Legendary Rabindra Sangeet singer Suchitra Mitra is dead
Rabindra Sangeet singer Suchitra Mitra died today January 3, 2011 at her residence. She died at about 1.30 p.m due to cardiac attack.
Death of Suchitra Mitra is the end of an era in Rabindra Sangeet. For the last six decades Rabindra Sangeet without Suchitra Mitra was unthinkable. At the early age, she was under the guidance of Pankaj Mullick. Suchitra Mitra joined Sangeet Bhavan of Viswa Bharati just 20 days after the death of Rabindranath Tagore. At Sangeet Bhavan she was under the guidance of Indiradebi, Shantidev Ghosh and Shailajaranjan Mazumdar. She first recording was released in 1945.Suchitra Mitra and her other area of interest
Her first love was definitely Rabindra Sangeet but she has recorded songs of Atul Prasad and Dwijendralal Roy and modern Bengali songs. She was a member of Indian Peoples Theatre (IPTA) and visited rural areas of West Bengal although she kept herself far away from politics. She was interested in acting also. From her childhood she was in touch with this art as eminent Bengali cinema personalities like Pramathesh Barua, Debaki Basu, Sisir Kumar Bhaduri were regular visitors at their house. She acted in Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Dahan. She was former sheriff of Kolkata in 2001.Brief profile of Suchitra Mitra
Date of Birth: September 19, 1924
Father: Litterateur Saurindra Mohan Mukherjee
Education: Scottish Church College, University of Calcutta and Viswa Bharati Awards and Recognition received by Suchitra Mitra
Suchitra Mitra has received many awards and recognition from India and abroad.
She was appointed as a lecturer in Rabindra Bharati University where she was HOD of Department of music
Tagore Hymn Prize in 1945 from London Tagore Hymn Society.
Awarded Padma Shri in 1973 from Government of India
Sangeet Natak Academy award in 1986 from government of India
Desikottama from Viswa Bharati
Allauddin Puraskar from the state government
Suchitra Mitra has recorded 416 Rabindra Sangeet, 5 Rabindra Sangeet for Bengali films and 17 modern Bengali songs.
Her love and dedication for Rabindra Sangeet, her talent as a singer can not be described with words. It is impossible to sort out her best Rabindra Sangeet but one thing we can say that the song "Krishnakai" without Suchitra Mitra is unthinkable.
