Shubha Mudgal

Shubha Mudgal (born 1 January 1959) is an Indian singer of Hindustani classical music. Her repertoire includes the genres of khyal, thumri, dadra, and Indian pop. She has received the Padma Shri in 2000. Shubha Mudgal started performing as a Hindustani classical singer in the 1980s, and gained a certain reputation as a talented singer. In the 1990s, she started experimenting with other forms of music, including pop and fusion varieties. She says, “I believe in music. Khayal and Thumri are my favourites, but that does not mean that I should not experiment with other forms. Why should I curtail my musical urges? ….. I want to allow the artist in me to come through. If you are a musician, how can you say, ‘this one is from devotional poetry, so I am not going to sing it.” In addition to her recordings and concerts, she briefly ran a website called raagsangeet.com aimed at lovers of Indian classical.