Chandana Mazumdar

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Chandana Mazumdar
চন্দনা মজুমদার
Born
Kumarkhali, Kushtia District
GenresFolk
OccupationPlayback singer
Instrumentvocals

Chandana Mazumdar is a Bangladeshi folk singer of the Lalon Geeti genre. [1] She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her performance in the film Monpura (2009). [2]

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Early life and career

Mazumdar was born in Kumarkhali in Kushtia District to Nirmal Chandra Majumdar. [3] [4] She first took lessons from her father and later from the Nazrul singer Yakub Ali Khan and the Lalon singer Moksed Ali Shai. [3]

Mazumdar was employed as a singer with Bangladesh Television in 1979 and Bangladesh Betar in 1980. [3]

Mazumdar sang a song for the unreleased film Felani in 2013. [5]

Discography

Personal life

Mazumdar has been married to the folk singer Kiron Chandra Roy since 1979. [3] Together they have a daughter. [3]

Awards

YearAwardTypeFilmResult
2009 National Film Awards Best woman playback singer Monpura Won [9]
2021 National Film Awards Best woman Singer Padma Purana Nominated

References

  1. ↑ Orchi Oindrila (2015-03-06). লালনগীতির শিল্পী চন্দনা মজুমদার. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  2. ↑ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)] (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "A lifelong tryst with folk songs". The Daily Star. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  4. ↑ "Chandana Majumdar". The Daily Star. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
  5. ↑ ফেলানীর জন্য গাইলেন চন্দনা মজুমদার. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).
  6. ↑ নতুন বছরে চন্দনার অ্যালবাম. Jaijaidin (in Bengali).
    - কিরণ-চন্দনার দুটি একক অ্যালবাম. Manobkantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
  7. ↑ কিরণ চন্দ্র রায় এবং চন্দনা মজুমদারের নতুন অ্যালবাম. BanglaNews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
    - "Tomar Aupar Neeley: Chandana Majumdar does justice to Lalon's songs". The Daily Star. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
  8. ↑ বিজয় সরকার স্মরণে চন্দনা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali).
  9. ↑ "Monpura best film for 2009". bdnews24. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2015-10-18.
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