Didibhai sang for the heroine of my first movie. Both of them were Saraswatis (Goddess of music). “I knew how close friends Sandhya Didibhai (elder sister) and Lata Mangeshkar were. She used to be the moving spirit in our Sangeet Akademi and we had conferred upon her Bangabibhushan( 2011), Sangeet Mahasamman ( 2012) etc.”įamous actor from yesteryears, Biswajit Chatterjee, who was known in the Mumbai film industry as Biswajit, told a television channel that two icons of the music world passed away over a short span of time. I used to look up to her as my elder sister and this is a grave personal loss to me. Her departure creates an eternal void in our world of music and in the hearts of millions of her followers here and in the diaspora. Om Shanti.- Narendra Modi February 15, 2022Ĭhief minister Mamata Banerjee wrote: “Deeply saddened that Geetashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, the queen of melody in Bengal, is no more. My thoughts are with her family and admirers in this sad hour. Her melodious renditions will continue to enthral the coming generations. The passing away of Gitashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Ji leaves us all extremely saddened.
Paying his last tribute to the singer, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet, "The passing away of Gitashree Sandhya Mukhopadhyay Ji leaves us all extremely saddened. Nishi Padma was remade in Hindi as Amar Prem, starring Rajesh Khanna.
Mukherjee received the Banga Bibhusan, highest civilian honour given by the Bengal government, in 2011 and 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. She was a student of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan. Her illustrious career spanned over 70 years. She sang under the direction of famous composers such as S D Burman, Roshan and Madan Mohan. The music was composed by Rai Chand Boral. The industry gave her the title Geetashree.īorn in Kolkata in 1931, Sandhya Mukherjee recorded her first song in 1948 for the Hindi movie Anjaan Garh. Her duets with the legendary Hemanta Mukherjee, who became popular in the Hindi film industry as Hemant Kumar, are considered assets by millions of her fans. She also recorded many songs for Hindi cinema.
The singer, who lived in south Kolkata’s Lake Gardens area, rendered thousands of songs for Bengali cinema and her albums of modern and semi-classical music. Doctors said the singer’s condition deteriorated on Tuesday afternoon and she suffered a massive cardiac attack in the evening. Chief minister Mamata Banerjee decided to shift her to Apollo Hospital. Three days later, she tested positive for Covid-19 at the state-run SSKM Hospital in Kolkata when she was rushed there with signs of lung infection and breathlessness.ĭoctors found that Mukherjee was suffering from a serious heart problem that complicated her condition. Mukherjee, who was considered a legend during her lifetime, refused to accept the Padma Shri award on January 24. She was 90 and is survived by her daughter and son-in-law. KOLKATA: Veteran Bengali singer Sandhya Mukherjee died following a massive cardiac attack at a private hospital in Kolkata on Tuesday evening, doctors said.
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