Chhaya Ganguly (also spelled Ganguli) is an Indian playback singer. She received

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 soundtracks within the Indian film industry ...

for her first film song "Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar" at the

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For the same song, she was nominated for the

Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award is given by '' Filmfare'' as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films, to recognise a female playback singer who has delivered an outstanding performance in a film song. Although the award ce ...

at the

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Early life

She was born in 1952 in

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. She obtained her M.Sc degree in Botany from the

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. She worked as a broadcasting programmer for

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and

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for 35 years in Mumbai, and retired in 2012. She sang the

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"Piya Piya" the 1983 Hindi film ''Trikon Ka Chauttha Kon'', directed by Madhusudan. After a long break, she returned in 1990 and sang the title track for

Amol Palekar Amol Palekar (born 24 November 1944) is an Indian actor, director and producer of Hindi and Marathi cinema. Career Palekar studied fine arts at the Sir JJ School of Arts, Mumbai, and commenced his artistic career as a painter. As a painter, he ...

film ''

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'', which was composed by

Bhaskar Chandavarkar Bhaskar Chandavarkar (16 March 1936 – 26 July 2009) was an Indian sitar player, academic and film and theatre composer who worked with well-known directors of Indian cinema like Mrinal Sen, Girish Karnad, Aparna Sen, K. G. George and Amol P ...

Awards and nominations

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ganguly, Chhaya Indian women playback singers Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners 1952 births Living people