Caralisa Monteiro is an Indian female playback singer, who primarily works in Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film industry.

Early life

Caralisa hails from a middle class

Middle class

The middle class is any class of people in the middle of a societal hierarchy. In Weberian socio-economic terms, the middle class is the broad group of people in contemporary society who fall socio-economically between the working class and upper class....

 family in Mumbai. She had passion for singing since her childhood itself, and won several awards in college singing competitions. Her sister, who passed away ten years ago, had inspired her to pursue a career in music.

Career

Caralisa did several jingles at start. Her first break came when the acclaimed trio Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar-Ehsaan-Loy

Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy are an Indian musical trio consisting of Shankar Mahadevan, Ehsaan Noorani and Loy Mendonsa. Record producers, musicians and multi-instrumentalists, they have composed music for over fifty soundtrack across four languages...

 invited her to sing the chorus

Chorus

-Musical:* Choir, a vocal ensemble* Chorus effect, the perception of similar sounds from multiple sources as a single, richer sound; signal processors design to simulate the effect* Refrain or chorus of a song, pre-chorus may refer to bridge...

 of the song "Jaane Kyon" from the cult film Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai

Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...

 in 2001. She has since worked in about 15 albums with various music directors including Vishal-Shekhar

Vishal-Shekhar

Vishal-Shekhar are a music directing duo for Hindi films and are among the leading music directors in the industry today...

 and Pritam

Pritam

Pritam Chakraborty , better known as Pritam is a music director and composer from Kolkata who currently works in Bollywood, Mumbai.- Early life :...

. She is mainly known for the rendition of the english parts in hindi songs, though she broke the trend with Phir Dekhiye of Rock On!!.

Filmography

Year	Film	Notes
2011	Don 2: The Chase Continues	(playback singer)
2010	Break Ke Baad Break Ke Baad Break Ke Baad is a 2010 romantic coming-of-age dramedy directed by Danish Aslam and starring Deepika Padukone and Imran Khan in lead roles. Shahana Goswami and Yudhishtr Urs play siblings while Sharmila Tagore, Navin Nischol and Lillete Dubey have supporting roles...	(playback singer)
2010	Anjaana Anjaani Anjaana Anjaani Anjaana Anjaani is a Hindi Romantic film directed by Siddharth Anand, starring Ranbir Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra and Zayed Khan. The film is produced by Sajid Nadiadwala under his Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment Pvt. Ltd banner. The film's music has been composed by Vishal-Shekhar, who have...	(playback singer)
2010	Karthik Calling Karthik	(playback singer)
2009	New York New York (film) New York is a 2009 Bollywood thriller directed by Kabir Khan, produced by Aditya Chopra under Yash Raj Films, and with a screenplay by Sandeep Srivastava. Visual effects are by Visual Computing Labs, Tata Elxsi Ltd. It stars John Abraham, Katrina Kaif, Neil Nitin Mukesh, and Irrfan Khan...	(playback singer)
2008	Rock On!!	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2007	The Great Indian Butterfly The Great Indian Butterfly The Indian Butterfly is a 2010 Bollywood film, written and directed by Sarthak Dasgupta. It is about finding peace, love, happiness in our life, which is within lies within our self according to the movie. Its a story of a typical modern class Indian couple and their journey to Goa where they had...	(playback singer)
2007	Om Shanti Om	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2007	Hattrick (film) Hattrick (film) Hattrick is a 2007 Bollywood film, directed by Milan Luthria, starring Paresh Rawal, Rimi Sen, Kunal Kapoor, Nana Patekar, Danny Denzongpa.-Synopsis:The film opens with the introduction of the central characters....	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2006	Kabul Express Kabul Express Kabul Express is a Bollywood film that was released on 15 December 2006. The film stars John Abraham, Arshad Warsi, Pakistani actor Salman Shahid, Afghan actor Hanif Hum Ghum and American actress Linda Arsenio...	(vocalist: background score - as Caralisa)
2006	Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna commonly known as KANK is a 2006 Bollywood film directed by Karan Johar and produced under the Dharma Productions banner...	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2005	The Blue Umbrella The Blue Umbrella (film) The Blue Umbrella is a 2007 Indian film based on the novel, The Blue Umbrella, by Ruskin Bond and directed by Vishal Bhardwaj. It starred Shreya Sharma and Pankaj Kapur in lead roles...	(musician: singer, choir)
2005	Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... Dil Jo Bhi Kahey... is a Bollywood film released in 2005. It is directed by Romesh Sharma who is best known for having produced Hum...	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2005	Salaam Namaste Salaam Namaste The film has seven songs composed by the duo Vishal-Shekhar. The music of the film released on 10 August 2005. The music includes four songs and two remixes.-External links:*...	(playback singer)
2005	Dus	(playback singer)
2005	Kaal Kaal Kaal is a Bollywood Horror film, released in India on 29 April 2005. The movie is directed by Soham Shah, who also wrote its dialogue and screenplay. Karan Johar and Shahrukh Khan produced the movie...	(playback singer - as Caralisa)
2001	Dil Chahta Hai Dil Chahta Hai Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...	(playback singer - as Caralisa) - Debut

External links

• Caralisa Monteiro on Myspace
• Caralisa Monteiro : Filmography and Profile on Bollywood Hungama
• Caralisa Monteiro: Biography on Exitmusic