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Aarti Mukherjee, also known asAarti Mukherji orArati Mukhopadhyay (born 18 July 1943),^[1] is an Indian playback singer who has sung inHindi films such asGeet Gata Chal (1975),Tapasya (1976),Manokamana,Masoom (1983), andSooraj Mukhi (1992).

Mukherjee was born in Kolkata, West Bengal, to aBengali family with a rich cultural and musical heritage. She was introduced to music by her mother. She studied under Shri Susheel Banerjee, Ustaad Mohammed Sagiruddin Khan, AcharyaChinmoy Lahiri, Pandit Laxman Prasad Jaipurwale, and Pandit Ramesh Nadkarni.

She was married to lyricist Subir Hazra, who also assisted Satyajit Ray after some years. Their marriage did not last long and they divorced later.

5 years after the divorce, she remarried a Gujrati businessman from Munim family. She has a son named Soham Munim who is a talented Sitar player.

InBangla TV showDadagiri she reflected on her early days. She stated that she sang on theAll India Music Talent Programme in 1955 at age 14 or 15. She was trained inIndian Classical Music from a young age. She sang primarily for Bengali films. She won the music contest, "Metro-Murphy Contest" whose judges were music directors includingAnil Biswas,Naushad,Vasant Desai andC. Ramchandra. This enabled her career as a playback singer.^[2] She got her first break in 1958 Hindi filmSahara, but the music of that film was limited.

After a string of flops likeA Girlfriend, she decided to open herself to Bengali films. She sang for the first time in a Bengali film calledKanya in 1962. Her versatility and voice infatuated audiences so much that they started losing affection for erstwhile leading singerSandhya Mukherjee and Pratima Banerjee . In the late 1960s, her voice was used as the on-screen voice of leading actressSuchitra Sen.

In 1966, she sang in the filmGolpo Holeo Sotyi, which earned herBFJA Award for Best Female Playback Singer. In 1976, she won again forChhutir Phande. She lent her voice for leading actresses of the late sixties till eighties, such as Madhabi Mukherji,Sharmila Tagore,Aparna Sen, Debashri Roy andTanuja. She, along withAsha Bhosle, took the leading spot in the 1970s.

She sang 'Bacche ho tum Khel khilone' and in a duet withKishore Kumar titled 'Do panchi do tinke'. She is said to have sung 15,000 songs in Bengali as well as Hindi songs. She continued success in the 1970s that inspired her to return toBollywood. In 1983 R. D. Burman, who was the mentor of Bengali singersKumar Sanu,Abhijeet andAndrew Kishore, gave her "Do Naina Aur Ek Kahani" in the filmMasoom voicing Shabana Azmi. The song was a chartbuster and is still sung. It earned her the Filmfare award for best female playback singer in 1983. Her popular repertoire includes 'Radha Banshi Chara Janena', 'Ek Boishakhe Dekha Holo Dujonar', 'Ei Mom Jochonay Ongo Bhijiye', 'Ja Ja Behaya Pakhi Jana', 'Tokhon Tomar Ekush Bochor Bodhoy.' She also has several non-film songs to her credit. She lent her voice to several Hindi compositions as well.

In the year 1957, while still in school, she bagged the first prize in the All-India Murphy Metro Music contest held in Mumbai, having been adjudged the best singer by leading music directors of that time such as Anil Biswas, Naushad Ali, Vasant Desai, C. Ramchandra, and Madan Mohan.

Arati commenced her musical journey in films with Bengali filmSubarna Rekha and Hindi filmAngulimaal and has, since then, sung thousands of songs in Bengali,Oriya,Manipuri,Assamese,Hindi,Gujarati,Marathi and other languages.

Apart from films, Arati has engaged audiences with albums and live performances on television and stage of Rabindra Sangeet and Nazrul Geeti. Her versatility can be seen in diverse genres of music likeThumri,Bhajan, Tappa,Tarana, andGhazal. She performed extensively in India and throughout the world.

• Bengal Film Journalists Association Award (1965) for Best Female Singer and earned it repeatedly thereafter
• "Miyan Tansen award" of Sur Singar Samsad for her performance inGeet Gata Chal
• Gujarat State Government Awards for three consecutive years for her Gujarati film songs.
• Lifetime Achievement Award from the Orissa Government (2015)
• Lifetime Achievement Award from Times of India Group (2016)
• National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
• Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song "Do Naina" inShekhar Kapur'sMasoom.
• Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Female Playback Award – 1976 forChhutir Phande
• Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Female Playback Award- 1967 forGolpo Holeo Satyi

• "Shyam Teri Bansi Pukare" (with Jaspal Singh – Geet Gaata Chal)
• "Do Panchhi Do Tinke"
• "Kabhi Kuchch Pal Jeevan Ke"
• "Do Naina, Aur Ek Kahani"
• "Yadon Ko Bhool Jayen To Kaise Bhool Jayen"
• "Nayana Neer Na Bahao"
• "Bolo Na Bolo Na Soi"
• "Prajapati Sethay Ghore"
• "Kon Kule Aaj Bhirlo Tari"
• "Swapna Niye"
• "Sujyi Alo De"
• "Anugatajane Keno Karo Eto"
• "Tokhon Tomar Ekush Bosor"
• "Ei Mon Jochonay Ongo Vijiye"
• "Sara Mora Kajra Churaya Tu Ne" ( with Rafi -Do Dil – 1965)
• "Shile Shile Theka Khale"
• "O Golap O Malati"

• Aarti Mukherjee atIMDb
• Aarti Mukherji atBollywood Hungama (archived)
• Aarti Mukherjee on Calcuttaweb at theWayback Machine (archived 13 February 2009)(in Hindi)

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