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{{short description|Indian playback singer}}
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{{Use Indian English|date=November 2018}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ujjayinee Roy
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| birth_place = [[Agartala]], [[Tripura]], [[India]]
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| genre = [[Playback singer|Playback singing]]
| occupation = Singer
| years_active = 1993–present
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'''Ujjayinee Roy''' is an Indian [[playback singer]] who has worked in the Indian film industry. Ujjayinee has worked on Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Assamese language films for musicians including [[A. R. Rahman]], [[Bharadwaj]], [[Sajid–Wajid]], [[Illayaraja]], [[Harris Jayaraj]] and [[Devi Sri Prasad]].

==Career==
Born and brought up in [[Agartala]], Ujjayinee Roy is trained in Hindustani classical music and apart from being a professional singer, she is also a Bharatnatyam danseuse. She trained as a singer under two gurus, Shri Ganesh Dev Burman and then Pandit Ramendranath Dey, before getting the opportunity to start performing as a singer for [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] Kendra from the age of seven. By the time she was eighteen, Ujjayinee was a graded artist and composer with All India Radio. Ujjayinee was schooled in her hometown of [[Agartala]] before earning a physiology degree at Maharaja Bir Bikram College in 1996. During the early days of her musical career, she had also been the founder member of bands like Tribe and Aurko, and was also a participant in popular reality shows likes SaReGaMa (Zee Television) and Pop Stars (Channel V). She later moved on to work on films, notably recording for albums including [[A. R. Rahman]]'s ''[[Azhagiya Tamil Magan]]'' (2007) and [[Harris Jayaraj]]'s ''[[Iru Mugan]]'' (2016).<ref name="bs">{{Cite news|url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ani/agartala-s-ujjayinee-roy-who-turn-renowned-singer-of-south-117080400677_1.html|title=Agartala's Ujjayinee Roy, who turn renowned singer of South|last=ANI|date=2017-08-04|work=Business Standard India|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://martiniandmore.com/ujjayinee-roy/|title=Ujjaiyinee Roy Teaching at Swarnabhoomi And Working with Grammy Award Winner Ric Fierabracci|last=martiniandmore|date=2015-07-22|website=Martini And More|language=en-US|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>

In 2011, Ujjayinee met guitar player and music producer from Germany and Los Angeles, Ed DeGenaro and collaborated with him for his fusion album "Holiday in Madras" lending her voice as well as co-producing some of the tracks. The pair later married and she then toured with him as the vocalist of his band and in the process, experimented with various styles and genres of music in the album and later co-produced and lent her voice for Ed's album "The Elektrik Circus". She also worked on her own independent album called "This Feels Right", some of the songs of which she has already released as singles. She has also released another original compilation called "Novocain For The Soul" with music producer Amit Gupta.<ref name="bs"/><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Harris-started-grooving-while-I-was-singing-Halena-in-his-studio/articleshow/54585534.cms |title=Harris started grooving while I was singing Halena in his studio |website=The Times of India|access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://sailingconductors.com/en/artists-2/ujjayinee-roy-en/|title=Ujjayinee Roy (en) |last=Hannes |first=Author Smutje |date=2012-11-19 |website=Sailing Conductors |language=en-US |access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref> The pair later married during 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/music/Music-Review-Iru-Mugan/articleshow/53652466.cms |title=Music Review: Iru Mugan - Times of India|website=The Times of India |access-date=2018-12-16}}</ref>

Ujjayinee was revealed to be working on a Tamil film titled ''Yevan'' as an actress by portraying a middle-aged mother. The film eventually did not materialise.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/cinema/cinema-columns/Etcetera-Another-biker-rides-in/article11634604.ece |title=Etcetera: Another biker rides in |last=Raghavan |first=Nikhil |date=2014-05-31 |work=The Hindu |access-date=2018-12-16|language=en-IN |issn=0971-751X}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rotaryadyar.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/RC-Adyar-Details-of-Jan15.pdf |website=rotaryadyar.com |title=Rotary Club of Adyar January 2012}}</ref>

==Notable discography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year !! Song title !! Film !! Language !! Music Director !! Notes
|-
| 2007 || "Nee Marilyn Monroe" || ''[[Azhagiya Tamil Magan]]'' || Tamil || [[A. R. Rahman]] ||
|-
| 2007 || "Valayapatti Thavile" || ''[[Azhagiya Tamil Magan]]'' || Tamil || A. R. Rahman ||
|-
| 2008 || "Ghanana Ghanana" || ''[[King (2008 film)|King]]'' || Telugu || [[Devi Sri Prasad]] ||
|-
| 2011 || "Aa Hah" || ''[[Kandaen]]'' || Tamil || [[Vijay Ebenezer]] ||
|-
| 2011 || "Oosaravelli" || ''[[Oosaravelli]]'' || Telugu || Devi Sri Prasad ||
|-
| 2014 || "Naacho Re" || ''[[Jai Ho (film)|Jai Ho]]'' || Hindi || Devi Sri Prasad ||
|-
| 2015 || "Dappankuthu Mettula" || ''[[Nannbenda]]'' || Tamil || Harris Jayaraj ||
|-
| 2015 || "Let's Start" || ''[[Ouija (2015 film)|Ouija]]'' || Kannada || Hari Nikesh ||
|-
| 2016 || "Halena" || ''[[Iru Mugan]]'' || Tamil || Harris Jayaraj ||
|}

==Filmography==

=== As actress in film ===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Year
!Title
!Role
!Notes
|-
|2009
|''[[Saa Boo Thiri]]''
|Philomina
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Thani Oruvan]]''
|Mahima's Friend
|
|-
| 2021
| ''[[Cinderella (2021 Indian film)|Cinderella]]''
|Ramya's Mother
|
|}

=== Television ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Channel
! Notes
|-
| 2017–2019|| ''[[Valli (TV series)|Valli]]'' || Chamundeshwari|| rowspan=3|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]||
|-
|2018–2019|| ''[[Chandralekha (TV series)|Chandralekha]]''|| Chintamani ||
|-
| 2018 || ''[[Roja (Tamil TV series)|Roja]]'' || Chamundeshwari || Special Appearance
|}

=== Web series ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Title
! Role
! Channel
!Notes
|-
| 2019|| ''Nisha'' ||Kiki
| [[ZEE5|Zee5]]
|
|}

==References==
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