Antara Nandy

Antara Nandy

Antara Nandy with Jim Ankan Deka
Background information
Native name

  • Assamese: অন্তৰা নন্দী
  • Bengali: অন্তরা নন্দী

Born Sivasagar, Assam, India
Genres Pop, Hindustani Classical, Western Classical, Bollywood, Easy Listening
Occupation(s) Singer, Playback Singer
Instruments Vocals, Piano
Years active 2008–present
Associated acts Abhijeet Bhattacharya, Alka Yagnik, Queen Hazarika, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Jim Ankan Deka, Debojit Saha, Raghav Chatterjee, Supratik Ghosh
Website www.antaranandy.com

Antara Nandy is an Indian playback singer from Assam. She became known after reaching the final rounds and becoming one of the top three girl finalists in the music talent and reality show Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs-2009 which was aired on Zee TV.[1][2]

Early life and career

As a junior scholar she started her vocal training in Indian classical music under Padmashree Ustaad Rashid Khan[3] at the age of 5 years. Later she joined ITC Sangeet Research Academy[4] where she started taking vocal lessons from Ustaad Waseem Ahmed Khan. In 2013 Antara joined KM Music Conservatory,[5] founded by A. R. Rahman[6] and started her western classical music training. She is the winner of Ullas and other inter school music competitions at various levels.[7][8]

Nandy is the winner of the “Best Music – Music Video” category in the “Delhi Shorts International Film Festival-15” for her first own composition & music “YA DEVI”.[9][10] She was nominated for 'Ramdhenu Viewers Choice Awards' in the Best Female Singer category in 2013. She is the recipient of the 'Star Wars Award 2012' conferred by Dream Catchers, Singapore, and Young Achiever Award in 2014 bestowed on by Integrated Council for Socio-Economic Progress, Kolkata. She is also a Scholar at Centre for Cultural Resources and Training - Govt of India (CCRT). She is the youngest Bengali vocalist to perform at the prestigious Durbar Hall, Kolkata.[11]

Antara gave her first major public performance at the Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata at the age of 9 and released her debut album Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu [12] (this is not life my friend)(an Assamese album) in 2010. She collaborated with renowned singers like Alka Yagnik, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Pulak Banerjee, Debojit Saha, Luna Bharali Das and Debajit Choudhury in the album. Her second album 'Eso Matoh Lakkhi Devi'[13] (a Bengali devotional album) with Bollywood playback singer Raghav Chatterjee [14] raced up the charts to reach the TOP 4 position within 3 weeks of its release in Kolkata. She had sung in many other collaborative albums. She had also been performing all over the country including some prestigious events like Alive-India in Concert.[15] many college shows and shows in social events

In 2009, Antara was selected for the 'Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs 2009', a music reality and talent show conducted by the Zee TV, which proved to be the stepping stone of her life.[16][17]

In 2013, Antara sang two songs 'Police Babu' and 'Najanu' for Hengul Theatre. Najanu won the Ramdhenu Viewers Choice award in 2013. In the same year, she rendered her voice in the Assamese album "Xarodi Puwa" featuring a critically acclaimed semi classical composition of Dr. Bikram Borkotoki under the banner Times Music, Mumbai.[18] She had also recorded a number of theme and title songs for various Bangla TV seriels which were aired on Star Ananda, ETV Bangla and other channels.

Apart from albums and TV serials, Antara has also sung for films in a few regional languages. She had sung the opening item song for the Assamese film KHEL - the Game[19]

In 2012 Antara collaborated with Assamese musician Jim Ankan Deka on a campaign against violence towards women based on the Delhi gang rape incident. The duo along with Assamese singer Queen Hazarika and playback singer Ritwika Bhattacharya released a music video Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence, where Antara raised her voice against child sexual abuse. The song was produced by Bangalore-based Eastern Fare Music Foundation and the video was directed by Parmita Borah. The video won several awards in various music and film festivals.[20]

In 2015, Antara released her debut Assamese music video 'Aakaxok Subo Khojo',[21] a song composed by Jim Ankan Deka. It was the second of ChaiTunes music video series.[22]

In October 2015, Antara released her video "YA DEVI Celebrating Womanhood",[23] a song which is Sung and composed by Antara.[24] This song went on to win the best music award in the music video category in the 4th. Delhi Shorts International Film Festival'15.[25] and also won in the Music category in the Mumbai Shorts International Film Festival - Jury Mention 2015. Her new single "DOHAI" is released in December 2015 which is a fusion of a Bangladesi folk with Hindustani Classical Tarana's[26]

Antara has performed in various live shows both in India as well as internationally.[27]

Filmography

Year Film Song name(s) Co-singer(s) Music Director(s) Reference(s)
2015KHEL - the Game Nixati Joto Ronge Solo Jayanta Pathak [28]

Discography

Album Name Language Year Reference
Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu Assamese 2010 [29]
Eso Matoh Lakkhi DeviBengali 2011 [30]
Tumi Aaahibaa Buli Assamese 2013 [31]

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Capacity Work Outcome
2009 Zee Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (Lil Champs) Best Singer Singer Reality TV Show Template:Top 3 girls
2013 Music Star Wars (Singapore) Best Singer Singer Rock (English) Won
2015 Delhi International Shorts Film Festival- 2015 Best Music Composer with Soorya Fusion Won
2015 Mumbai International Shorts Film Festival-2015 Best Music - Jury Singer Fusion Won

Singles

Music Videos

References

  1. ↑ Antara Nandy - the teen sensation of Assam, India-north-east.com
  2. ↑ Antara Nandy gives a dazzling performance Archived July 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine., Zee TV
  3. ↑ Rashid Khan, ustadrashidkhan.com
  4. ↑ ITC Sangeet Research Academy, www.itcsra.org
  5. ↑ KMMC, kmmc.in
  6. ↑ AR Rahman, arrahman.com
  7. ↑ Antara Nandy- and sang the little bird!, Friedeye.com
  8. ↑ Song of the soul, The Telegraph (Calcutta)
  9. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-04., " Miniboxoffice.com"
  10. ↑ , "Thestatesman.com"
  11. ↑ Antara Nandy, Meetkalakar.com
  12. ↑ Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu, Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu
  13. ↑ Eso Matoh Lakkhi Devi, youtube.com
  14. ↑ Raghav Chatterjee, raghabchatterjee.com
  15. ↑ It's time for folk music with Antara Nandy and Dipannita Acharya, Daily News and Analysis
  16. ↑ Calcutta champs, The Telegraph (Calcutta)
  17. ↑ Antara Nandy - SA Re Ga Ma Pa Little Champs contestant, Assam.org
  18. ↑ ,Timesmusic.com
  19. ↑ KHEL - the Game ,youtube.com
  20. ↑ Assamese musician wins Bronze, Assamtimes.org
  21. ↑ Aakaxok Subo Khojo ,youtube.com
  22. ↑ Aakaxok Subo Khojo - the second from Chaitunes series, Musicmalt.com
  23. ↑ Ya Devi , youtube.com
  24. ↑ , Interview
  25. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-11-18. Retrieved 2015-11-04., "Miniboxoffice.com"
  26. ↑ , Dohai
  27. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-08-10. Retrieved 2015-08-02., Live Shows
  28. ↑ Nixati Joto Ronge ,youtube.com
  29. ↑ Ei Jibon Nohoi Xuna Bondhu ,youtube.com
  30. ↑ Eso Matoh Lakkhi Devi ,youtube.com
  31. ↑ Tumi Aaahibaa Buli ,youtube.com
  32. ↑ Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence ,youtube.com
  33. ↑ Police Babu ,youtube.com
  34. ↑ Najanu ,youtube.com
  35. ↑ Aakaxok Subo Khojo ,youtube.com
  36. ↑ Moh Moh Ke Dhaage ,youtube.com
  37. ↑ Ennodu Nee Irundhaal (Cover) ,youtube.com
  38. ↑ Ya Devi - Celebrating Womanhood , youtube.com
  39. ↑ Interview ,
  40. ↑ Dohai - A Fusion ) ,youtube.com

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