Antara Mitra Age, Family, Biography
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Age: 37 Years
Father: Debabrata Mitra
Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal
Bio/Wiki | |
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Nickname | Mabweb |
Profession | Singer |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height (approx.) | 5’ 2" (158 cm) |
Eye Colour | Brown |
Hair Colour | Black |
Career | |
Debut | • Hindi Film (As a Playback Singer): Loving You from the film Speed (2007) • Bengali Film (As a Playback Singer): Ebar Jeno Onno Rokom Pujo from the film Yoddha: The Warrior (2014) • Music Video (As an Actor): Gerua (2015) • Bangladeshi Film (As an Playback Singer): Premta Toder Nesha from the film Mental (2016) • Kannada Film (As a Playback Singer): Turthinalli Geechida from the film Chowka (2017) |
Award | 2010: Mirchi Music Award- Female Vocalist of The Year category for the song 'Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si' |
Personal Life | |
Date of Birth | 10 July 1987 (Friday) |
Age (as of 2024) | 37 Years |
Birthplace | Maslandapur, West Bengal, India |
Zodiac sign | Cancer |
Nationality | Indian |
Hometwon | Kolkata, West Bengal |
School | Rajballavpur High School, Maslandapur, West Bengal |
College/University | Netaji Subhas Open University |
Religion | Hinduism |
Ethnicity | Bengali |
Food Habit | Non-vegetarian |
Family | |
Parents | Father- Debabrata Mitra (music teacher) |
Favourites | |
Actor | Ranbir Kapoor |
Actress | Deepika Padukone |
Singers | Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Arijit Singh, Sonu Nigam |
Food | Chicken Biryani, Mutton Kabab |
Style Quotient | |
Car Collection | BMW |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Antara Mitra
- Antara Mitra was born and brought up in a middle-class Bengali family in Maslandapur, West Bengal.
- She started practising singing with her father at a very young age.
- While growing up, she wanted to become a doctor or professor.
- While she was in class 6, she participated in a school play on Ramayana for the first time.
- She has practised Hindustani classical music for around ten years.
- Her aunt used to work at All India Radio as a singer.
- She once attended an event organised at the Calcutta School of Music.
- In 2006, Antara Mitra left her medical entrance exam and came to Mumbai from Kolkata to audition for Indian Idol Season 2. She got selected and gained immense popularity with the show.
- After being eliminated from Indian Idol season 2, the Indian musician Anu Malik offered her to work as a folk singer.
- At the age of 18, she participated as a contestant in a National TV show.
- Antara Mitra has lent her voice to songs of various languages like Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Oriya, Rajasthani, Haryanvi, and English.
- She considers the Indian playback singer Asha Bhosle her guru.
- She has sung the song ‘Ek Duje Ke’ in the 2009 TV serial ‘Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’.
- She has lent her voice to the 2012 Haryanvi song ‘Tera Mera Vaada.’
- Antara Mitra once made a guest appearance in an episode of Kaun Banega Crorepati.
- She has lent her voice to the song ‘Ebar Jeno Onno Rokom Pujo’ from the 2014 Bengali film ‘Yoddha: The Warrior’.
- Antara gained wide recognition mainly for the popular duet songs Gerua and Janam Janam with Arijit Singh from the 2015 film Dilwale. She also made appearances in the songs.
- She sang the 2016 Bangladeshi song ‘Premta Toder Nesha’ and the 2017 Kannada song ‘Turthinalli Geechida’.