Aarti Mukherji

Aarti Mukherji
Birth name Aarti Mukherji
Also known as Aarti Mukherjee, Arati Mukhopadhyay
Born 1943 (age 72-73)
West Bengal, India
Genres Indian Music
Occupation(s) Playback Singer
Instruments Vocals
Years active 1955 - present
Notable instruments
Voice

Aarti Mukherji (also known as Aarti Mukherjee or Arati Mukhopadhyay) is a Bengali playback singer who has also sung in Hindi films such as Geet Gata Chal (1975), Tapasya (1976), Manokamana and Masoom (1983).

Career

Aarti Mukherji was born in West Bengal, India. She belongs to a Bengali speaking family. In a TV show called "Dadagiri" she recollected memories of her early days. She stated there that she once got an opportunity to sing in the "All India Music Talent Programme" in 1955, when she was a 14- or 15-year-old girl who had dreams to go to Bombay and achieve the level of fame as Lata Mangeshkar.

Arati Mukhopadhyay was trained in Indian Classical Music from a young age. She sang primarily for Bengali films. She won the music contest, "Metro-Murphy Contest", where the judges were music directors like Anil Biswas, Naushad, Vasant Desai and C. Ramchandra. This paved way for a career as a playback singer.[1] She got her first break in 1958 Hindi film Sahara starring Meena Kumari and music by Hemant Kumar, but the music of that film was not so successful. After a string of films like Do Dil Char Rahe (1959, music by Anil Biswas, starring Meena Kumari) and Boy Friend (1961, which starred Madhubala and music by S-J), she decided to move to Bengali films.[2] As most composers they chose Mangeshkar or others, Mukherji faced strong competition. The first Bengali film she provided vocals for was called Kanna, released in 1962.

Later successes

In the late 1960s, her voice was used to be on-screen voice of leading actress Suchitra Sen, instead of Sandhya Mukherjee. In 1966, she sang in the film "Golpo Holeo Sotyi", which earned her BFJA Award for Best Female Playback Singer. In 1976, she received the award for the film Chhutir Phande. She lent her voice for the leading actresses of the late sixties till eighties such as Madhabi Mukherji, Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, Debashri Roy, Tanuja etc. Together with Asha Bhosle she gradually became the most prominent Bengali playback singer in the 1970s, replacing Sandhya. She sang two songs in the Rakhee Gulzar film Tapasya in 1976. She performed vocals in 96 films in 6 languages: Bengali (66), Hindi (20), Oriya (5), Assamese (2), Gujarati (2) and Manipuri (1).

She continued success in the seventies that inspired her to try her fate in Bollywood once again. In 1983, R. D. Burman gave her to sing the song "Do naina aur ek kahani" in the film Masoom as the voice of Shabana Azmi. The song was a considerable success. It earned her a Filmfare award for best female playback singer in 1983. She has also performed a classical song "Kabhi Kuch Pal" in the film Rang Birangi, a female duet with Anuradha Paudwal in 1983. Mukherji became the on-screen voice of actress Tanuja. Her popular songs include 'Radha banshi chara janena', 'Ek boishakhe dekha holo dujonar', 'Ei mon jochonay ango vijiye', 'ja ja behaya pakhi jana', 'na de de da, tu na tum', 'tokhon tomar ekush bochor bodhoy'. She also has a number of famous non-film songs to her credit. She lent her voice to a number of Hindi compositions as well.

Politicis

She joined the BJP in September 2014.

Awards

She won the National Film Award as well as Filmfare Award as Best Female Playback Singer Award for the song "Do naina" in Shekhar Kapur's Masoom. BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1976 for the film "Chhutir Phande" and BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1967 for the film "Golpo Holeo Satyi"

Discography

Year Film Language Notes
1985 Lallu Ram Hindi
1985 Rusvai Hindi
1985 Ram Tere Kitne Nam Hindi
1984 Shatru Bengali
1983 Indira Bengali
1983 Rang Birangi Hindi
1983 Amar Geeti Bengali
1983 Aashar Akash Oriya
1983 Desire Oriya
1983 Masoom Hindi Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer
1982 Rajbabhu Bengali
1981 Surya Sakshi Bengali
1981 Tike Hasa Tike Luha Oriya
1981 Ulka Oriya
1980 Dadar Kirti Bengali
1980 Ek Baar Kaho Hindi
1976 Geet Gaata Chal Hindi
1980Manokaamnaa Hindi
1980 Baata Abaata Oriya
1980 Megha Mukti Oriya
1979 Tarana Hindi
1979 Ganadevata Bengali
1979 Ashaati Beej Gujrati
1979 Nagin Aur Suhagan Hindi
1978 Saajan Bina Suhagan Hindi
1978 Ganga Ki Saugand Hindi
1977 Baba Taraknath Bengali
1977 Anand Ashram Bengali
1977 Janam Janam Na Saath Gujrati
1977 Solah Shukrawar Hindi
1976 Nidhiram Sardar Bengali
1976 Hangsaraj Bengali
1976 Harmonium Bengali
1975 Tapasya Hindi
1975 Chhutir Phande Bengali
1974 Bikele Bhorer Phul Bengali
1974 Alor Thikana Bengali
1973 Basanata Bilap Bengali
1973 Sriman Prithviraj Bengali
1972 Andha Atit Bengali
1972 Ajker Nayak Bengali
1972 Bhaiti Assamese
1972 Brojendrogi Luhongba Manipuri
1971 Dhanyee Meye Bengali
1971 Jal Bin Machhli Nritya Bin Bijli Hindi
1971Aranya Assamese
1970 Manjari Opera Bengali
1970 Samantaral Bengali
1970 Bilambita Lay Bengali
1969 Khamoshi Hindi
1969 Teen Bhubaner Pare Bengali
1969 The Fiancee Bengali
1968 Gar Nasimpur Bengali
1967 Badhu Bharan Bengali
1966 Joradighir Chowdhury Paribar Bengali
1965 Abhaya O Srikanta Bengali
1965 Do Dil Hindi
1965 Subernarekha Bengali
1963 Deya NeyaBengali
1962 Kanna Bengali
1961 Boy Friend Hindi
1960 Angulimaal Hindi
1958 Sahara Hindi

Popular Songs:

References

  1. "Full of patriotic fervour Solo magic". The Hindu. 3 October 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  2. Listing for Aarti Mukherji on veethi.com, (accessed February 15, 2015).

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