Srabani Sen (also spelt as ''Sraboni Sen''; ) is an Indian exponent of

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' (; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengalis, Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, the first Indian and also the ...

and Bengali songs. She is a daughter of Sumitra Sen and sister to Indrani Sen. She is a successor to the gharana, which has contributed to the spread of Tagore's music across the world.

Career

She was schooled at Patha Bhavan school in

Kolkata Kolkata, also known as Calcutta ( its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River, west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary ...

. Later she studied geography at the Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, a women's college affiliated with the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta, informally known as Calcutta University (), is a Public university, public State university (India), state university located in Kolkata, Calcutta (Kolkata), West Bengal, India. It has 151 affiliated undergraduate c ...

and earned a postgraduate degree from the same university. She started as a journalist for the Bengali magazine '' Manorama'', before opting for a full-time career in music. Sen's tutelage commenced under her mother's guidance was followed by training at Geetabitan Music Institute. She has sung on the soundtracks of many films, including '' Dekha, Baariwali, Swapner Feriwalla, Sanjhbaatir Rupkothara, Ballygunge Court,'' and '' Hemanter Pakhi.'' In 2014 she started her own music academy, teaching Rabindrasangeet. She is the daughter of singer Sumitra Sen, and the younger sister of another

exponent Indrani Sen. Her mother, Sumitra Sen died on 3 January 2023 at the age of 89.

Awards

* In 2000, she was awarded the B.F.J.A award for the best female playback singer for her soulful rendition of

''Amala Dhabala Paaley'' in director

Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh (; 31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for h ...

’s film, Utsab.

References

External links

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Indian women classical singers Singers from Kolkata Bengali singers Rabindra Sangeet exponents Gokhale Memorial Girls' College alumni University of Calcutta alumni Living people 20th-century Indian women singers 20th-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from West Bengal 20th-century women composers 1966 births {{India-singer-stub