1. Kanika Banerjee, known as Kanika Bandopadhyay was a famous Bengali singer known for performing Rabindra Sangeet.
19 Facts About Kanika Banerjee
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Kanika Banerjee frequently performed on All India Radio Kolkata and at institutions across India, Europe, and America.
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Kanika Banerjee was born on 12 October 1924 at Sonamukhi in Bankura district, West Bengal.
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Kanika Banerjee was trained in both classical and Rabindrasangeet in Sangeet Bhavana at Santiniketan.
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Kanika Banerjee was fortunate to take music lessons from none other than Rabindranath Tagore.
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Kanika Banerjee participated in dance-dramas directed by Rabindranath and toured all over India as a member of his cultural troupe.
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Kanika Banerjee Bandyopadhyay joined Sangit Bhavana as a teacher and in due course became Head of the Department of Rabindrasangeet and later its Principal.
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Since 1943, Kanika Banerjee had been a regular artiste of the Calcutta station of All India Radio and gave performances at the national level in the musical programmes arranged by other stations as honoured artiste.
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Kanika Banerjee was a singer of Bhajans, Nazrulgeeti and Atulprasad's songs.
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Kanika Banerjee was invited to sing by programme organizers not only in India but in Europe and America and was acclaimed everywhere for her unique rendering of the subtle nuances of emotions expressed in Rabindranath's lyrical compositions.
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Kanika Banerjee's life has been well documented on film by noted film directors.
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Kanika Banerjee was associated with the Elmhirst Institute of Community Studies during the last years of her life.
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Kanika Banerjee received the highest accolade from Visva-Bharati University, the Desikottama.
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Kanika Banerjee received the best Bengali playback singer award from the Bengal Film Journalists' Association in 1973.
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Kanika Banerjee bagged the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for the year of 1979.
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Kanika Banerjee died at the age of 76, on Wednesday 5 April 2000, at SSKM Hospital in Calcutta after a prolonged illness involving lung and cardiac problems.
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Kanika Banerjee left behind her a school of music, with numerous students, who bore the legacy of her very own stylization of Rabindrasangeet.
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Kanika Banerjee Bandyopadhyay was a contemporary of other notable exponents of Rabindrasangeet, namely Hemanta Mukhopadhyay, Chinmoy Chattopadhyay, Suchitra Mitra, Debabrata Biswas, Sagar Sen, Sumitra Sen, Rezwana Choudhury Bannya, Santidev Ghosh and Subinoy Roy.
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Kanika Banerjee was married in 1945 to Birendra Chandra Bandypadhyay, former deputy librarian of Viswa Bharati University and a renowned poet.