14 Facts About Sandhya Mukherjee

Geetashree Sandhya Mukherjee was an Indian playback singer and musician, specialising in Bengali music.

Sandhya Mukherjee received Banga Bibhushan, the highest civilian honour of the Indian state of West Bengal in 2011.

Sandhya Mukherjee won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her songs in the films Jay Jayanti and Nishi Padma in the year 1970.

Sandhya Mukherjee's grandfather was a police officer, and the family had lived in Dhakuria since 1911.

Sandhya Mukherjee was married to noted lyrist Shyamal Gupta, until his death in 2010.

Sandhya Mukherjee began her career in Mumbai singing Hindi songs, starting with a song in the film Taarana in 1950.

Sandhya Mukherjee sang, as a playback singer, in 17 Hindi films.

Sandhya Mukherjee decided to come back to and settle in her home city Kolkata in 1952 for personal reasons.

Sandhya Mukherjee's best known collaboration is arguably with the Bengali singer Hemanta Mukherjee with whom she sang numerous duets, primarily as playback for Bengali films.

Sandhya Mukherjee later became one of the first foreign artists to visit Dhaka, performing at an open-air concert in Paltan Maidan in Dhaka to celebrate the first Ekushey February after Bangladeshi independence in 1971.

On 26 January 2022, on the Republic Day and a few days before testing positive for COVID-19, Sandhya Mukherjee was awarded the Padma Shri for her performance in music.

Sandhya Mukherjee died of cardiac arrest and COVID-19 complications at a private hospital in Kolkata on 15 February 2022, at the age of 90.

Sandhya Mukherjee had lung infections, hypotension, ischemic heart disease, multi organ dysfunction and a fracture at her left femur.

Sandhya Mukherjee was cremated at the electric pyre of Keoratola crematorium with full state honours.