Anwesshaa, who is just  23 years old had started formal training in Hindustani classical (vocal) at the age of 4 under Guru Shri Jayant Sarkar, senior most disciple of Pundit Ajoy Chakraborty (Patiala Gharana), has till date sung around 350 songs in 320 films in different languages.

She has also participated in major TV shows, like Tarana (Finalist) – Etv Bangla (2002)Young Talent Contest (Winner) 2004, All Bengal Inter School Competition (Winner) 2006, Zee Bangla Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Juniors (Finalist) 2007, Amul Star Voice of India – Chote Ustaad (Finalist) 2008 (Star Plus),Royal Bengal Superstar (Finalist) 2009 (Star Jalsha), Music Ka Maha Muqabla (Finalist – In Shaan’s team) 2010 (Star Plus),Jo Jeeta Wohi Superstar (2012 – Star Plus), Performed in Coke Studio @ MTV Season 3 (Papon) .

Anweessha has sung for films like ‘Golmaal Returns’, for  Music Director – Pritam, ‘I’m 24’   for Jatin Pundit, ‘Dangerous Ishq’ for  Himesh Reshammiya,  ‘Luv U Soniyo’ for Vipin Patwa, ‘Ranjhanaa’  for  A. R. Rahman,‘Rowdy Rathore’  (Background vocals),‘Kaanchi’,  for Ismail Darbar (a duet with Sonu Nigam), ‘Revolver Rani’, for  Sanjeev Shrivastav, ‘Guru Dakshina’ for Ismail Darbar, ‘The Expose’ and Prem Ratan Dhan Payo for Himesh Reshmmiya and ‘Do Lafzon Ki kahani’  for  Babli Haque.

Among her forthcoming films are ‘Just Tigdam’ for Ismail Darbar, ‘Suparinama’ for Kaushal Mahavir, an Untitled film for Avishek, ‘Nia’ for  Shankar-Ehsan-Loy   (a duet with Arijit Singh) and ‘The Final Encounter” (a duet with Shaan). Anwesshaa has also sung for films in Marathi, Gujarati, Tamil, Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi and Rajasthani.

Anwessha has extensively toured and performed in various countries all over the world including USA, New Zeland , Bangladesh (Dhaka),  UAE , Qatar  Canada ,UK ,Oman and Thailand and has won various awards including Star Parivar Award – 2010, Tele Samman Award 2010 – Best Female Playback Singer (Title Song – Etv Bangla),Singer of the Series Award– For Music ka Maha Muqabla 2010 (Star Plus),Big Music Award – 2009 (92.7 Big FM) – Most Promising Young Talent, Rising Star Award – 2011 (92.7 Big FM),Tele Cine Award – 2011 – Best Female Playback Singer (Film) Bengali, Mirchi Music Award (East) 2013 and Filmfare Award (East) 2013 – Best Female Playback Singer  .