Alisha Chinoy

Born in 1972 to a Gujarati family, Sujata changed her name to that of her cousin's daughter Alisha (also Chinai) after she was born. She is also known as the "Indian Madonna" (she was first known as Babydoll but an image change later resulted in the "Madonna" moniker). Alisha Chinai is a leading pop singer, who can be given the credit for bringing the trend of pop music in India. Alisha's initial foray into the Hindi music was through her album, Jadoo, the music for which was composed by Anu Malik.