About Sanghamitra

At the age of six Sanghamitra used to sit silently beside her parents when they took 'talim' from their Guru, her conventional education had not started then. She learnt "sa-re-ga-ma" of her own accord and side by side she sang songs while playing a harmonium. In recognition of her boundless aptitude for music, Sanghamitra's parent's Guruji taught her Rabindrasangeet ... "Na na go na, korona bhabana"

At the age of ten Sanghamitra made her debut appearance as a singer before a huge crowd. She first received her talim in Rabindrasangeet from Late Amar Mukhopadhyay. Then she learnt Rabindrasangeet from Late Manoj Sengupta, devoted disciple of Late Subinoy Roy, the exponent of Rabindrasangeet. Sanghamitra received lessons in Classical Music from Late Sambhunath Mukhopadhyay and after that from Sri Nihar Ranjan Bandyopadhyay, the well known musical maestro. Sanghamitra has taken talim in Rabindrasangeet from renowned Guru Smt. Maya Sen for 19 years. At present Sanghamitra is taking talim from Sri Subhas Chaudhury, the expert in Rabindrasangeet and Rabindra Literature. She has also taken 'talim' of Bengali Modern songs from renowned Sri Jatileswar Mukhopadhyay and completed M.A. in Music from Rabindra Bharati University.

In her infancy the "Sangeet Guru" of her parents explored musical potentialities in Sanghamitra.

Quite a large number of memorable incidents have taken place in Sanghamitra's life. Of all the incidents, two remarkable incidents are still vivid in Sanghamitra's mind. One took place on 25th Baisakh (9 th May, 1983) when she sang Tagore's Song "Sarthak janam amar jonmechhi ai deshe" sitting in a moving car at Manicktala Crossing. It was so thrilling that a huge crowd gathered there to listen to my song and the traffic remained suspended for a while! She has another interesting incident in her mind: Once she sang Tagore's famous song "Tabu mone rekho" in her first album "Mone Rekho". It was so nicely sung with melodious voice that people mistakably thought it to be a song sung by 'Mohardi' better known as 'Kanika Bandyopadhyay' and most of the music lovers purchased that cassette.

Besides being a singer Sanghamitra is also a physician. Her life is dedicated not to the Haves but also to the Have-nots. She firmly believes that in this mechanical era, only music can act as a both mental & physical therapy to mankind.