
Sandhya Mukhopadhyay
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🎂 1931-10-04
Geetashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay (4 October 1931 – 15 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and musician, specializing in Bengali music. She received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honor of the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011.) She also won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs in the films Jay Jayanti and Nishi Padma in the year 1970. Mukherjee was born in Dhakuria, Calcutta, on 4 October 1931 to Narendranath Mukherjee, a railway official, and Hemprova Devi. She was the youngest of six children. Her grandfather was a police officer, and the family had lived in Dhakuria since 1911. She was married to noted lyrist Shyamal Gupta until he died in 2010. She has a daughter named Soumi Sengupta. Sandhya started her music training under the direction of Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A T Kannan, and Professor Chinmoy Lahiri. However, her guru was Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, followed by his son Ustad Munavvar Ali Khan, under whom she mastered Indian classical music.
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Playback Singer
1955

Playback Singer
1963

Playback Singer
1959

Playback Singer
1970

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1957

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1970

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1956

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1967

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1962

Playback Singer
1968

Playback Singer
1965

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1963

Playback Singer
1956

Playback Singer
1978

Playback Singer
1972

Playback Singer
1965

Playback Singer
1970

Playback Singer
1956

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1956

Playback Singer
1971

Playback Singer
1960

Playback Singer
1959

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1971

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1971

Playback Singer
1967

Playback Singer
1958

Playback Singer
1974

Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
1956

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1962

Playback Singer
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1955

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1956

Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
1957

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Playback Singer
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1956

Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
1960

Playback Singer
1955

Playback Singer
1963

Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
1957

Music
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Playback Singer
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Playback Singer
1959