1. At the age of 13, Alpana was discovered by her father's close friends, Robin Chattopadhyay and Gouri Prasanna Majumdar, who were very active as music composers and lyricists respectively in the Bengali music scene at that time.
16 Facts About Alpana Banerjee
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One of the earliest and notable Bengali non-film songs sung by Alpana Banerjee was "Samiran Phire Chao" under Robin Chattopadhyay's baton.
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Alpana Banerjee sang many notable Bengali film and non-film songs in the 1950s under different music composers including Nachiketa Ghosh, Shyamal Mitra, Manabendra Mukhopadhyay, Sailen Mukhopadhyay and Bhupen Hazarika.
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Alpana Banerjee recorded a cover version of the Hindi film song 'Albela main ek dilwala' under Sachin Dev Burman's music direction.
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Alpana Banerjee sang with Lata Mangeshkar under the direction of Pandit Ravi Shankar.
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Alpana Banerjee was often the guest of honour at Bengali music functions, TV programmes, and on AIR programmes.
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Alpana Banerjee toured most of the North Indian Radio stations singing in chain programs with All India Radio.
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Alpana Banerjee was noted to have given performances in all corners of West Bengal.
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Alpana Banerjee performed at Durga Puja functions in places like Hampstead Town Hall, Belsize Park, King's Cross and gave performances at Bengali communities in Bradford, Leeds, Liverpool, Wolverhampton, West Ham, Seven Sisters, Finsbury Park, Islington, etc.
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Alpana Banerjee was interviewed by BBC London on several occasions.
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Alpana Banerjee was married to Sridhar Mukherjee and resided in Calcutta, West Bengal, India.
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Alpana Banerjee got married in 1959 and celebrated her 50th wedding anniversary in 2009.
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Alpana Banerjee is survived by two children and two grandchildren.
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Alpana Banerjee died on 24 July 2009 at the age of 75.
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Alpana Banerjee was a playback singer in the following Bengali films:.
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Alpana Banerjee lent her voice in many more films; the above films contain her most noted songs.