Chandrani Banerjee
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Chandrani Banerjee চন্দ্রানী ব্যানার্জি | |||
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| Citizenship | Indian | ||
| Alma mater | HarvardX | ||
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| Years active | 20 years | ||
| Awards | Grassroot Grammy | ||
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Chandrani Banerjee চন্দ্রানী ব্যানার্জি (born in Chandannagar) is an Indian Bengali singer and songwriter. She is the first Bengali female rock singer.[1]
Banerjee was born in Chandannagar, West Bengal, India. She received her bachelor's in English language and literature from Gokhale Memorial Girls College. She earned a diploma in English Literature (British and Commonwealth) from HarvardX.
She is trained in Rabindra Sangeet and has worked in rock and folk music. She is a part of Krosswindz as the lead vocalist and songwriter. She also has been a part of Bangla band Bhoomi.[2]
In 1999, she sang for the Bengali Band Moheener Ghoraguli for the song- "Ghare Feraar Gaan" on the album Khyepar Gaan.[3] She sang for the award-winning film "Way Back Home" which won the BBC Audience Award at the Commonwealth Film Festival UK.[4] She has sung for the film Ujaane Poddo Bhashe music directed by Vikramjit Banerjee.[5] She sang for the film Projapoti Biskut directed by Anindya Chatterjee and won the best playback singer award from Filmfare.[6][7]
In 2014, she sang for the film Chaya Manush directed by Arindam Dey under the musical direction of Anupam Roy.[8] In 2021, notation of her 2 songs, Jowar and Jhora Palok from Krosswindz was released by Los Angeles-based label 'Play the Groove'.[9][10]