Sohini Mishra is a playback singer based in

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. She hails from

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. She came to limelight through Sony TV's reality show

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6 (2012). She was one of the top six contestants. Mishra is an approved artiste (B High Grade) of

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, Cuttack, and she has received training in Hindustani classical vocal music under the tutelage of Pandit Devendra Narayan Satapathy. Her forte is classical music, though she can sing all kinds of songs. She has recorded songs in Odia,

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. She is a well known name in the Odia music and film industry. She has lent her voice to many Odia films and modern

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s. Mishra has an MS in

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, Cuttack. She hails from a musical background. Both her father and mother are approved artistes of AIR, Cuttack. She has won several prestigious awards in the Best Playback Singer category. Notable among them are Big FM 92.7 Best Singer Award, Tarang Cine Best Playback Singer Award, the Governor's Award (Rajiv Gandhi Forum Award), and the Chief Minister's Award. Mishra also performs widely on the stage in India and abroad. "Love Rainbow" is Mishra's debut solo album of Hindi

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s, written by Mohan Majithia and composed by Om Prakash Mohanty.

References

*http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Singing-for-Lataji-was-amazing-says-Sohini-Mishra/articleshow/15401736.cms *http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bhubaneswar/Singer-Sohini-debuts-in-Indi-pop-releases-album/articleshow/45611324.cms *http://www.orissadiary.com/ShowOriyaOrbit.asp?id=35019 *http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/events/others/Sohini-Mishra-of-Indian-Idol-fame-performs-on-the-third-day-of-Cuttack-Mahotsav/articleshow/18071590.cms

1991 births Indian women playback singers Living people People from Cuttack Women musicians from Odisha Singers from Odisha Odia playback singers 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers {{India-singer-stub