Kanika Banerjee
কণিকা বন্দ্যোপাধ্যায়
Born12 October 1924Died5 April 2000Singing years1930s – 1990s
Mohor — Santiniketan's own voice of Tagore.
Kanika Banerjee (Kanika Bandyopadhyay) was one of the most admired Rabindra Sangeet singers, with over 300 gramophone records and a lifetime at Santiniketan.
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Landmark songs
Anandadhara Bahichhe Bhubane
Saregama Bengali
Ami Rupe Tomay Bholabo Na
Saregama Bengali
Phule Phule Dhole Dhole
Saregama Bengali
Life
She grew up in Tagore's Santiniketan and was close to the poet in his last years; he gave her the name Mohor.
She sang often on All India Radio Kolkata and performed across India, Europe and America, admired for expressing the subtlest feeling of the songs while keeping to the notation.
The voice
A delicate, silvery voice of great tenderness.
Bengali songs 4
Dure Kothay Dure Dure
Saregama Bengali
Baje Karun Sure Hay Dure
Saregama Bengali
Amar Mallika Bone
Saregama Bengali
Kachhe Jabe Chhilo Pashe Holo Na Jaoya
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