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'''Chhaya Ganguly''' (also spelled '''Ganguli''') is an Indian playback singer. She received [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for her first film song "Aapki Yaad Aati Rahi Raat Bhar" at the [[26th National Film Awards]]<ref name="26thawardPDF">{{cite web|url=http://dff.nic.in/2011/26th_NFA.pdf|title=26th National Film Awards |publisher=Directorate of Film Festivals|access-date=4 October 2011}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{cite web |last=Khurana |first=Suanshu |title=The Forgotten Voice |website=The Indian Express |date=2014-04-21 |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/the-forgotten-voice/ |access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref> For the same song, she was nominated for the [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] at the [[27th Filmfare Awards]].<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/367059.cms|title=The Filmfare Awards Nominations – 1979|publisher=[[The Times Group]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071029231330/http://filmfareawards.indiatimes.com/articleshow/articleshow/367059.cms|archive-date=29 October 2007}}</ref><br />
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==Early life==<br />
She was born in 1952 in [[Bombay]]. She obtained her M.Sc degree in Botany from the [[Bombay University]].<ref name="26thawardPDF"/> She worked as a broadcasting programmer for [[All India Radio]] and [[Doordarshan]] for 35 years in Mumbai, and retired in 2012.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |last=Gaekwad |first=Manish |title=Chhaya Ganguli's impact exceeds her output |website=Scroll.in |date=2016-04-17 |url=https://scroll.in/reel/806342/chhaya-gangulis-impact-exceeds-her-output |access-date=2020-12-22}}</ref><br />
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She sang the [[ballad]] "Piya Piya" the 1983 Hindi film ''Trikon Ka Chauttha Kon'', directed by Madhusudan. After a long break, she returned in 1990 and sang the title track for [[Amol Palekar]] film ''[[Thodasa Roomani Ho Jayen]]'', which was composed by [[Bhaskar Chandavarkar]].<ref name=":2"/><br />
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==Awards and nominations==<br />
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!Year<br />
!Work<br />
!Award<br />
!Result<br />
|Ref.<br />
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| 1979<br />
| "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi"<br />
| [[National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]]<br />
| {{won}}<br />
|<ref name=":0"/><br />
|-<br />
| 1979<br />
| "Aap ki Yaad Aati Rahi"<br />
| [[Filmfare Award for Best Female Playback Singer]]<br />
| {{nominated}}<br />
|<ref name=":1"/><br />
|-<br />
|}<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{IMDb name|nm10496435}}<br />
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{{National Film Award Best Female Playback Singer}}<br />
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[[Category:Indian women playback singers]]<br />
[[Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners]]<br />
[[Category:1952 births]]<br />
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