Sagarika Mukherjee (born 4 September 1970), also known as Saag, is an Indian singer and actress. She sings mainly in

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, Assamese and

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language songs but has also sung in

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and

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languages. She is the daughter of singer and composer

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and granddaughter of lyricist Jahar Mukherjee. Before going solo, she was half of a popular Indian duo with her brother with whom she released albums such as ''

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'', ''Roop Inka Mastana'' and ''Naujawan''. Apart from singing and acting in movies and albums, she is also a restaurateur.

Early life

Sagarika Mukherjee was born on 4 September 1970 in

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, India, but originally belongs from

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metrocity of West Bengal in a Bengali family. In 1973, she moved to

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(now in Mumbai) with her family. Her father died in 1986. Then, her mother became a singer and took charge of the entire family.

Career

Early singing

Sagarika made her debut as a child playback singer in the Bollywood film ''

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'' in 1979 and in the Bengali film ''Agnishuddi'' in 1984. Later, she sang several Bollywood film songs. In 1998, She released her first album ''Maa'' after going solo. Then in 2001, her second album ''Mere Liye'' was released along with her brother Shaan and co-singers

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and also was her first music composer of all songs in the album. Later in 2006, Her third album ''It's All About Love'' was released by Universal Distribution. She collaborated with Pakistani band

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on the song "Pal". It is featured in the band's fourth album

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. In 1998, She made her debuted in Assamese Music Industry as an adult playback singer with her first Assamese Song in the film ''Joubone Amoni Kore'', however the film did not featured and was only used as 'Bonus Track' which was only appears on Audio CD. Then, in the next year, she sang two songs in the Asaamese film ''Morom Nodir Gabhoru Gaat'' which was her first song as an adult playback singer and considered to be her debut. Later, she sang few Assamese albums and films songs like ''Pansoi'', ''Megha'', ''Meghor Boron'', ''Maharathi'', ''Jon Jwole Kopalot'', ''Bishforan'', ''Garam Botaah'', ''Aei Morom Tumar Babe'', '' Nayak'', ''Jonaki Mon'' etc.

Acting career

Along with singing, Sagarika acted her first Bengali-language film "''Shyam Saheb''" in 1986. Later, she acted few Bollywood and regional films as well as guest appearances in regional films such as

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(1996),

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(2002), ''Jonaki Mon'' (2002), two Assamese film and Inteqam: The Perfect Game (2004). She did not appear in any film in 2005 or 2006. Her only film in 2007 was

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(2007), a Bengali film (opposite

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and

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). In the same year, she initially made a supporting role in the Bollywood film

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, however, her scene was cut during the editing process.

Personal life

Sagarika married UK-Italian businessman, entrepreneur and event manager Martin Da Costa on 4 February 2002 and she currently lives in

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, Italy since 2015. They have two sons, Joshua Da Costa and Michel Da Costa.

Discography

Studio albums

Remix albums

Compilation albums

Other albums

Film songs

Non-film songs

Filmography

Music videos

As a composer

As a songwriter

Awards and nominations

Sagarika with her brother and co-artists won the Best Remix Song for "Q-Funk" in MTV Awards in 1996 and this song was also received two nominations from Best Music Video by

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and Best Indian Pop Song by Channel V Asia Music Awards in the same year. In the next year, She also won the best Indian pop artist for "Aisa Hota Hai" by

in 1997. In the same year, Sagarika also received two nominations as Best Female Pop Artist for the song "Disco Deewane" and for the song "Dhoop Mein Chaya Jaise" by Channel V Asia Music Awards in 1999. Twenty years later, She was awarded as "You Shine Ingenuity" by Aparajita Awards in 2019 but does not included any song. Following are the list of awards and nominations in different categories.

References

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