A voice, from the very start

Aishwarya Majmudar was born in Ahmedabad in 1993 into a family rooted in Hindustani classical music. Music was not a discovery for her so much as a mother tongue — she was performing on stage as a small child and recording film playback while still in school.

Her national breakthrough came in 2008, when she won STAR Voice of India: Chhote Ustad at fifteen. The title carried her voice across India, but her heart stayed close to Gujarati music — devotional songs, film tracks, and the traditional forms she had grown up singing.

In the years since, she has recorded across Gujarati, Hindi and South Indian cinema and released a string of albums. Above all, she has become inseparable from Navratri: her Garba and raas recordings, and her marathon live performances, are part of how Gujarat celebrates each year.

Recognised repeatedly with Gujarat State honours for playback singing, she remains both a trained classical vocalist and one of the most joyful live performers on the festival circuit — a rare artist equally at home in a recording studio and in front of thousands of dancers.