DelmarTroiano at 07:10, 26 March 2026

2026-03-26T07:10:11Z

New page

{{short description|Indian Playback singer (born 1987)}}
{{Use Indian English|date=October 2025}}
{{peacock|date=March 2026}}
{{BLP sources|date=March 2026}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Antara Mitra
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_name = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1987|07|10}}<ref>{{cite web|title=Antara Mitra Biography|url=http://www.hungama.com/artists/antara-mitra/14708|website=[[Hungama Digital Media Entertainment]]|access-date=23 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160508190311/http://www.hungama.com/artists/antara-mitra/14708|archive-date=8 May 2016|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Antara Mitra|url=http://www.sify.com/indianidol2/contestants/antara/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031071034/http://sify.com/indianidol2/contestants/antara/|url-status=dead|archive-date=31 October 2007|website=[[Sify]]|access-date=23 April 2016}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Maslandapur]], [[West Bengal]], India
| alma_mater = [[Netaji Subhas Open University]],
[[Berklee College of Music]] [[Massachusetts]]<ref name="dilwale1"/>
| partner = Saurya (2025–present)
| awards = 2010 Mirchi Music Award - Female Vocalist of the Year for the song "Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si"
2016 Best Film Award for her song "Gerua" for the film Dilwale.
| module = {{Infobox musical artist
| embed = yes
| instruments = Vocals
| genre = {{flatlist|*[[Filmi]], [[Hindustani classical music|Indian classical]]}}

| years_active = 2006–present
| occupation = Singer
| website =
}}
}}

'''Antara Mitra''' (born 10 July 1987) is an Indian playback singer in [[Bollywood]].

==Career==
Antara Mitra was influenced early in her life by her aunt, who frequently sang on broadcasts of All India Radio. During childhood, Mitra trained in traditional Bengali folk music and studied [[Hindustani classical music]] for approximately ten years. In 2006, she chose not to sit for her medical entrance examination, instead moving to Mumbai to pursue a career in music. There, at the age of 18, she was selected as a contestant on the second season of [[Indian Idol]].<ref name="dilwale1">{{cite web |last=Singh |first=Deepali |date=2 December 2015 |title=The Gerua Girl: Antara Mitra |url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-the-gerua-girl-antara-mitra-2150810 |access-date=5 July 2017 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA]]}}</ref>
Mitra finished among the top five contestants on Indian Idol Season 2.<ref name="five"/><ref name="dilwale1"/> She later appeared as part of the Bollywood team of vocalists on the Indian television reality show Junoon – Kuchh Kar Dikhaane Ka.<ref name="five">{{cite web|url=http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/line-of-sight/entry/how-antara-mitra-went-from|title=How Antara Mitra went from Indian Idol to Rajneeti|work= The Times of India|date=13 June 2010|access-date=13 June 2011}}</ref>
Her song “Kishori” was later featured in a promotional doodle series associated with the dairy brand Amul, which incorporated imagery inspired by the long-running advertising mascot known as the Amul Girl.<ref>{{cite news |title=Antara Mitra's track Kishori featured in a dairy brand's doodle series |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/antara-mitras-track-kishori-featured-in-a-dairy-brands-doodle-series/articleshow/116936924.cms |access-date=5 January 2025 |website=TOI |language=en}}</ref>

==Music career==
She has sung in regional languages including [[Hindi]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]], [[Hariyanvi]] and [[Kannada]].<ref name="DNA">{{cite web|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-the-gerua-girl-antara-mitra-2150810|title=The Gerua Girl: Antara Mitra|work=[[DNA India]]|author=Singh, Deepali|date=2 December 2015|access-date=15 April 2016}}</ref>

In a 2010 interview with the Times of India, Mitra thanked Music Director [[Pritam]] for being the first to show faith in her skills, noting that he had composed nearly every film song featuring her vocals during that first decade. Mitra received positive reviews for her song "Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si," a duet with [[Mohit Chauhan]] from the Hindi film ''[[Raajneeti|Rajneeti]]''.<ref name="five"/>

As of 2026, she is signed to the music label TalentWala.<ref>[https://www.talentwala.in/]</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=16 July 2024 |title=Antara Mitra dazzles at Ambani wedding with captivating performance |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/music/antara-mitra-dazzles-at-ambani-wedding-with-captivating-performance/articleshow/111779448.cms |access-date=16 November 2024 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref>

==Appearances==
* ''[[Indian Idol 2 - Woh Pehli Baar|Woh Pehli Baar]]'' album—sang a group number and solo "Tu Rutha To."
* TV appearances have included specials (and soap operas), including ''Navarati'', ''[[Thodi Khushi Thode Gham]]'', ''Music Masti Dhoom'', ''Kyunki'', ''[[Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil]]'', ''[[Kitani Mohabbat Hai]]'', ''[[K for Kishore]]'' and auditioning contestants in Bhopal for ''[[Indian Idol 3]]''.
* Recorded songs in Bengali (''Doshomi''), [[Haryanvi]] (''[[Tera Mera Vaada]]''), et al.
* Sang the song "Ek Duje Ke" from the TV series [[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]].
* Currently, Mitra is a judge on the [[Zee Bangla]] reality show, [[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Bangla|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa]] 2025.

==Discography==
===Film songs===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| style="background:#ffc;"|
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Song
! Music
! Co-Singer(s)
! Note
|-
|rowspan="2"|2007
| ''[[Speed (2007 film)|Speed]]''
| "Loving You"
| rowspan="12" |[[Pritam]]
| [[Sonu Nigam]]
|
|-
| ''[[Jab We Met]]''
| "Yeh Ishq Haye – Remix"
| [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2009
| rowspan="2" |''[[Life Partner]]''
| "Kuke Kuke"
| [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]]
|
|-
| "Aage Aage"
| [[Mika Singh]]
|
|-
| ''[[All the Best: Fun Begins]]''
| "All The Best"
| [[Soham Chakraborty (singer)|Soham Chakraborty]]
|
|-
|rowspan="5"|2010
| ''[[Toh Baat Pakki!]]''
| "Om Jai Jagadish Hare"
|
|
|-
| ''[[Raajneeti]]''
| "Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si"
| [[Mohit Chauhan]]
|
|-
| ''[[Hello Darling]]''
| "Aa Jaane Jaan"
| [[Javed Jaffrey]], [[Akriti Kakar]]
|
|-
| ''[[Action Replayy]]''
| "Tera Mera Pyar"
| [[Karthik (singer)|Karthik]]
|
|-
| ''[[Golmaal 3]]''
| "Ale"
| [[Neeraj Shridhar]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2011
| rowspan="2" |''[[Dil Toh Baccha Hai Ji]]''
| "Beshuba"
| [[Kunal Ganjawala]]
|
|-
| "Yeh Dil Hai Nakhrewala (Film version)"
|
|
|-
| 2012
| ''[[Ajab Gazabb Love]]''
| "Sun Soniye"
| [[Sajid–Wajid]]
| [[Mohammed Irfan (singer)|Mohammed Irfan]]
|
|-
|rowspan="2"|2013
| rowspan="2" |''[[R... Rajkumar]]''
| "Saree Ke Fall Sa"
| rowspan="2" |[[Pritam]]
| [[Nakash Aziz]]
|
|-
| "Kaddu Katega"
|
|
|-
|2014
|[[Yoddha: The Warrior]]
|"Ebar Jeno Onno Rokom Pujo"
|[[Indraadip Dasgupta]]
|[[Nakash Aziz]]
|rowspan="2"|Bengali Film
|-
|rowspan="4"|2015
| ''[[Gangster (2016 film)|Gangster]]''
| "Eshona Monta Amar (Duet)"
| [[Jeet Gannguli]]
| [[Rishi Chanda]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Dilwale (2015 film)|Dilwale]]''
| "Gerua"
| rowspan="3" |[[Pritam]]
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
| "Manma Emotion Jaage"
|[[Amit Mishra (singer)|Amit Mishra]], [[Anushka Manchanda]]
|
|-
| "Janam Janam"
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
|rowspan="8"|2016
| rowspan="3" |''[[1920 London]]''
| "Gumnaam Hai Koi"
| rowspan="3" |[[JAM8]]
| [[Jubin Nautiyal]]
|
|-
| "Aafreen"
| [[K.K]]
|
|-
| "Aafreen (2nd version)"
| [[Sreeram]]
|
|-
|[[Mental (2016 film)|''Mental'']]
| Premta Toder Nesha"
|Riddhi
|[[Rishi Chanda]]
|Bangladeshi film
|-
| [[Azhar (film)|''Azhar'']]
| "Itni Si Baat Hai"
| rowspan="3" |[[Pritam]]
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |''[[Dishoom]]''
| "Jaaneman Aah"
|[[Aman Trikha]]
|
|-
| "Ishqa"
|[[Abhijeet Sawant]]
|
|-
|''[[Haripad Bandwala]]''
|"Shona"
| rowspan="2" |[[Indraadip Dasgupta]]
|[[Nakash Aziz]]
|rowspan="2"|Bengali Film
|-
|rowspan="4"|2017
| ''[[Ami Je Ke Tomar]]''
|"Eshe Gechi Kachakachi"
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|-
|''[[Chowka]]''
|"Turthinalli Geechida"
|[[Sridhar V. Sambhram]]
|[[Sonu Nigam]]
| Kannada Film
|-
|''[[Munna Michael]]''
|"Ding Dang"
|[[Javed-Mohsin]]
|[[Amit Mishra (singer)|Amit Mishra]]
|
|-
|[[Rangbaz (2017 film)|''Rangbaz'']]
|"Rimjhim"
| [[Dabbu]]
|[[Mohammed Irfan (singer)|Mohammed Irfan]]
| Bengali Film
|-
|rowspan="3"| 2018
|''[[Namaste England]]''
|"Dhoom Dhadaka"
|[[Mannan Shaah]]
|[[Shahid Mallya]]
|
|-
|''Villain''
|"Shundori Komola"
|[[JAM8]]
|[[Armaan Malik]]
| Bengali Film
|-
|''[[Bhaijaan Elo Re]]''
|"[[Baby Jaan]]"
|Dolaan Maainnakk
|[[Nakash Aziz]]
| Bangladeshi film
|-
| rowspan="7"|2019
|rowspan=2|''[[Kalank]]''
|"Aira Gaira"
|rowspan=2|[[Pritam]]
|rowspan=2|[[Javed Ali]], [[Tushar Joshi]], Akashdeep Sengupta
|
|-
|"Aira Gaira (Extended)"
|
|-
|''[[Jaanbaaz]]''
|"Tui Je Aamar"
|Dev Sen
|[[Jubin Nautiyal]]
| Bengali Film
|-
|rowspan=2|''[[The Sky Is Pink]]''
|"Dil Hi Toh Hai"
| rowspan="3" |[[Pritam]]
|[[Arijit Singh]], [[Nikhil D'Souza]]
|
|-
|"Dil Hi Toh Hai (2nd Version)"
|[[Sreerama Chandra]], Nikhil D'Souza
|
|-
|''[[Chhichhore]]''
|"Fikar Not"
|[[Nakash Aziz]], [[Sreerama Chandra]], [[Amit Mishra]], [[Dev Negi]], [[Amitabh Bhattacharya]]
|
|-
|''[[Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai]]''
|"Ek Duje Ke"
|Akashdeep Sengupta For [[JAM8]]
|Akashdeep Sengupta
|
|-
|rowspan=3|2020
|''[[Nabab LLB]]''
|"Just Chill"
|Dolaan Mainnakk
|[[Supratip Bhattacharya]]
| Bengali Film
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)|''Love Aaj Kal'']]
|"Mehrama"
| rowspan="2" |[[Pritam]]
|rowspan=2|[[Darshan Raval]]
|
|-
|"Meherama (Extended Version)"
|
|-
|rowspan="3"|2021
|''[[Pagglait]]''
|"Lamha"
(Revisited)
| colspan="2" |[[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
|[[Magic (2021 film)|''Magic'']]
|"Mon Anmone"
|[[Dabbu]]
|Santanu Dey Sarkar
|[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali Film]]<ref name="jiosaavn">{{cite web |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/magic/GRRKXDpC34k_|title=Magic – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|date=21 January 2021 |publisher=Jiosaavn}}</ref>
|-
|''Star Jalsha Parivaar Award''
|"Star Jalsha Parivaar Award"(Theme Song)
|[[Indradeep Dasgupta]]
|Ishaan Mitra
|Bengali Award Show
|-
|Rowspan="4"|2022
|[[Raavan (2022 film)|''Raavan'']]
|"Ami Tor"
|[[Savvy Gupta|Savvy]]
|[[Javed Ali]]
|[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali Film]]
|-
|rowspan=2| [[Brahmāstra (film)|''Brahmāstra'']]
|"[[Kesariya (song)|Kesariya]] (Film Version)"
|rowspan=2|[[Pritam]]
|[[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
|"[[Kesariya (song)|Kesariya]] (Dance Mix)"
| Shashwat Singh, Arijit Singh
|
|-
|''[[Aay Khuku Aay]]''
|"Ebhabeo Preme Pora Jaay"
|Ranojay Bhattacharjee
|
|[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali Film]]
|-
| rowspan="3" |2023
|''[[The Great Indian Family]]''
|"Sahibaa"
|[[Pritam]]
| [[Darshan Raval]]
|-
|[[Fatafati]]
|Jani Okaron
|Amit Chatterjee
|Ishan Mitra
|[[Cinema of West Bengal|Bengali Film]]
|-
|''[[Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani]]''
|"Kudmayi (Female)"
| rowspan="2" |[[Pritam]]
|
|-
| rowspan="5" |2024
|''[[Merry Christmas (2024 film)|Merry Christmas]]''
|"Raat Akeli Thi"
| [[Arijit Singh]]
|
|-
|5 No Swapnamay Lane
|"5 No Swapnamay Lane Title Track"
|Joy Sarkar
|
| rowspan="4" |Bengali film
|-
|Shastri
|"Dhangkurakur Taak"
|Ishan Mitra
|Indraadip Dasgupta, Ishan Mitra
|-
|Hangamadotcom
|Tor E Sathe
|Savvy
|[[Sonu Nigam]]
|-
|''[[Khadaan]]''
|"Kishori"
|colspan=2|Rathijit Bhattacharya
|-
|rowspan=3|2025
|''[[Sikandar (2025 film)|Sikandar]]''
|"Bam Bam Bole"
|rowspan=2|[[Pritam]]
|[[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Dev Negi]]
|
|-
|''[[Metro... In Dino]]''
|"Ishq Ya Tharak"
|[[Aditya Roy Kapur]], [[Shashwat Singh]], [[Nikhita Gandhi]]
|Side B
|-
|''[[Sunny Sanskari Ki Tulsi Kumari]]''
|"Ishq Manzoor"
|[[Pritam|A.P.S]]
|[[Amit Mishra (singer)|Amit Mishra]], [[Nakash Aziz]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]]
|
|}

===Non-film songs===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Song
! Music
! Co-Singer(s)
! Note
|-
| rowspan="10" |2024
|"Dil Sajeya"
|Neeru Mehta, Mriganka Bhattacharjya
|
| rowspan="4" |Hindi
|-
|"Dil Mera"
|Sanjoy Deb, Kanika Kapoor
|Vicky Sandhu, Kanika Kapoor
|-
|"Chup Chup Chup"
|Mann
|Sonu Nigam
|-
|"Mere to Girdhar Gopal"
|
|
|-
|"Rimjhim Rimjhim Brishtira"
|Rangon
|Abhay Jodhpurkar
| rowspan="3" |Bengali
|-
|"Tor E Sathe"
|Savvy
|Sonu Nigam
|-
|"Khela Ghor Bhandhte Legechi"
|Rahul Tiwari
|
|-
|"Cham Cham Karti Baarish"
|Rangon
|Abhay Jodhpurkar
| rowspan="3" |Hindi
|-
|"Sab Kuch Mera"
|Mann
|
|-
|"Sab Kuch Mera"
|Mann
|
|}

==Awards==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Award
! Category
! Film
! Song
! class="unsortable"| Result
! class="unsortable"| {{Tooltip|Ref.|References}}
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2010
| [[3rd Mirchi Music Awards|Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Award for Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year|Upcoming Female Vocalist of The Year]]
| rowspan="2"| ''[[Raajneeti]]''
| rowspan="2"| "Bheegi Si Bhaagi Si"
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130070949/http://www.radiomirchi.com/mma2010/hindi/nominees.php|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 January 2011|title=Nominees – Mirchi Music Award Hindi 2010|date=30 January 2011|access-date=30 September 2018}}</ref>
|-
| [[2011 Zee Cine Awards|Zee Cine Awards]]
| [[Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female|Best Playback Singer – Female]]
| {{nom}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://zeenews.india.com/entertainment/zee-cine-awards-2011/dabangg-bags-maximum-nominations-for-zee-cine-awards-2011_79689.html|title='Dabangg' bags maximum nominations for Zee Cine Awards 2011|website=Zee News|date=14 January 2011|access-date=20 July 2020}}</ref>
|-
| 2016
| [[GiMA Awards]]
| [[Global Music Academy Awards for Best Film Song|Best Film Song]]
| ''[[Dilwale (2016 film)|Dilwale]]''
| "Gerua"
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2016
| [[Mirchi Music Awards]]
| [[Mirchi Music Awards|Best Female Vocalist]]
| ''[[Dilwale (2016 film)|Dilwale]]''
| "Gerua"
| {{Won}}
|-
| 2021
| [[66th Filmfare Awards]]
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer|Best Female Playback Singer]]
| ''[[Love Aaj Kal (2020 film)|Love Aaj Kal]]''
| "Mehrama"
| {{nom}}
|<ref>{{cite news |title=Nominations For The 66th Vimal Elaichi Filmfare Awards 2021 |url=https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/nominations-for-the-66th-vimal-elaichi-filmfare-awards-2021_-47279.html |access-date=6 December 2024 |work=Filmfare |date=28 March 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2025
| [[WBFJA Cinemar Somabarton 2025]]
| [[WBFJA Cinemar Somabarton 2025|Best Female Singer]]
|''[[Khadan (2025 film)|Khadan]]''
| "Kishori"
| {{Won}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb name|3330077}}

{{Authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mitra, Antara}}
[[Category:1987 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Indian women playback singers]]
[[Category:Indian Idol participants]]
[[Category:Hindi-language playback singers]]
[[Category:Singers from Kolkata]]
[[Category:21st-century Indian women singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:People from Barasat Sadar subdivision]]

Antara Mitra - Revision history

DelmarTroiano at 07:10, 26 March 2026