Antara Mitra

Antara Mitra came to limelight when she became a contestant in the popular singing reality shows Indian Idol 2 in 2006. Mitra became more well-known and got recognition after the release of her duets Gerua and Janam Janam with Arijit Singh. She also received a significant amount of Indian media coverage for her singing of the Dilwale songs. Her Baby Jaan song from Bhaijaan Elo Re received an overwhelming response on YouTube and created a record of becoming the fastest Bengali language video track to reach 1 million views on YouTube.

Mitra sings in multiple languages: Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, and English and is active in the Bollywood film soundtrack music industry. In an interview to the Times of India in 2010, Mitra thanked and expressed her gratitude to Music Director Pritam, as he was the first one to show faith in her talent, as at that time all film songs for which she had lent her vocals were composed by Pritam. Mitra received positive reviews for her first hit song 'Bheegi Bhaagi Si' a duet with Mohit Chauhan from Hindi film Rajneeti. Mitra got widespread recognition for her acclaimed duet songs Gerua, Janam Janam co-sung with Arijit Singh.