Sandhya Mukherjee
Sandhya Mukherjee was the principal female voice of Bengali film and modern song from the late 1940s, the voice of Suchitra Sen on screen and the other half of countless duets with Hemanta Mukherjee.
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Life
She trained in Hindustani classical music, including years under Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, and sang in Bombay for a short spell in the early 1950s before making Calcutta her home and her career.
Through the 1950s and 1960s her songs for Uttam Kumar–Suchitra Sen films and her Puja records defined the sound of Bengali romance. She won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in 1970 for Jay Jayanti and Nishi Padma, and West Bengal's Banga Bibhushan in 2011.
The voice
A clear, flexible soprano with a classical spine — capable of ornament, but always placing the words first.
Honours
National Film Award (1970); Banga Bibhushan (2011)
Bengali songs 5
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