Sandhya Mukherjee

Sandhya Mukherjee

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Sandhya Mukherjee Profile

  • Name:
  • Sandhya Mukherjee
  • Born:
  • October 4, 1931
  • Spouse:
  • Shyamal Gupta

Sandhya Mukherjee Biography

Sandhya Mukherjee, also known as Sandhya Mukhopadhyay is a very popular singer and musician of Bengali music. She occasionally sings for other languages, including Hindi as well. She received Banga-Vibhushan in the year 2011, the highest civilian honour of the state. She is married to poet Shyamal Gupta. She received National award for best playback singing in the year 1970 for the songs of Bengali movie, Jay jayanthi and Nisha Padma. Thus she became the third female playback singer to receive this award, and the first to receive outside Tamil language.

 

Sandhya received formal training in music from Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A T Kannan, Professor Chinmoy Lahiri, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and his son Ustad Munavvar Ali Khan. Though she conquered the big mountain of Indian classical music, she is most known for light music and film songs. Her debut film song was for the film Anjan Garh at the age of 17. Shyamal Gupta has written many songs sung by Sandhya later. Her Bengali duets with Hemant Kumar made her a popular singer of Bengal. Hemanta and Sandhya became known as the voices behind the pairings of the Bengali superstar Uttam Kumar and his leading heroines, particularly Suchitra Sen. She has also worked with Robin Chattopadhyay and Nachiketa Ghosh. Compositions of Salil Chowdhury and Sudhin Dasgupta made her a popular singer of Bengali.

 

During the Bangladesh Liberation War, she was among Bengali film artists to raise funds for refugees. Later too, she has been associated with Bangladesh for many social activities. A few of her noted Hindi songs are - Ab Nahi Dharat Dheer Dheer of Anjaan Garh, Maine Jo Lee Angrayee Teri Mehfil of jagte raho, Aayee Mere Jeevan Ki Saanjh Suhani and Dil Bhi Udaas Udaas Chaman Bhi Udaas of sabya Sachi, Jungle mangal of Baaghi, Ashkon Me Chhipi Mohabbat Ki Kahani of Pehla aadmi and Aa Jaa Re Balam Tujhe Meri Kasam of Ek do teen.

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Updated: January 10, 2014

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