Antara Mitra Age, Family, Biography

Bio/Wiki
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.
  

  Antara Mitra’s childhood photo

• She started practising singing with her father at a very young age.
  

  A childhood photo of Antara Mitra practising singing with her father

• 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.
  

  Antara Mitra performing in her school’s stage play Ramayana

• 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.
  

  An old picture of Antara Mitra singing at 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.
  

  Antara Mitra with Asha Bhosle

• 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.
  

  Antara Mitra in one of the episodes 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’.