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11 Facts About Aarti Mukherjee

1.

Aarti Mukherjee studied under Shri Susheel Banerjee, Ustaad Mohammed Sagiruddin Khan, Acharya Chinmoy Lahiri, Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale, and Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni.

2.

Aarti Mukherjee stated that she sang on the All India Music Talent Programme in 1955 at age 14 or 15.

3.

Aarti Mukherjee was trained in Indian Classical Music from a young age.

4.

Aarti Mukherjee won the music contest, "Metro-Murphy Contest" whose judges were music directors including Anil Biswas, Naushad, Vasant Desai and C Ramchandra.

5.

Aarti Mukherjee got her first break in 1958 Hindi film Sahara, but the music of that film was limited.

6.

Aarti Mukherjee sang for the first time in a Bengali film called Kanya in 1962.

7.

Aarti Mukherjee lent her voice for leading actresses of the late sixties till eighties, such as Madhabi Mukherji, Sharmila Tagore, Aparna Sen, Debashri Roy and Tanuja.

8.

Aarti Mukherjee is said to have sung 15,000 songs in Bengali as well as Hindi songs.

9.

Aarti Mukherjee continued success in the 1970s that inspired her to return to Bollywood.

10.

Aarti Mukherjee lent her voice to several Hindi compositions as well.

11.

Aarti Mukherjee performed extensively in India and throughout the world.