Ujjaini Mukherjee is an Indian singer.

Early years

At age 10, Ujjaini received her first award from Vijay Kichlu and it was during her early teens that she decided to become a playback singer and performer. Her first recording was for the brilliant composer

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. At the age of 16 she participated in the

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005'' is a reality series, an extension of the ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa'' programme that was first aired in 1995 on Zee TV. With the new "Challenge" series, Zee TV brought 48 potential singers that are living in India. Eli ...

and finished in the final top 10. This piece of success was immediately followed by a bigger one,

Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu ''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu'' is a duet singing competition and was the 2nd public voting singing competition in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa series on Zee TV. It featured some new contestants and some old contestants from Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge ...

, where Ujjaini grabbed the winning trophy along with

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. Since then there has been no looking back for her as almost all the film industries in the country approached her and as a result, Ujjaini has sung in many languages like Hindi, Bengali, English, Bhojpuri, Marathi, Kannada, Telugu, Assamese, Odia.

Independent Singles

Some of Ujjaini's own singles available on YouTube are "Aay Srabo

2013 "Saajan Gaye Parde

2014 and "Nishi Raat Baanka Chan

2016, a huge recent hit which she released to pay her tribute to the legendary singer

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on her 86th birth anniversary. Out of these, "Saajan Gaye Pardes" remains one of the best work by Ujjaini as she herself wrote, composed and sang the song.

Awards And Nominations

She was nominated for the

Mirchi Music Awards ''Mirchi Music Awards'' are presented annually by ''Radio Mirchi'' to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film music industry of India. The awards, given in seventeen different categories, were in ...

in the 'Upcoming Female singer' Category for the song "Mannu Bhaiyya Ka Karihen" from the film

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. She was also nominated for

Filmfare Awards East Filmfare Awards Bangla is the Bengali segment of the annual Filmfare Awards, presented by The Times Group to honour the artistic and cinematic excellence in Bengali. The first installment of the awards were held for Bengali, Assamese and Odia ...

for "Ami Akash khola" from the film

Aborto ''Aborto'' is a Bengali film released on 1 March 2013 and directed by Arindam Sil in his directorial debut. According to Sil, this film would be the greatest tribute to Satyajit Ray that has ever been made. The film stars Bangladesh actress Jaya ...

(2014) and was the winner of the "Kalakar Awards 2015" as the "Best Female Performer". Nominated for "Best Female Vocalist of the Year – Films" for her hugely popular song "Dil Rasiya" from Byomkesh Pawrbo in the 2017 edition of Mirchi Music Awards Bangla Nominated at the

for Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year in 2011 for her song "Mannu Bhaiyya" from ''

'' Nominated as best female playback singer at the first

for

Ujjaini was nominated for "Best Female Vocalist of the Year – Films" for her hugely popular song "Dil Rasiya" from

Byomkesh Pawrbo ''Byomkesh Pawrbo'' (English:''Byomkesh Episode'') is a 2016 Indian Bengali language thriller film directed by Arindam Sil and the film is the sequel to 2015 film '' Har Har Byomkesh''. Produced jointly under the banner of Shree Venkatesh Film ...

in the 2017 edition of Mirchi Music Awards Bangla At the 2018 Mirchi Music Awards Bangla Ujjaini's Durga Puja special album in 2017 "Muhurto" (Moments) garnered nominations for Song of the Year, Music Composer of the Year, Lyricist of the Year in the "Adhunik" (Modern) categories and also, Ujjaini's film song from

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earned her a nomination for the best Female Vocalist of the Year.

Achievements

She was a finalist on ''

'' achieving 7th place and within the span of a few months in 2006, she was the grand finale winner of ''

'' with

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. Ujjaini also participated in some other popular reality shows as well, like

Indian Idol ''Indian Idol'' is the Indian music competition television franchise based on the ''Pop Idol ''Pop Idol'' is a British music competition television series created by Simon Fuller which ran on ITV from 2001 to 2003. The aim of the show w ...

(2004), Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star (2008),

Music ka Maha Muqqabla ''Music Ka Maha Muqqabla'' is a reality show on STAR Plus, which first aired on 19 December 2009. It aimed to bring a new format to music reality shows in India, which is based on teams rather than individuals. The show lasted for a total of 13 ...

(2010). Winner of the "Kalakar Awards 2015" as "Best Female Performer" and also, the "Kolkata Ratna" Award, The Bengal Youth Icon award as the best performer She has performed in numerous shows in India and around the world. Ujjaini performed at the prestigious London

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with Himesh Reshammiya in the year 2006.

Discography

Film Songs

Following are the list of songs that Ujjaini Mukherjee has sung for various Indian Movies

Non-film Songs

Out of all the songs that Ujjaini has sung, a special mention goes to "Devotee

the track from the album "Maya (A Tribute To

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)" an internationally acclaimed album by the legendary

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. Another mention goes for the Durga Puja special album "Bondhu... Thakish Pashe" in 2016 which was initiated by Geet Entertainment by bringing together Ujjaini and

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, the best names in Bengali music to recreate the magic of the old times in a new age as the songs of the album had a beautiful melodious feel of the old times to them and also, it was another attempt to relive the time without digital piracy and promote original music by releasing it only on physically available CDs. In 2017, Ujjaini collaborated with Ashu Abhishe

the new age composer duo for her Durga Puja special album "Muhurto" and it had a fully digital release under the label of Asha Audio. Ujjaini has sung numerous Non Film songs including title tracks for TV serials, a few of them have been assembled below :-

Television

Before becoming one of the leading names in playback singing in the film industry, Ujjaini proved her mettle in singing on national television through below mentioned reality shows :- She is also a regular celebrity guest performer on TV shows like Didi no 1 and Rannaghar amongst many others.

References

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