Tarali Sarma (
Assamese: তৰালি শৰ্মা) is an Indian singer from
Assam
Assam (, , ) is a state in Northeast India, northeastern India, south of the eastern Himalayas along the Brahmaputra Valley, Brahmaputra and Barak River valleys. Assam covers an area of . It is the second largest state in Northeast India, nor ...
, who won the
National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer
The National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer is an honour presented annually at the National Film Awards of India since 1968 to a female playback singer for the best renditions of songs from films within the Cinema of India, Indian fi ...
in the year 2003 for the Assamese film ''
Akashitorar Kothare''. Her father was
Prabhat Sarma who was a folk exponent, flutist, music director and a
Sangeet Natak Akademi
Sangeet Natak Akademi (The National Academy of Music, Dance and Drama in English language, English) is the national level academy for performing arts set up by the Government of India. It is an autonomous body of the Ministry of Culture (India) ...
Awardee. Tarali is a versatile singer and music director in the
Assamese film industry. She has composed music for films like ''Akashitorar Kothare'', ''
Laaz'', ''
Jatra the passage'', ''
Basundhara'' and ''
Abhijatri'', among others. She has also released several albums such as ''Abhixari Priya'', ''Sonjoni'', ''Sankar Madhav'', ''Sneh'', ''Pohar'', ''Tarali'', ''Henguliya'' and ''Bargit''. Tarali's album list also includes Abhimaan, Prajapati, Nayanmoni (with Krishnamani Nath), Mukoli etc.
Tarali Sarma performed in
Valley Forge
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in
Pennsylvania
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during Assam 2009 organized by Assam Society of America. She also performed in
Colorado Springs
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, Colorado during Assam 2010 organized by Assam Society of America.
Tarali Sarma is the music director of “Life in a Puppet”, an Assamese movie, that has bagged several awards at the Port Blair International Film Festival. She also made the music for ‘Xubala’, an Assamese movie, which has been selected to be screened in Lift-off Sessions Film Festival 2020, UK and Lift-off Sessions Film Festival 2020, Hollywood.
Awards
* Best Female Playback Singer in
51st National Film Awards (2003).
References
External links
Tarali Sarma's Official Website*
Tarali Sarmaat
IMDb
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Living people
Indian pop singers
Indian women classical singers
Indian women pop singers
Assamese singers
Assamese playback singers
21st-century Indian women composers
21st-century Indian composers
Singers from Assam
Indian women playback singers
1975 births
Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners
Women musicians from Assam
21st-century Indian women singers
21st-century Indian singers
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