Srabani Sen, also spelt as ''Sraboni Sen'' ( bn, শ্রাবণী সেন), is a

Bengali Bengali or Bengalee, or Bengalese may refer to: *something of, from, or related to Bengal, a large region in South Asia * Bengalis, an ethnic and linguistic group of the region * Bengali language, the language they speak ** Bengali alphabet, the w ...

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n exponent of

Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in Li ...

and Bengali songs. She is a daughter of Sumitra Sen and sister to

Indrani Sen Indrani Sen is a Bengali singer who is known for Nazrul geeti and Rabindra Sangeet. Early life Indrani Sen is the daughter of singer Sumitra Sen, and her younger sister is Srabani Sen. Her earliest singing was done under her mother's guidan ...

. She is a successor to the gharana, which has contributed to the spread of Tagore's music across the world.

Career

She was schooled at Patha Bhavan school in

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

. Later she studied geography at the Gokhale Memorial Girls' College, a women's college affiliated with the

University of Calcutta The University of Calcutta (informally known as Calcutta University; CU) is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate State university (India), state university in India, located in Kolkata, West Bengal, India. Considered ...

and earned a postgraduate degree from the same university. She started as a journalist for the Bengali magazine '' Manorama'', before opting for a full-time career in music. Sen's tutelage commenced under her mother's guidance was followed by training at Geetabitan Music Institute. She has sung on the soundtracks of many films, including ''

Dekha ''Dekha'' is a 2001 Bengali drama film directed by Goutam Ghose. This was Ghose's ninth feature film and it was a successful one. At the 48th National Film Awards, the film was awarded Best Feature Film in Bengali, while Soumitra Chatterjee wa ...

, Baariwali, Swapner Feriwalla, Sanjhbaatir Rupkothara, Ballygunge Court ,'' and '' Hemanter Pakhi.'' In 2014 she started her own music academy, teaching Rabindrasangeet She is the daughter of singer Sumitra Sen, and the younger sister of another

exponent

Awards

* In 2000, she was awarded the B.F.J.A award for the best female playback singer for her soulful rendition of

''Amala Dhabala Paaley'' in director

Rituparno Ghosh Rituparno Ghosh (31 August 1963 – 30 May 2013) was an Indian film director, actor, writer and lyricist. After pursuing a degree in economics, he started his career as a creative artist at an advertising agency. He received recognition for his ...

’s film, Utsab.

References

External links

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