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Sandhya Mukherjee Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 14, 2026 • 3 min read

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Date of birth4 October 1931

Age90 Years (at time of death)

BirthplaceCalcutta, Bengal Presidency, British Raj

ProfessionBengali Playback Singer

NationalityIndian

Marital statusMarried

SpouseShyamal Gupta

FamilyDaughter - Soumi Sengupta; Father - Narendranath Mukherjee; Mother - Hemprova Devi; Three brothers and two sisters

Sandhya Mukherjee Biography

Renowned for her contributions to Bengali film music and playback singing, Sandhya Mukherjee built a long career across Bengali and Hindi cinema, received顶

Early life and background
Sandhya Mukherjee was born on 4 October 1931 in Calcutta, then part of the Bengal Presidency under British rule. She grew up in Dhakuria, Calcutta, and attended Dhakuria Balika Vidyalaya and Binodini Girls' High School. Her father, Narendranath Mukherjee, worked for the railways and her mother was Hemprova Devi. She was one of six children, with three brothers and two sisters.

She showed musical promise early on, ranking first in the Gitashree Examination in 1946. Her formal training included lessons from Pandit Santosh Kumar Basu, Professor A. T. Kannan, and Professor Chinmoy Lahiri. For classical music she trained under Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and later continued her training with his son, Ustad Munavvar Ali Khan. A bout of mumps in her late teens damaged her right ear permanently.

Career
Sandhya Mukherjee began singing for films in the late 1940s. Her earliest recorded Hindi film work appeared in 1948 with the song "Ab Nahi Dharat Dheer Dheer" from the movie Anjaan Garh. She also sang in the 1951 film Tarana and recorded songs for more than 17 Hindi films across the 1950s and 1960s. Notable Hindi numbers associated with her include recordings from 1948 through the mid-1960s.

Her Bengali film debut came later, with the song "Jhana jhanana Sur jhankare" from the film Jay Jayanti (1970). She became particularly known for her body of Bengali songs such as "Madhumaloti Dake Aay," "Lalita Go Bole Di," "Ei Sanjhjhara Lagane," and "Ebare Bujjechi Ami." A frequent duet partner was Hemanta Mukherjee; their collaborations became staples of Bengali cinema and often featured leading screen pairings of the era.

Over a career spanning decades, Mukherjee received multiple awards for her playback singing. She won recognition as Best Female Playback Singer for her work on Sandhya Deeper Sikha in 1965, and in 1970 she received the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for two songs, one from Jay Jayanti and another from Nishi Padma. She also won Best Female Playback Singer for Jay Jayanti in 1972. Later honors included a lifetime achievement-style award, the Bharat Nirman Award in 1999, and the Banga Bibhushan in 2011.

Mukherjee also contributed to patriotic and humanitarian efforts. During the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971 she recorded patriotic pieces with Bangladeshi musician Samar Das for broadcasts from Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra and took part in fundraising for refugees. She was the first artist to travel to Dhaka to perform on Bangladesh’s Independence Day in 1971.

Public profile
Sandhya Mukherjee was married to Bengali poet Shyamal Gupta; the couple married in 1966. Their daughter is Soumi Sengupta. Her husband wrote lyrics for many songs she performed. In addition to a long recording career, Mukherjee documented her life in an autobiography titled Ogo Mor Gitimoy, published in 2001.

In later years she was offered the Padma Shri, an Indian civilian honor, which she declined; her daughter described the decision in terms of her mother feeling insulted and believing the award better suited to a junior artist.

Later life and death
Sandhya Mukherjee died on 15 February 2022 in Kolkata, West Bengal, at the age of 90. Reported cause of death was a cardiac attack.

Latest updates
Her last decades included recognition through state and national honors such as the Banga Bibhushan and public remembrance of her contributions to Bengali music following her death in 2022.

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Recent Work

Jay Jayanti

Bengali film featuring her debut Bengali song "Jhana jhanana Sur jhankare" and award-winning playback work.

1970
Nishi Padma

Film that included her National Film Award-winning song "Ore Sakol Sona Molin Holo".

1970
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Career Highlights

  1. Debuted in Hindi films in 1948
  2. First in Gitashree Examination (1946)
  3. National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (1970)
  4. Banga Bibhushan recipient (2011)
  5. Performed in Dhaka on Bangladesh Independence Day (1971)
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