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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Sabita Chowdhury<br />
| birth_name = Sabita Banerjee<br />
| birth_date = 13 June 1945<br />
| birth_place = [[Kolkata]], [[British India]]<br />
| death_date = 28 June 2017 (aged 72)<br />
| occupation = singer, composer, lyricist<br />
| years_active = 1956-2017<br />
| module = {{Infobox person|child=yes<br />
|spouse=[[Salil Chowdhury]]<small>(husband)</small>|children=[[Antara Chowdhury]]<small>(daughter)</small>}}<br />
| associated_acts = [[Salil Chowdhury]], [[Madan Mohan]], [[Hemant Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Lata Mangeshkar]]<br />
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'''Sabita Chowdhury''' (born '''Sabita Banerjee''') (Bengali: সবিতা চৌধুরী) (1945-2017) was an Indian playback singer. She has sung songs in Bollywood as well as in Bengali films. She was married to [[Salil Chowdhury]] and [[Antara Chowdhury]] is their daughter.<ref name=a>{{cite web|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/singer-sabita-chowdhury-passes-away-4727560/|title=Singer Sabita Chowdhury passes away|author=|date=29 June 2017|website=indianexpress.com}}</ref><ref name=b>{{cite web|url=https://m.hindustantimes.com/music/singer-sabita-chowdhury-passes-away-at-72/story-mYUpYNpUSHH1FDrtHLnwJJ.html?_e_pi_=7,PAGE_ID10,2244162654|title=Singer Sabita Chowdhury passes away at 72|author=|date=29 June 2017|website=hindustantimes.com}}</ref><br />
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==Career==<br />
Sabita started her career in 1954 with [[Darwaza]]. In 1956 film Aankh Ka Nasha, she sang "Ae Dil Hum Toh Huye Ruswa", "Jayega Janewale Kaha", "Kuch Kareeb Jab Se Wah Begana", "Mehfil Me Aayi Haseena", "Nigahe Karam Kar De Shahe Madina", "Thi Aarzu Ki Chaman Me" in the film. She went on to playback in films like [[Masoom (1960 film)|Masoom]] (1960), [[Usne Kaha Tha]] (1960), [[Kabuliwala (1961 film)|Kabuliwala]], etc. She sang the title song of [[Baaje Ghungroo]] (1962) with [[Mohammed Rafi]]. She sang 66 songs in 42 Hindi films. After an unsuccessful career in Bollywood, she returned to Bengali music in the early 1970s. She sang hits like "O Alor Pothojaatri", dedicated to the [[Bangladesh Liberation War|independence war of Bangladesh]] in 1971. She later married composer Salil Chowdhury and gave birth to [[Antara Chowdhury]], popular children's rhymes and modern songs' singer. She sang "Projapoti Projapoti" under Salil which was later converted in Hindi as " Janeman janeman tere do nayan" used in [[Chhoti Si Baat]] (1976) sung by [[Asha Bhosle and Yesudas<br />
]]. She also sang in [[Kabita]] (1977) for actress [[Mala Sinha]].<ref name=a/><ref name=b/><br />
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==Rapport with Yogesh==<br />
After the death of lyricist [[Shailendra Singh (singer)|Shailendra]], Salil Chowdhury was looking for another writer. He gave [[Yogesh]] half an hour to write a song. Yogesh got nervous and he went to Sabita for help. "Salilda’s assistant laughed and said a novice like me could never do justice to Salilda’s tunes. That shook my confidence." A dejected Yogesh walked out, but while waiting for the bus, was struck by some lines. He went back to Salil da and recited them. "He started screaming out to his wife, Sabita di. I thought he would tell her how incompetent I was, and then kick me out. Instead, he told her that I had written some beautiful lyrics".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/lifestyle/report_the-nawab-of-words_1247081|title=The Nawab of words|author=|date=12 April 2009|website=dnaindia.com}}</ref><br />
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==Notable songs==<br />
*Oi jhilmil jhauer boney<br />
*Jaare jaa jaa mono paakhi<br />
*Jhilmil jhilmil opaarero monjil<br />
*Du chokhey aashaar nodi chhalachhal<br />
*Ene de ene de jhumka<br />
*Projapoti Projapoti<br />
*Mar Jharu Mar <ref name=b/><br />
*Aandhaare lekhe gaan haajaar jonaaki 1958<br />
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==Death==<br />
Sabita Chowdhury died on 28 June 2017 due to lung cancer that she was suffering from. She was 72. West Bengal chief minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] deeply mourned her death.<ref name=b/><br />
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