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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Indrani Sen<br />
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| native_name = ইন্দ্রাণী সেন<br />
| native_name_lang = bn<br />
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| origin = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]<br />
| genre = Adhunik Bengali Songs, [[Nazrul Sangeet]], [[Rabindra Sangeet]]<br />
| years_active = 1970&ndash;present<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
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| associated_acts = Singer, Songwriter<br />
| instrument = vocal<br />
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| website = [http://singerindranisen.in// singerindranisen.in]<br />
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'''Indrani Sen''' is a Bengali singer who is known for [[Nazrul Geeti|Nazrul geeti]] and [[Rabindra Sangeet]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://m.timesofindia.com/tv/news/bengali/series-on-journey-of-popular-faces-hits-the-web/articleshow/63771318.cms|title=Series on journey of popular faces hits the web|last=Sen|first=Debolina|date=15 April 2018|work=Times of India|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
Indrani Sen is the daughter of singer Sumitra Sen, and her younger sister is [[Srabani Sen]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/nagpur/Can-never-feel-lonely-with-Rabindra-Sangeet-Sumitra/articleshow/7929779.cms|title=Can never feel lonely with Rabindra Sangeet: Sumitra - Times of India|last=Banerjee|first=Falguni|date=10 April 2011|work=The Times of India|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> Her earliest singing was done under her mother's guidance; she then attended Bengal Music College at the University of Calcutta, and was later trained by [[Debabrata Biswas]] in classical and [[Purabi Dutta]] in Nazrul geeti.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-222135|title=Songs and poems of Tagore resound at National Museum|last=Alom|first=Zhangir|date=13 February 2012|website=Daily Star|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref><br />
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Sen is also the head of the department of economics at a college in Kolkata.<ref name=":1" /><br />
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==Awards & achievements==<br />
She won [[Bengal Film Journalists' Association – Best Female Playback Award|BFJA's Best Female Playback Award]]- 1993 for the film ''Shwet Patharer Thala''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/photo-features/lesser-known-facts-about-rituparna-sengupta/worked-in-a-telefilm-directed-by-hema-malini/photostory/63392530.cms|title=Lesser known facts about Rituparna Sengupta|website=The Times of India|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> and BFJA's Best Female Playback Award- 1995 for the film ''Sandhya Tara''.<br />
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She is a playback singer for Hindi films, Bengali films and T. V serials, and the recipient of several awards,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050411/asp/ranchi/story_4600080.asp|title=Back to the roots|last=Mukherjee|first=Abhijeet|date=11 April 2005|website=The Telegraph|access-date=10 September 2018}}</ref> including [[Banga Bhushan]] from the Government of West Bengal.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/state-government-to-confer-banga-awards-on-may-20/article6021369.ece|title=State government to confer Banga awards on May 20|date=18 May 2014|work=The Hindu|access-date=10 September 2018|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Sen performed at the joint India and Bangladesh celebrations marking the 150th anniversary of Nobel laureate [[Rabindranath Tagore]] at the Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre (IGCC), High Commission of India in 2012.<ref name=":0" /><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External Links==<br />
* {{Twitter|Indrani39664132}}<br />
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