bela started a lifelong love affair with music.

As a child artist this singing sensation has shared the stage with legends like Asha Bhosle & Kishore Kumar.As a Child artist, Bela Accompanied The Legendary Kishore_Kumar in all his Live Concerts in India & overseas. In fact the late Kishore Kumar often referred to her as “Hamari Chhoti Lata”.

For decades this charming lady has mesmerised audiences world over.Bela has the stage presence of a star and many people worldwide have been haunted by her melodious voice days after attending her concert. Bela has participated in big musical events with Film stars and playback singers, like the 'Showman of the millennium' a tribute to Raj Kapoor with Shahrukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, Anupam Kher, Anuradha Paudwal, Nitin Mukesh held in the Wembley_Arena, London.

Bela has also toured the world performing alongside Madhuri Dixit, Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Salman Khan ,Jitendra, Shridevi, Rishi Kapoor, Laxmikant Pyarelal, Bappi Lahiri, Ravi , Ravindra Jain, Asha Bhosle, Udit Narayan, Kumar Sanu, Sonu Nigam, Manhar Udhas, Shailendra Singh, Kavita Krishnamurty, Alka Yagnik and many more.

Bella participated as a celebrity guest in four episodes on Sony TV show, K_for_Kishore.

Bella has had a long association with the T-Series singing Cover versions, Regional songs, Bhajans, Qawalis, Ghazals from films and more.

Bella has also sung for Shri.Khayyamsaab, Raviji and Bappi Lahiri for their private albums and TV serials. This lady has and can sing in many different languages like Marathi, Gujarati, Bengali, Punjabi, Assames, Orriya, Bhojpuri, Tamil, Telegu, Kannada and more. Bella's love for music has extended in to composing music, her latest is done for a series Vega. Her many achievements include the prestigious award “MATA SANMAAN’’ from the Maharashtra times for best female singer in 2005, for a Marathi film 'Manini'.

Personal Life
This lady has a creative soul and when she is not busy singing she indulges in one of her many hobbies like Painting, Traveling, Photography or Reading. But Music has always been her first love.

Bollywood Filmography
Some of Bela’s Bollywood contributions include playback singing for Films Like: IMTIHAAN, KRISHNA, DHAAL, SURAKSHA & JAWAB, Music COmposed by Anu Malik. RAJA HINDUSTANI Music Composed by Nadeem Shravan. SUHAAG, AAZMAISH, TEESRA KAUN, KHULLAM KHULLA PYAR KAREN, MUQADDAR Music By Anand Milind. VEERGATI Music By Aadesh Shrivastav. HUM TUMHARE HAI SANAM Music by Bappi Lahiri.