Ujjaini Mukherjee
Background information
Birth name	Ujjaini Mukherjee
Genres	Filmi Pop Soft rock Hindustani classical music Jazz Rabindra Sangeet
Occupations	Singer, performer
Instruments	Vocals
Years active	2005–present

Ujjaini Mukherjee is an Indian singer.^[1]

Early years

Her first recording was for the composer Debojyoti Mishra.^{[citation needed]}

At the age of 16 she participated in the Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge in 2005 and finished in the final top 10.

Ujjaini then won Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu, along with Aishwarya Nigam.

Independent Singles

Some of Ujjaini's own singles available on YouTube are "Aay Srabon" in 2013,^[2] "Saajan Gaye Pardes" in 2014,^[3] and "Nishi Raat Baanka Chand" in 2016.^[4]

Awards And Nominations

She was nominated for the Mirchi Music Awards in the 'Upcoming Female singer' Category for the song "Mannu Bhaiyya Ka Karihen" from the film Tanu Weds Manu.^{[citation needed]}

She was also nominated for Filmfare Awards East for "Ami Akash khola" from the film Aborto (2014) and was the winner of the "Kalakar Awards 2015" as the "Best Female Performer".^{[citation needed]}

Nominated for "Best Female Vocalist of the Year – Films" for her song "Dil Rasiya" from Byomkesh Pawrbo in the 2017 edition of Mirchi Music Awards Bangla

Nominated at the Mirchi Music Awards for Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year in 2011 for her song "Mannu Bhaiyya" from Tanu Weds Manu

Nominated as best female playback singer at the first Filmfare Awards East for Aborto

At the 2018 Mirchi Music Awards Bangla, Ujjaini's 2017 album "Muhurto" (Moments) garnered nominations for Song of the Year, Music Composer of the Year, Lyricist of the Year in the "Adhunik" (Modern) categories. In addition, Ujjaini's film song from Ebong Kiriti earned her a nomination for the best Female Vocalist of the Year.^{[citation needed]}

Achievements

^{[citation needed][citation needed][citation needed]}She was a finalist on Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Challenge 2005 achieving 7th place and within the span of a few months in 2006, she was the grand finale winner of Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Ek Main Aur Ek Tu with Aishwarya.

Ujjaini also participated in some other popular reality shows as well, like Indian Idol (2004), Jo Jeeta Wohi Super Star (2008), Music ka Maha Muqqabla (2010).

Winner of the "Kalakar Awards 2015" as "Best Female Performer" and also, the "Kolkata Ratna" Award, The Bengal Youth Icon award as the best performer

Discography

Film Songs

Following are the list of songs that Ujjaini Mukherjee has sung for various Indian Movies

Non-film Songs

Out of all the songs that Ujjaini has sung, a special mention goes to "Devotee" [58], the track from the album "Maya (A Tribute To Ravi Shankar)" an internationally acclaimed album by the legendary Bickram Ghosh. Another mention goes for the Durga Puja special album "Bondhu... Thakish Pashe" in 2016 which was initiated by Geet Entertainment by bringing together Ujjaini and Rupankar Bagchi, the best names in Bengali music to recreate the magic of the old times in a new age as the songs of the album had a beautiful melodious feel of the old times to them and also, it was another attempt to relive the time without digital piracy and promote original music by releasing it only on physically available CDs. In 2017, Ujjaini collaborated with Ashu Abhishek [59], the new age composer duo for her Durga Puja special album "Muhurto" and it had a fully digital release under the label of Asha Audio. Ujjaini has sung numerous Non Film songs including title tracks for TV serials, a few of them have been assembled below :-

Television

Before becoming one of the leading names in playback singing in the film industry, Ujjaini proved her mettle in singing on national television through below mentioned reality shows :-

She is also a regular celebrity guest performer on TV shows like Didi no 1 and Rannaghar amongst many others.