Bhubaneswari Mishra (25 January 1950 — 19 February 2016) was an Odissi classical singer and

playback singer A playback singer, as they are usually known in South Asian cinema, or ghost singer in Western cinema, is a singer whose performance is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and the performers lip-sync the ...

. She was a disciple of Adiguru

Singhari Shyamsundar Kar ''Desaraja Adiguru'' Singhari Shyamasundar Kar (, ; 4 March 1908 – 16 March 1975) was a renowned Odissi musician, Guru, singer, scholar and composer. Born to a ''sebayata'' (servitor) family of the Jagannatha Temple, he was groomed under vetera ...

. She was married to Dr. Jagamohan Misra, who was a popular physician and poet of Puri town. Her daughter Kasturika Mishra is also a trained classical vocalist. She began her career singing ''Tiki Mora Naa'' for the film ''Krushna Sudama''. She contributed several playback songs for films, including ''Itikili Mitikili'' in the film ''Sakhi Gopinath'', ''Jahna Ra Sindura Gaara'' in ''Belabhumi'', and ''Dayamayee Mahamayee Maa Mangala'' in ''Jay Maa Mangala.'' Mishra was awarded the

Odisha State Film Award The Odisha State Film Awards have been conferred by the Department of Culture of the Government of Odisha, India. The awards were initiated in 1968. The awards are decided by independent juries formed by the Department of Culture. The jury u ...

for best female singer in 1979 and 1980 for the films ''Srikrushna Rasalila'' and ''Jay Maa Mangala'' respectively. The Chief Minister of

Odisha Odisha (), formerly Orissa (List of renamed places in India, the official name until 2011), is a States and union territories of India, state located in East India, Eastern India. It is the List of states and union territories of India by ar ...

Naveen Patnaik Naveen Patnaik (; born 16 October 1946) is an Indian politician and writer, who served as the 14th List of Chief Ministers of Odisha, Chief Minister of Odisha from 5 March 2000 to 12 June 2024. His 24-year reign is the List of longest-serving I ...

, described her as a "very talented artist” and her death as "a great loss in the field of music and culture." A photograph of Mishra is displayed in the new film gallery of the Bhubaneswar State Museum, opened in May 2018, along with other notable playback singers such as

Prafulla Kar Prafulla Kar (16 February 1939 – 17 April 2022) was an Odia musician, singer, lyricist, writer and columnist. He was also famous for his Odissi Music recital. He received Padma Shri, the fourth highest civilian award by the Government of Indi ...

and Sikander Alam. Mishra died on 19 February 2016 in New Delhi following a cardiac arrest.

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