Famous playback singer Shreya Ghosal has set off a social media debate with her comments on the trends in Punjabi music and gender representation in the Indian music industry during a podcast that was released on March 2, 2026.
In the podcast that lasts more than two hours, Shreya Ghosal talked about her career, reality shows, problems with lip-syncing, and the top 50 music charts' dynamics. When she made the comment at 55:13 minutes into the podcast, she talked about the poor representation of women artists in the top 50 music charts in India and mentioned how Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle had dominated music charts.
In the podcast, Shreya Ghosal commented on the prevalence of the theme "cars, bungalows, and girls" or "laddki, gadi" in popular Punjabi music and poor representation of women artists.
Podcasts from the discussion posted between March 6-7 on social media sites like Instagram and YouTube went viral with millions of views. There are mixed reactions to the podcast discussion on social media sites, with some people questioning her comments and others pointing to her comments on gender representation in Indian music. As of March 8, 2026, Shreya Ghoshal has not issued any public statement regarding the response.