Shakila Ahmed, is a Bangladesh born, American singer, composer and songwriter. Trained in Indian classical music, her forte is ghazal, but she sings different genres of music with equal ease, pop, nazrul sangeet, sufi poetry, geets. She spent many years in Pakistan, where her popularity soared due to her versatility as a singer and live performer. Shakila is adept in 5 languages, Bangla, Urdu, Hindi, English and Punjabi, making her music truly representative of the entire Indian subcontinent.