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{{Infobox person
| name = Falguni Mitra
| honorific_prefix = Pandit
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1942|03|01|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Chittagong
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| nationality = Indian
| citizenship = Indian
| education = Master of Arts, Philosophy, Psychology
| alma_mater = St. Xaviers College, Kolkata
| occupation = [[Hindustani classical]] [[vocalist]]
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| known_for = [[Dhrupad]], [[Dhamar (music)|Dhamar]]
| notable_works =
| style = [[Alaap]], [[Dhrupad]] and [[Dhamar (music)|Dhamar]]
| television = Raag Rang, National Doordarshan
| title = Pandit
| spouse = Pratima Mitra
| children = 1
| parents =
| awards =
| honours = Dhrupad Ratna, Ballava Gandharva, Sangeet Ratna
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[[Pandit]] '''Falguni Mitra''' is a [[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]] vocalist who is known as a [[Dhrupad]] exponent of India.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|title=Into the world of banis|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2016-03-03|newspaper=[[The Hindu (newspaper)|The Hindu]]|access-date=2020-01-08|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200108065958/https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/into-the-world-of-banis/article8309827.ece|archive-date=2020-01-08|publisher=The Hindu Group|location=Chennai|url-access=limited|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/music/reviving-tradition/article3257754.ece|title=Reviving tradition|last=Banerjee|first=Meena|date=2012-03-29|work=The Hindu|access-date=2020-01-09|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref> Mitra belongs to the [[Bettiah]] gharana.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?GharanaId=37&Type=B|title=Betia Gharana}}</ref>

Mitra combines the Dagar style of “Alaapchari” with the Betia style of Dhrupad and Dhamaar .

==Early life==
Mitra was initiated into music by his father, Sangeetacharya Shib Mitra, at the age of five.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Mitra |first1=Falguni |last2=Ranganathan |first2=Sumitra |title=Betia |url=https://www.itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?SubId=25&GharanaId=37&Type=B |website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref>

==Education and work==
Mitra completed his Intermediate from [[St. Xavier's College, Kolkata|St. Xaviers College]], Kolkata; Bachelor's Degree from Vivekananda College, [[University of Madras]] and then earned a master's degree in [[Philosophy]] from the University of Madras.

Mitra had a career in management with a multinational, [[Cookson Group plc|Cookson Group PLC]].{{Specify|reason=Which multinational?|date=January 2020}} Along with his professional career, he also pursued music and took it to an extent which was to be soon recognized as his own rendition of Dhrupad,{{By whom|date=January 2020}} in India and across the world.

Mitra was the [[Guru]] and Prefect of [[ITC Sangeet Research Academy]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/|title=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref> Kolkata from 1999 to 2010<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://itcsra.org/Panelists-2006|title=Guru and Prefect|website=ITC Sangeet Research Academy}}</ref>

Mitra has conducted lecture-demonstrations and written articles in journals in Indai and also abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.pratimachandrafoundation.org/pratima-chandra-memorial-award-2016/|title=Pratima Chandra Foundation}}</ref>

==Music career==
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Mitra is a performer in the Indian music circuit. He is known for his mastery in the Dhrupad style of the Betia Banaras Gharana along with the [[Dagar vani|Dagar]] alap style{{By whom|date=January 2020}}.<ref name=":0" /> {{By whom|date=January 2020}} He sings alap, nomtom and [[Dhrupad]] compositions in all the four [[Banis]], namely, Gaurhar, Dagur, Nauhar and Khandar. He avoids splitting the words during upaj{{which lang|date=June 2020}} and thereby preserves the poetic integrity of those compositions. He is also known to sing many rare [[ragas]] in the [[Dhrupad]] style.

== Some memorable performances ==
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* ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, [[Kolkata]], 1956
* ‘Sangeet Rasika Sabha', [[New Delhi]] Kali Bari, 1957
* ‘Sadarang Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963
* ‘Sarba Bharatiya Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1963, 1965
* ‘Bhawanipore Sangeet Sammilani’, Kolkata, 1963, 1966, 1969, 1972, 1978, 1981, 1995, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
* ‘Sursringar Sammelan‘, [[Mumbai]], 1976
* ‘Sursagar Society Sangeet Sammelan’, Kolkata, 1975, 1977, 1979. 1980, 1982, 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000
* ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhrupad Sammelan’, [[Varanasi]], 1976, 1977, 1979, 2000, 2005, 2010, 2011
* ‘Tansen Sangeet Samaroah‘, [[Raipur]], 1978
* ‘Akhil Bharatiya Dhmpad Sammelan‘, [[Nathdwara]], Rajasthan, 1981
* ‘Kalakshetra Art Festival’, Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1984
* ‘Tansen Sangeet Sammelan‘, Chennai, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989
* ‘Ustad Chand Khan Memorial Conference’, New Delhi 1995
* ‘West Bengal State Music Academy Conference, Kolkata, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2008, 2010
* ‘Dover Lane Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000, 2002
* ‘Sangeet Research Academy Music Circle’, Kolkata, 2000
* ‘Salt Lake Music Conference‘, Kolkata, 2000
* ‘Bangiya Sangeet Parishad Music Conference’, Kolkata, 2002
*lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Raipur, Kanpur, 2004
*Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Kolkata, 2007
*lTC Sangeet Research Academy Conference, Mumbai, 2008
*Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, [[Bangalore]], 2009
*Sangeet Natak Akademi Conference, [[Vrindavan|Brindavan]], 2010
*Prakriti Foundation Gharana Festival, Chennai, 2010
*Kala Prakash music festival, Varanasi, 2010
*Tansen Sangeet Samaroah, [[Gwalior]], 2010
*Eastern Zone Cultural Center, Kolkata, 2011

==Notable works==
* Program in collaboration with Smt. [[S. Sowmya]] on original Hindustani and Carnatic songs followed by Rabindranath Tagore's compositions on the same, Music Academy, Chennai. 1996 {{Citation needed|date=January 2020}}
*Pandit Mitra composed music for Smt. Rukmini Devi Arundale, dance ballet ''Meera of Mewar'' at Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, 1985.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/Tracing-Mira%E2%80%99s-story-musically/article15414460.ece|title=The Hindu Review of Mira Dasi|newspaper=The Hindu|date=6 October 2016|last1=Krishnan|first1=Lalithaa}}</ref>
*Artist at Prakriti Foundation<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://prakritifoundation.com/artiseprofile/pandit-falguni-mitra/|title=Pandit Falguni Mitra}}</ref>

== Honors ==
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* Honored by the South Madras Cultural Association on 3 March 1996.{{Specify|reason=For what?|date=January 2020}}

[[File:Dhrupad Ratna at Kalakendra.jpg|thumb|Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kalakendra, Indore.]]

* Dhrupad Ratna by Dhrupad Kala Kendra, [[Indore]] on 28 March 1998.
*Sangeet Ratna Alankaran by Sree Kashi Sangeet Samaj on 19 February 2012.
*Sangeet Bharati by Sri Satyananda Mahapith, [[Jadavpur]] on 26 February 2016.
*Ballava Gandharva

== External links ==
[https://itcsra.org/Gharana-Details.aspx?SubId=25&GharanaId=37&Type=B Bettiah gharana]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://prakritifoundation.com/artiseprofile/pandit-falguni-mitra/ Official profile]

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