Mukherjee also sung a duet with Mangeshkar for the song Bol Papihe Bol Kaun Hai Tera Chitchor in the 1951 film Taraana under the music direction of another stalwart, late Anil Biswas. Known for her classical and semi-classical singing prowess, Mukherjee had worked with some of the most prominent artistes of the industry with the likes of Hemant Mukherjee, S Venkat Raman (1954 movie Manohar) R C Boral (1950 movie Pehla Admi) and many others. Some of her popular Hindi songs include Aayee Mere Jeevan Ki Saanjh Suhani (1948) Bol Papihe Bol Kaun Hai Tera Chitchor (1951) Jungle Mangal (1953) Maine Jo Lee Angrayee Teri Mehfil (1956) and Tose Naina Lage Re Saanwariya (1966) to name a few.īorn on October 4, 1931, her music training was held under Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A T Kannan and Professor Chimnay Lahiri and later with Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and his son, Ustad Munavvar Ali Khan. She made her journey to Bollywood with songs in more than 17 films. Mukherjee made her debut in 1948 with the song Ab Nahi Dharat Dheer Dheer from the movie Anjaan Garh. She received the National Film Award for best female playback singer in 1970 for the movies Jay Jayanti (a Bengali remake of Sound of Music) and Nishi Padma. Her stint with Bollywood music industry saw her collaborate with famous composers such as S D Burman, Roshan and Madan Mohan, Naushad, Anil Biswas and Salil Chaudhury. The whole country and my audience loves me, that is my greatest prize,” the veteran singer had said.Ī voice that touched thousands of hearts, Mukherjee had a unique way of rendering her songs which could not be copied by any singer of any time and age.

I am a disciple of Bade Gulam Ali Saheb and I have performed with him in stage shows. I will not accept as it is demeaning for me to take the award at this age when I am old and almost immobile. “After so many years, I have been selected for the award. Recipient of the Bangabibhushan (2011), Sangeet Mahasamman (2012) awards, besides innumerable other awards like the National Film Award, Mukherjee was recently in news for refusing the Padma Shri in 2022 stating that it was too late and that she was beyond any awards. She was suffering from breathing difficulties for a fortnight before she passed away. Mukherjee was the last of the singers from the golden era of the music industry.

Mukherjee was 90, two years younger to Mangeshkar, and it is barely a week since the ashes of Lata didi were immersed after she was cremated with full state honours and a two-day national mourning was declared by the Government of India after the nightingale took her last flight.

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