Aarti Mukherji

Aarti Mukherjee
Birth name	Aarti Mukherjee
Also known as	Aarti Mukherjee, Arati Mukhopadhyay
Born	1945 West Bengal, India
Genres	Film/Classical Music
Occupation(s)	Playback Singer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	1955 - present

Born into a musical family with a rich, cultural and musical heritage, she was initiated into music at a very early age by her mother. Subsequently, her melodious voice and abundant musical talent were honed under the tutelage of Shri Susheel Banerjee, Ustaad Mohammed Sagiruddin Khan, Pandit Chinmoy Lahiri, Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale and Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni, who helped her develop a wide repertoire of light as well as classical music.

Career

In the year 1957, while still in school, she bagged the first prize in the All-India Murphy Metro Music contest held in Mumbai having been adjudged the best singer by leading music directors of that time such as Anil Biswas, Naushad Ali, Vasant Desai, C. Ramchandra and Madan Mohan.

Arati commenced her musical journey in films with the Bengali film ‘Subarna Rekha’ and Hindi film ‘Angulimaal’ and has, since then, sung thousands of songs in Bengali, Oriya, Manipuri, Assamese, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi and other languages. She was first awarded the prestigious Bengal Film Journalists Association Award in 1965 for Best Female Singer and went on to receive it several times over the following years. Among other reputed awards and titles, she received the Miyan Tansen award of Sur Singar Samsad for her songs in the films ‘Geet Gata Chal’ and the Gujarat State Government Awards for three consecutive years for her Gujarati film songs. She has also received a Filmfare award for her song in the film ‘Masoom.’

Apart from films, Arati has bewitched audiences with numerous records, discs, albums and live performances on television and stage of Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Geeti. Her versatility as an artist can be seen in diverse genres of music like Thumri, Bhajan, Tappa, Tarana and Ghazal. She has performed widely and extensively in India and throughout the world in renowned places like Royal Albert Hall in 1977 and Madison Square Garden in 2004. She recently received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Orissa Government in 2015 and from Times of India Group in 2016.

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
1980	Manokaamnaa	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
1971	Aranya	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 Neya	Bengali
1962	Kanna	Bengali
1961	Boy Friend	Hindi
1960	Angulimaal	Hindi
1958	Sahara	Hindi

Popular Songs:

"Do Panchhi Do Tinke"
"Kabhi Kuchch Pal Jeevan Ke"
"Do Naina, Ek Kahani"
"Bolo Na Bolo Na Soi"
"Prajapati Sethay Ghore"
"Kon Kule Aaj Bhirlo Tari"
"Swapna Niye"
"Sujyi Alo De"
"Anugatajane Keno Karo Eto"
"Sara Mora Kajra Churaya Tu Ne" ( with Rafi -Do Dil - 1965)

External links

Aarti Mukherji at the Internet Movie Database
Aarti Mukherji at Bollywood Hungama
"Aarti Mukherjee on Calcuttaweb". Archived from the original on 13 February 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2009.

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer

1959–1980	Lata Mangeshkar (1959) No Award (1960, 1961, 1962) Lata Mangeshkar (1963) No Award (1964, 1965) Lata Mangeshkar (1966) No Award (1967) Asha Bhosle (1968) Asha Bhosle (1969) Lata Mangeshkar (1970) Sharda (1971) Asha Bhosle (1972) Asha Bhosle (1973) Asha Bhosle (1974) Asha Bhosle (1975) Sulakshana Pandit (1976) Hemlata (1977) Preeti Sagar (1978) Asha Bhosle (1979) Vani Jairam (1980)

1981–2000	Nazia Hassan (1981) Parveen Sultana (1982) Salma Agha (1983) Aarti Mukherji (1984) Anupama Deshpande (1985) Anuradha Paudwal (1986) No Award (1987, 1988) Alka Yagnik (1989) Sapna Mukherjee (1990) Anuradha Paudwal (1991) Anuradha Paudwal (1992) Anuradha Paudwal (1993) Alka Yagnik and Ila Arun (1994) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1995) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1996) Kavita Krishnamurthy (1997) Alka Yagnik (1998) Jaspinder Narula (1999) Alka Yagnik (2000)

2001–present	Alka Yagnik (2001) Alka Yagnik (2002) Kavita Krishnamurthy and Shreya Ghoshal (2003) Shreya Ghoshal (2004) Alka Yagnik (2005) Alisha Chinai (2006) Sunidhi Chauhan (2007) Shreya Ghoshal (2008) Shreya Ghoshal (2009) Kavita Seth and Rekha Bhardwaj (2010) Mamta Sharma and Sunidhi Chauhan (2011) Rekha Bhardwaj and Usha Uthup (2012) Shalmali Kholgade (2013) Monali Thakur (2014) Kanika Kapoor (2015) Shreya Ghoshal (2016)

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