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{{Infobox musical artist 
| name = Sandhya Mukherjee
| background = solo_singer
| image = Sandhya Mukherjee and Nupurchhanda.jpg
| imagesize =
| caption = Sandhya Mukherjee (right) and Nupurchhanda Ghosh (left)
| birth_name = Sandhya Mukherjee
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|10|4|df=y}}
| birth_place= [[Calcutta]], [[Bengal Presidency|Bengal Province]], [[British India]]
| instrument =
| genre = [[Playback singing]]
| occupation = Singer/Composer
| years_active =
}}

'''Sandhya Mukherjee''' (born 4 October 1931), also known as '''Sandhya Mukhopadhyay''', is an Indian [[playback singer]] and musician, specialising in [[Bengali music]]. She is the prima donna of the Bengali playback industry. No other female vocalist has attended her calibre in the Bengali music industry. She received [[Banga Bibhushan]], the highest civilian honour of the Indian state of [[West Bengal]] in 2011.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20121105234331/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-07-26/kolkata/29815979_1_manna-dey-mamata-banerjee-award State honours nine with Banga-Vibhushan]</ref> and [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for her songs in the films ''Jay Jayanti'' and ''[[Nishi Padma]]'' in the year 1970.<ref name="18thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/17th_NFF_1971.pdf|title=18th National Film Awards |publisher=[[Directorate of Film Festivals]]|accessdate=26 September 2011}}</ref>

== Early life ==
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.<ref name="observerbd">{{cite news|last1=Saleheen|first1=Mesbah-us-|title=A singer with a transparent voice|url=http://www.observerbd.com/2015/02/06/70889.php|accessdate=10 October 2017|work=The daily oberver|date=6 February 2015}}</ref>

==Training and career==
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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.<ref name="sharma">{{cite book|last1=Sharma|first1=Manorma|title=Tradition of Hindustani Music|date=2006|publisher=APH Publishing House|pages=119–120|isbn=9788176489997|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YdtqrooCo-oC&q=sandhya&pg=PA118|accessdate=12 October 2017}}</ref> According to Manorma Sharma, "Sandhya has been able to maintain her popularity as a classical vocalist even after acquiring the gloss and the glow of playback singing ..."<ref name="sharma" />

Though classically trained, the bulk of her work consists of Bengali modern songs. She began her career in [[Mumbai]] singing [[Hindi]] songs, starting with a song in the film ''Taarana'' in 1950. She sang, as a playback singer, in 17 Hindi films. She decided to come back to and settle in her home city [[Kolkata]] in 1952 due to personal reasons. She married Bengali poet [[Shyamal Gupta]] in 1966. Gupta went on to write the lyrics for many of her songs.

Her best known collaboration is arguably with the Bengali singer [[Hemanta Mukherjee]] with whom she sang numerous duets, primarily as playback for Bengali films. Hemanta and Sandhya became known as the voices behind the pairings of the Bengali superstar [[Uttam Kumar]] and his numerous heroines, most notably being the actress [[Suchitra Sen]], whose singing voice she became. Besides [[Hemanta Mukherjee]]'s compositions, her largest body of work is with Robin Chattopadhyay and Nachiketa Ghosh.

During the [[Bangladesh Liberation War]] she joined the mass movement among Indian Bengali artistes to raise money for the millions of refugees who had poured into [[Kolkata]] and [[West Bengal]] to escape the fighting, and to raise global awareness for the cause of Bangladesh. She assisted [[Bangladesh]]i musician [[Samar Das]] as he set up the [[Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra]], the clandestine radio station broadcasting to Bangladesh and recorded several patriotic songs for him. On the occasion of the release of [[Sheikh Mujibur Rahman]], the imprisoned leader of the new country of [[Bangladesh]], she released a song ''Bangabandhu Tumi Phirey Ele''. She later became one of the first foreign artists to visit [[Dhaka]], performing at an open-air concert in Paltan Maidan in [[Dhaka]] to celebrate the first [[Ekushey February]] after Bangladeshi independence in 1971.

==Songs==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Film !! Music director !! Song(s) !! Language
|-
| 1948 || ''Anjaan Garh'' || [[R C Boral]] || "Ab Nahi Dharat Dheer Dheer" || Hindi|-
|-
| 1948 || ''Sabya Sachi'' || Robin Chatterji || "Aayee Mere Jeevan Ki Saanjh Suhani" "Dil Bhi Udaas Udaas Chaman Bhi Udaas" || Hindi
|-
| 1950 || ''Pehla Aadmi'' || R C Boral || "Taaron Ki Roshni Me Duniya Nai" "Ham Chale Nai Duniya Basaane" "Ashkon Me Chhipi Mohabbat Ki Kahani" "Kaun Kehta Hai Tasveer Tumhari" || Hindi
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Sazaa (1951 film)|Sazaa]]'' || [[S D Burman]] || "Aa Gupchup Gupchup Pyar Karen" "Ye Baat Koi Samjhaye Re" || Hindi
|-
| 1951 || ''Taraana'' || [[Anil Biswas (composer)|Anil Biswas]] || "Bol Papihe Bol Kaun Hai Tera Chitchor" || Hindi
|-
| 1952 || ''Izzat'' || Bulo C Rani || "Ishq Me Ho Jao Barbaad" "Kya Kya Sitam Sahe Hain Do Din Ki Zindagi Me" "Tera Jhoomta Shabaab Jaise" || Hindi
|-
| 1953 || ''Baaghi'' || [[Madan Mohan]] || "Jungle Mangal" || Hindi
|-
| 1953 || ''[[Ek Do Teen (film)|Ek Do Teen]]'' || Vinod || "Aa Jaa Re Balam Tujhe Meri Kasam" || Hindi
|-
| 1953 || ''Fareb'' || Anil Biswas || "Udaasiyon Me Nazar Kho Gai" || Hindi
|-
| 1953 || ''Husn Ka Chor'' || Bulo C Rani || "Dheere Dheere Dil Me Samaa" "Dil Lagaane Wale Apne Se Hazaaron Hain" "O Jaane Waale Kisi Ka Salaam Leta Jaa" "O Sangdil Zamaane Mujkhe Kyun Rulaata Hai" || Hindi
|-
| 1954 || ''Manohar'' || S Venkat Raman || "Aayee Basant Ritu Aayee Bahaar Leke" "Doob Gaye Sab Aas Ke Taare" "Rut Hai Suhaani Raat Jawan Hai" "Sukh Bhari Duniya Meri Barbaad Jo" || Hindi
|-
| 1956 || [[Jaagte Rahoo|Jaagte Raho]]|| [[Salil Choudhary]] || "Maine Jo Lee Angrayee Teri Mehfil" || Hindi
|-
| 1966 || ''[[Mamta (1966 film)|Mamta]]'' || [[Roshan (music director)|Roshan]] || "Tose Naina Laage Re Saanwariya" || Hindi
|-
| 1970 || ''Jai jayanti'' || || "Jhana jhanana Sur jhankare" || Bengali
|-
| || || || "Mone Mone Gatha Mala" ||
|-
| || || || "Shaon Elo Oi Thoi Thoi"||
|-
| || || || "Projapoti Mon Amar"||
|-
| || || || "Tumi Nahoy Rahite Kachhe"||
|-
| || || || "Mor Bhiru Se Krishnakali"||
|-
| || || || "Madhumaloti Dake Aay"||
|-
| || || ||"Polash Amar Krishnachura"||
|-
| || || ||"Bashi Go Bole Papiya"||
|-
| || || ||"Lalita Go Bole Di"||
|-
| || || ||"Holud Gandar Phool"||
|-
| || || ||"Ei Sanjhjhara Lagane"||
|-
| || || ||"Dhanya Hobo Je Ami"||
|-
| || || ||"Ebare Bujjechi Ami"||
|-
| || || ||"Ami Tomare Bhalobesechi"||
|-
| || || ||"Mayabati Meghe Elo Tandra"||
|-
| || --Non-film-- || ||"O Re Jeenewale" ||
|-
| || || ||"Ogu Sindur Ranga Megh"||
|-
| || || ||"Shankha Bajiye Make"||
|-
| || || ||"Ni Sa Ga Ma Pa"||
|-
| || || ||"Piya Piya Piya Ke Dake Amare"||
|-
| || || ||"O Bak Bakum Paira"||
|-
| || || ||"Badho Jhulona"||
|-
| || || ||"E Je Bangla"||
|-
| || || ||"Tumi Je Amar Pratham Rater"||
|-
| || || ||"Aha Ki Misti"||
|-
| || [[Saptapadi (1961 film)|''Saptapadi'']]|| [[Hemanta Kumar Mukhopadhyay]]||"Ei Path Jadi Na Sesh Hoy"||
|-
| || || ||"He Sagar Keno Tomay Nil Dekhi"||
|-
| || || ||"Aaj Keno O Chokh Lal"||
|-
| || || ||"Ke Tumi Amare Dako"||
|-
| || || ||"Gane Mor Kon Indradhanu"||
|-
| || || ||"Boro Derite Tumi"||
|-
| || || ||"Tumi To Janona"||
|-
| || || ||"Champa Chameli"||
|-
| || || ||"Se Gan Jai Je Bhule"||
|-
| || || ||"Boro Derite Tumi Bujhle"||
|-
| || || ||"Ogo Momo Prano Hay"||
|-
| || || ||"Ore O Bijan Baner Pakhi"||
|-
| || || ||E Shudhu Ganer Din"||
|-
| || || ||"Kichhu Khushi Kichhu Nesha"||
|-
| || || ||"Moner Madhuri Mishaye"||
|-
| || || ||"Shuno Shuno Ei Raat"||
|-
| || || ||"Aar Dekona Ei Modhu Name"||
|-
| || || ||"Tari Bhese Jay"||
|-
| || || ||"Na Jani Kon Chhande"||
|-
| || || ||"Sharame Jorano Akhi"||
|-
| || || ||"E Sundar Ratri"||
|-
| || || ||"Ekti Sukher Neer"||
|-
| || || ||"Prabhat Surja"||
|-
| || || ||"Aaj Holi Khelbo Shyam"||
|-
| || || ||"Ore Sokal Sona"||
|-
| || || ||"Bah Chharata To Besh"||
|-
| || || ||"Shyamal Barani Ogo Kanya"||
|-
| || || ||"Prantateri Gaan Amar"||
|-
| || ||[[Salil Chowdhury]] ||"Ujjal Ekjhak Payra"||
|-
| || || ||"Shraban Ajhare Jhare"||
|-
| || || ||"Aay Bristy Jhepe"||
|-
| || || ||"Jare Ja Phire Ja"||
|-
| || || ||"Gungun Mon Bhomra"||
|-
| || || ||"Jibone Ja Kichu Chilo"||
|-
| || || ||"Jodi Naam Dhore Take Daaki"||
|-
| || || ||"Godhulir Shanto Chhayay"||
|-
| || || ||"Ke Jeno Pother Majhe"||
|-
| || || ||"Guru Guru"||
|-
| || || ||"Sajani Go Kotha Shono"||
|-
| || || ||"Sajani Go Sajani"||
|-
| || || ||"Kichu Aar Kahibo Na"||
|-
| || || ||"O Neel Neel Payra"||
|-
|}

==Awards==
* [[Banga Bibhushan]] in 2011.
* [[Bharat Nirman Award]] - Lifetime Achievement Award in 1999.
* [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for the songs "Amader Chuti Chuti" [[Jay Jayanti]] and "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo" [[Nishi Padma]] in 1971.
* [[BFJA Awards]] - Best Female Playback Singer for ''Sandhya Deeper Sikha'' in 1965.
* [[BFJA Awards]] - Best Female Playback Singer for ''Jay Jayanti'' in 1972.

== References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{IMDb name|0611474}}

{{National Film Award Best Female Playback Singer}}
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