Aarya Ambekar
Aarya Ambekar is a Marathi playback singer and actor from Pune, Maharashtra. She participated and reached the finals of the first season of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs" aired on Zee Marathi channel between July 2008 and February 2009. Aarya has made her acting debut in January 2017 through the film "Ti Saddhya Kay Karte". Personal life. Aarya is the daughter of Samir Ambekar and Shruti Ambekar. Shruti Ambekar is a classical vocalist of Jaipur Gharana whereas Samir is a doctor by profession. Aarya holds a Bachelor of Arts, BA, degree with a major in  economics. She holds a Master of Arts, MA, degree in music. She ranked first in the university for her MA examination and earned a gold medal. She has completed a certificate course in Sound Engineering. Background. Aarya's grandmother, a classical vocalist, recognized the talent in Aarya when Aarya was two years old. Aarya started her formal musical training at the age of five and half years from her Guru and mother, Shruti Ambekar. At the age of six, when she was in the first standard, Aarya gave her first music performance. She got selected in Sa Re Ga Ma  Pa Lil' Champs, a reality TV music competition in 2008 and went on to become a finalist. Career. Section::::"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs". In 2008, Aarya was auditioned for the debut season of "Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs", a competitive music reality show organized by the Zee Marathi television channel. She was one of the final 50 who were selected from amongst several thousand children aged between 8 and 14 across Maharashtra. She made her way to the top 10 finalists and then to the Final 5 Mega-Finalists. Aarya was popularly referred to  as the "Pretty Young Girl", during the show. Aarya sang a wide variety of songs in the competition. She created the record of receiving full marks from the judges many times. Aarya created an unbeatable record when she got " वरचा नी "(equivalent to 200%), for her beautifully sung "Paan Khae Saiyyan Hamaro", which remains unbroken in all the nine Schedules of "SA RE GA MA PA" and even after two schedules of "SA RE GA MA PA" for professional singers. Singer Hariharan was the celebrity judge for that episode. Aarya was also awarded performer of the week in numerous episodes  by eminent singing personalities like Mahalaxmi Iyer, Shreya Ghoshal, Hariharan etc. Aarya sings a wide variety of songs ranging from pure classical songs, Natyageet, Bhavgeet, Bhaktigeet to Marathi Chitrapat Sangeet, Hindi songs, folk songs, Lavanis as well. She sang "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" to pay tribute to those who lost their lives in the 2008 Mumbai attacks on 26 November 2008. She also performed the same song at Shivaji Park, Dadar in a program organised by Mumbai Police to pay tribute to the martyrs who laid down their lives fighting the terrorists in that attack. The song was originally  sung by Lata Mangeshkar after the 1962 India-China War. During the course of the program, Aarya was also awarded the Manik Varma Scholarship. She is the youngest singer to win the scholarship. Section::::"Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Marathi L'il Champs Season 3". Aarya along with other finalists of the first season returned to the singing reality show 12 years after the debut season as a judge on the show. Public Appearances. A few events where Aarya has performed –