Lopamudra Mitra, daughter of Late, Shree Pranab Mitra and Shreemati Sumita Mitra, is the most popular contemporary bengali singer now. She started learning music from her father in childhood. Then she learnt Rabindra Sangeet from the Gitabitan Cultural Institute. Thereafter, she started taking lessons on Indian Classical Music under the tutelage of Smt. Rita Roy and later on from Pandit Shri Arun Badhuri. She also had to opportunity to learn light classical music i.e. Bhajan and Nazrulgeeti from Late Shri Sukumar Mitra, Rabindrasangeet from Shri Subhas Chowdhury, Late Subinoy Roy and Aurobindo Biswas. She had won the State Music Academy Scholarship. From her very childhood Lopamudra has been able to display a pleasant flair for singing in group theatre. She was attached with 'Class Threatre from the age of twelve under the able guidance of Shri Samir Chatterjee.
With this versatility Lopamudra went for experiment in bengali modern songs and ultimately she found her platform in the songs based on poems of renowned bengali poets. And that was her way just to go for success. She performed all over India with her new approach and won the music-lovers' heart.
Since 1996, H. M.V., the pioneer in Audio Cassette Company in India, has released sixteen individual albums of Lopamudra's bengali modern songs and Rabindra Sangeet. Most of those albums are very much popular among the listeners of Bengali music in India and abroad. She is also a very successful singer in bengali films also.
She has performed all over India,several times in U.S.A. including the NABC'99 and '09,held in San Francisco and Banga Mela 2005, held in Chicago. She also performed twice in U.K. and once in Canada Singapore,Australia,Hongkong,Kuwait and Qatar.
She won many awards for her unique dramatic style of singing, which is fashioned with the classical aid and tenor voice quality. She won the prestigious 'Bengal Film Journalist Award' on her debut playback in the film 'Sedin Chaitramas. Her album 'Bhalobaste Balo' was honoured as the best puja album, best singer and album of the year in 2001 by Anandabazar Patrika. Her another album 'Ei Abelay’ awarded as the best puja album in 2003 again by 'Anandabazar Patrika. Her next album 'Jhor Hote Pari' got the 'ZEE MUSIC AWARD' in 2005.
In the year 2007 her experimental folk album ‘Chhata Dharo’,released from Sagarika Music Company,became a smashing hit. In 2008, ‘Pa-e Para Pha-e Fail’,released from Big Music,was the highest selling album of that year.
Lopa believes that a 'performer becomes then successful when she and her music cannot be separated from each other'. |
