1. Utpala Sen was a prominent Indian Bengali playback singer.
10 Facts About Utpala Sen
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Utpala Sen was a very popular playback singer of her time in the 1950s alongside Sandhya Mukherjee, Pratima Banderjee, Alpana Banerjee, etc.
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Utpala Sen has sung numerous duets with prominent male singers such as Hemanta Mukherjee, Manna Dey and her husband, Satinath Mukherjee.
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Utpala Sen was born on 12 March 1924 in Dhaka, British India in a Hindu family.
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Utpala Sen took her initial lessons in music from Hiranbala Devi and then from Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan.
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Utpala Sen first sang publicly at the age of 11 in Dhaka Radio in 1935.
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Utpala Sen sang a total of 17 songs in 11 Hindi films.
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Utpala Sen sang some Adhunik Geet songs, most of them with Satinath Mukherjee.
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Utpala Sen sang "Saptaranger Khela" with Shyamal Mitra in 1957.
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Utpala Sen was married to Benu Sen and after his death, her mother-in-law insisted her to marry co-singer Satinath Mukherjee.