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Antara Mitra Age, Family, Biography

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Age: 37 Years
Hometown: Kolkata, West Bengal
Father: Debabrata Mitra

Bio/Wiki
NicknameMabweb
ProfessionSinger
Physical Stats & More
Height (approx.)5’ 2" (158 cm)
Eye ColourBrown
Hair ColourBlack
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)
Award2010: Mirchi Music Award- Female Vocalist of The Year category for the song 'Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si'
Personal Life
Date of Birth10 July 2024 (Friday)
Age (as of 2024)37 Years
BirthplaceMaslandapur, West Bengal, India
Zodiac signCancer
NationalityIndian
HometwonKolkata, West Bengal
SchoolRajballavpur High School, Maslandapur, West Bengal
College/UniversityNetaji Subhas Open University
ReligionHinduism
EthnicityBengali
Food HabitNon-vegetarian
Family
ParentsFather- Debabrata Mitra (music teacher)
Favourites
ActorRanbir Kapoor
ActressDeepika Padukone
SingersLata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Arijit Singh, Sonu Nigam
FoodChicken Biryani, Mutton Kabab
Style Quotient
Car CollectionBMW

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’.