Antara Mitra
| Antara Mitra | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Antara Mitra |
| Born |
10 July 1987 Maslandapur, West Bengal, India |
| Origin | Kolkata, India |
| Genres | Filmi, Hindustani classical |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Years active | 2006–present |
Antara Mitra (Bengali: অন্তরা মিত্র; born 10 July 1987) is a vocalist and Bollywood playback singer from West Bengal, India. Mitra was a contestant in Sony Entertainment Television's reality show Indian Idol 2 in 2006.
Mitra is from Maslandapur, a small town in West Bengal, near Calcutta, India. She exhibited a keen early interest in music, and her father inspired her. She was accepted as a contestant at age 18 on a national TV show and competed admirably as a finalist in both that show and a successive similar show Junoon.
At one time she considered studying medicine, but abandoned the idea in favour of pursuing a professional singing career.
Mitra literally grew up with music: her father is a music teacher. Since the age of three, Mitra would sing along with other children who came to her home to learn from her father.
When Mitra was eliminated from the contest, well-known music director Anu Malik offered her playback singing work, but Mitra returned to her home town and soon afterward (April 2006) she relocated to Mumbai to pursue a vocal-performance-for-film soundtrack career.
She also participated as part of the Bollywood team of vocalist contestants in another popular Indian TV reality show, Junoon - Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka, where again she was not the winner, however she considers both shows learning and career-development experiences, and expressed gratitude to the TV audience, producers and judges of both contests for allowing her opportunities to perform for the broadcast audience and judges while competing.
Mitra sings in multiple languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and English and is active in the Bollywood film soundtrack music industry.
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