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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Neeta Sen<br />
| birth_name = Neeta Sen<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[India]]<br />
| background = solo_singer<br />
| genre = {{flatlist| <br />
* [[Indian classical music]]<br />
* [[Bhajans]]<br />
}}<br />
| occupation = {{flatlist|<br />
* Singer<br />
* [[Music director]]<br />
* Classical Vocalist<br />
}}<br />
| associated_acts = [[Manna Dey]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Shyamal Mitra]], Hemanta Mukherjee, [[Manabendra Mukherjee]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Neeta Sen''' (1935 – 1 April 2006) was an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Classical music|classical]] [[music director]] and singer.<br />
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==Career==<br />
Trained in [[India]]n classical music, she started her career with the [[All India Radio]] in [[Kolkata]]. Neeta Sen focused on modern Bengali music during the early part of her career. In 1977, she achieved commercial success with the Bengali feature film ''Baba Taraknath'', directed by A K Chatterjee and starring Biswajeet, [[Sandhya Roy]] and Sulochana. She went on to direct music in more Bengali films like Krishna Bhakta Sudhama.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.earthmusic.net/hindi-film-songs.php?movie=Krishna+Bhakta+Sudama |title=Krishna Bhakta Sudama &#124; Bollywood Movies &#124; Hindi film songs |publisher=Earthmusic.net |accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> A deeply devout person personally, her work was almost completely dominated by devotional films, television serials and music albums in her latter years.<br />
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She went on to direct music in several noted films like ''Rokto Joba, Nandan (1979),<ref name="unomaha1">{{cite web|url=http://faculty.ist.unomaha.edu/pdasgupta/hemanta/discography/filmlist2.html |title=Film songs of Hemanta Mukherjee |publisher=Faculty.ist.unomaha.edu |accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> Sita (1980),<ref name="unomaha1"/> Golap Bou (1977),<ref name="unomaha1"/> Sonar Bangla (1982) and Baba Loknath (1994)''. Another Film 'Pahari Phool', though as a movie it was not a great success, but it carries the signature of the beauty and innovation of her music composition; play backed by Manna Dey, Arati Mukherjee, Arundhati HomChowdhury et al. She worked in Mumbai briefly post marriage before moving back to Kolkata. Music composed by her has been sung by eminent Bengali and Indian singers including [[Hemanta Mukherjee]],<ref>[http://www.inrhind.in/inreco/albumInfo.asp?lId=10&AId=970 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071215234959/http://www.inrhind.in/inreco/albumInfo.asp?lId=10&AId=970 |date=15 December 2007 }}</ref> [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Anuradha Paudwal]], Bhupender Singh, [[Srikanto Acharya|Srikanta Acharya]] and [[Aarti Mukherjee]]. She worked closely with celebrated and renowned Bengali lyricist [[Gouri Prasanna Majumdar]]. Following his demise she founded the Gouriprasanna Smriti Samsad,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1080331/jsp/calcutta/story_9076716.jsp |title=The Telegraph - Calcutta (Kolkata) &#124; Metro &#124; Timeout |publisher=The Telegraph|location=India|date=2008-03-31 |accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> a committee to keep the memory of his music alive.<br />
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Neeta went on to teach music and prominent Bengali singers like Sreeradha Banerjee<ref>[http://www.prabasi.org/Activities/DurgaPuja2000/DP2000Cultural.html] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080527153506/http://www.prabasi.org/Activities/DurgaPuja2000/DP2000Cultural.html |date=27 May 2008 }}</ref> and Ruprekha Chatterjee<ref>[http://www.pragati.org/artist.htm ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080917062311/http://www.pragati.org/artist.htm |date=17 September 2008 }}</ref> have since trained under her. Some of her well-known songs are ''Oh go Nayoner Abir,<ref>{{cite web|author=Doc Rock |url=http://www.thedeadrockstarsclub.com/2006.html |title=The Dead Rock Stars Club 2006 January To June |publisher=Thedeadrockstarsclub.com |accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> Mon Jodi Kono Din Projapoti Hoye Jay, Chokhe Chokh Rekhe and Tomar Du Chokh Pujor Prodip hole.''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hamaraforums.com/lofiversion/index.php/t16690.html |title=Hamara Forums |publisher=Hamara Forums |accessdate=2015-11-02}}</ref> During her career in AIR she sang Bengali songs like ''Boshonto Bela, Amaye bhulbe ki, Maloti, Akash Golpo Bole and Jonakir Deep Gulo.''<br />
Neeta Sen did her earlier training with noted musician of the era Sudhirlal Chakraborty where her co learners were Utpala Sen, [[Shyamal Mitra]] amongst others. She also won the first prize in the classical singing competition in DoverLane Music conference in the same year where Basari Lahiri ( Bappi Lahiri's mother) won in the Kheyal category.<br />
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==Personal life==<br />
Born to Jagadish Bardhan and Abha Bardhan on 13 November 1927 she was the second daughter with three sisters and one brother. She married Sunil Sen and had a daughter and a son. Her granddaughter Rimjhim Sen is associated with fashion designing in Bollywood.<br />
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==Final illness and death==<br />
Neeta gave up eating meat in her later years. A frail person, she started suffering from [[colitis]] from a young age. On 31 March 2006, she started getting severe abdominal pains and died on 1 April 2006.<br />
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==List of songs composed by Neeta Sen==<br />
* ''Phaguai Ke Kumari''<ref>[http://www.hummaa.com/artist/artistdashboard.php?aid=2081] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110712231724/http://www.hummaa.com/artist/artistdashboard.php?aid=2081 |date=12 July 2011 }}</ref><br />
* ''Tomar Chandra Surya O Duti Chokh''<br />
* ''Shiv Shambhu Tripurari''<br />
* ''Andhakar Sudhu Andhakar''<br />
* ''Tini Ekti Belpatate Tushta''<br />
* ''Amake Bhalobaso''<br />
* ''Amar Jibon - Andhare''<br />
* ''Chokhe Chokh Rekhe''<br />
* ''Chhum Chhum Chhum''<br />
* ''Tomar Charaner Dhwani''<br />
* ''Panchapradipe Dhupe Tomare Arati Kori''<br />
* ''Bhole Baba Par Lagao''<br />
* ''Tumi Pathor Na Ki Pran''<br />
* ''Tora Haat Dhor Protigga Kor''<br />
* ''Jharna Achhe Pahar Achhe''<br />
* ''Piner Chhayamakha Ankabanka Poth Dhore''<br />
* ''Haay Eki Shunilam''<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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