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Chandana Mazumdar is a Bangladeshi folk singer of the Lalon Geeti genre. She won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for her performance in the film Monpura (2009).

Early life and career

Mazumdar was born in Kumarkhali in Kushtia District to Nirmal Chandra Majumdar. She first took lessons from her father and later from the Nazrul singer Yakub Ali Khan and the Lalon singer Moksed Ali Shai.

Mazumdar was employed as a singer with Bangladesh Television in 1979 and Bangladesh Betar in 1980.

Mazumdar sang a song for the unreleased film Felani in 2013.

Discography

• Bosonto Batashe
• Tomar Aupar Neeley
• Chokh Gelo Pakhi Re

Personal life

Mazumdar has been married to the folk singer Kiron Chandra Roy since 1979. Together they have a daughter.

Awards

References

1. Orchi Oindrila (2015-03-06). লালনগীতির শিল্পী চন্দনা মজুমদার. BBC News বাংলা (in Bengali). Retrieved 2020-01-06.
2. জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)] (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
3. ^ "A lifelong tryst with folk songs". The Daily Star. 2010-09-16. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
4. "Chandana Majumdar". The Daily Star. 2019-03-16. Retrieved 2020-01-06.
5. ফেলানীর জন্য গাইলেন চন্দনা মজুমদার. Banglanews24.com (in Bengali).
6. নতুন বছরে চন্দনার অ্যালবাম. Jaijaidin (in Bengali).
   - কিরণ-চন্দনার দুটি একক অ্যালবাম. Manobkantha (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-07-30. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
7. কিরণ চন্দ্র রায় এবং চন্দনা মজুমদারের নতুন অ্যালবাম. BanglaNews24.com (in Bengali). Archived from the original on 2016-11-27. Retrieved 2016-11-27.
   - "Tomar Aupar Neeley: Chandana Majumdar does justice to Lalon's songs". The Daily Star. 2012-08-11. Retrieved 2019-12-25.
8. বিজয় সরকার স্মরণে চন্দনা. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali).
9. "Monpura best film for 2009". bdnews24. Dhaka, Bangladesh. 2011-07-21. Retrieved 2015-10-18.

External links

• Chandana Mazumdar at IMDb

• Living people
• People from Kushtia
• 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers
• 21st-century Bangladeshi singers
• Bangladeshi Hindus
• 20th-century Bangladeshi women singers
• 20th-century Bangladeshi singers
• Bangladeshi folk singers
• Bangladeshi playback singers
• Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners