Sagarika

Sagarika
Sagarika
	Sagarika in 2013
Born	Sagarika Mukherjee; Guwahati, Assam, India
Other names	Saag (Nickname) ; Sagarika Mukherjee Da Costa ; Sagarika Da Costa
Alma mater	Jai Hind College, Mumbai
Occupations	Singer; composer; actress; restaurateur;
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Martin Da Costa (m. 2002)
Children	2
Parents	Manas Mukherjee (father); Sonali Mukherjee (mother);
Relatives	Shaan (brother)
	Musical career
Genres	Blues; Filmi; Pop; Indipop;
Instrument	Vocals
Labels	Polygram; Sony Music; Sony BMG; BMG Music; Universal Music Group; Warner Music Group; Virgin Records; HMV;

Sagarika Mukherjee, also known as Saag, is an Indian singer and actress. She sings mainly in Hindi, Assamese and Bengali language songs but has also sung in Tamil and Telugu languages. She is the daughter of singer and composer Manas Mukherjee and granddaughter of lyricist Jahar Mukherjee.^[1]

Before going solo, she was half of a popular Indian duo with her brother with whom she released albums such as Q-Funk, Roop Inka Mastana and Naujawan. Apart from singing and acting in movies and albums, she is also a restaurateur.^[2]

Early life

Sagarika Mukherjee was born in Guwahati, Assam, India, but originally belongs from Kolkata metrocity of West Bengal in a Bengali family. In 1973, she moved to Mumbai, Maharashtra (now in Mumbai) with her family. Her father died in 1986.^[3] Then, her mother became a singer and took charge of the entire family.^[4]^[5]

Career

Early singing

Sagarika made her debut as a child playback singer in the Bollywood film Shaayad in 1979 and in the Bengali film Agnishuddi in 1984. Later, she sang several Bollywood film songs.

In 1998, she released her first album Maa after going solo. Then in 2001, her second album Mere Liye was released along with her brother Shaan and co-singers Zubeen Garg and Suchitra Pillai and also was her first music composer of all songs in the album. Later in 2006, her third album It's All About Love was released by Universal Distribution. She collaborated with Pakistani band Strings on the song "Pal". It is featured in the band's fourth album Dhaani.

In 1998, Sagarika debuted in the Assamese Music Industry as an adult playback singer with her first Assamese Song in the film Joubone Amoni Kore. However, the film did not feature her song and it was only used as a bonus track in the original soundtrack for the film. A year later, the Assamese film Morom Nodir Gabhoru Gaat featured two songs sung by Sagarika, thus leading to her official debut in an Assamese film. Sagarika contributed to several Assamese albums and original soundtracks like Pansoi, Megha, Meghor Boron, Maharathi, Jon Jwole Kopalot, Bishforan, Garam Botaah, Aei Morom Tumar Babe, Nayak, Jonaki Mon etc.

Acting career

Along with singing, Sagarika acted her first Bengali-language film "Shyam Saheb" in 1986. Later, she acted few Bollywood and regional films as well as guest appearances in regional films such as Biyer Phool (1996), Prem Aru Prem (2002), Jonaki Mon (2002), two Assamese film and Inteqam: The Perfect Game (2004). She did not appear in any film in 2005 or 2006. Her only film in 2007 was Kalishankar (2007), a Bengali film (opposite Prosenjit Chatterjee and Swastika Mukherjee). In the same year, she initially made a supporting role in the Bollywood film Life in a Metro, however, her scene was cut during the editing process.

Personal life

Sagarika Martin Da Costa married UK-Italian businessman, entrepreneur and event manager Martin Da Costa on 4 February 2002^[6] and she currently lives in Rome, Italy since 2015. They have two sons, Joshua Da Costa and Michael Da Costa.

Discography

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Language
1998	Maa	Hindi
2001	Mere Liye	Hindi
2004	Tumar Akash	Bengali
2006	It's All About Love	Hindi

Remix albums

Year	Album details	Language
1995	Oorja	Hindi
1995	Roop Inka Mastana
1997	Club Class

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Language
1996	Channel Hits	Hindi
1997	Party Zone
1998	The Ultimate Party Album
2000	Best of Zubeen Vol 6	Assamese
2001	32 Smash Hits	Hindi
2001	Santiago Fiesta Latina: Bollywood Goes Latino (Vol I, II and III)
2002	Hitz Unlimited

Other albums

Year	Album details	Language
1998	Pansoi (As a singer)	Assamese
1999	Megha (As a singer)
1999	Meghor Boron (As a singer)
2000	Sparsh^[7] (As a singer and songwriter)	Hindi
2001	Mayabini (As a singer)	Assamese
2001	Nupur (As a singer and songwriter)	Hindi
2002	Bhool Ja And Other Hits (As a singer)	Hindi

Film songs

Year	Film	Song	Languages	Music Director(s)	Writer(s)	Co-singer(s)
1979	Shaayad	"Khushboo Hoon Main"	Hindi	Manas Mukherjee	Unknown	Mohammed Rafi
1998	Joubone Amoni Kore	"Ulomi Thakute" (Version 2)	Assamese	Bhupen Uzir	Hemanta Dutta	Solo
1999	Morom Nadir Gabhoru Gaat	"Tumar Gaon Khoni Dhuniya"		Atul Medhi	Unknown	Solo
	Morom Nadir Gabhoru Gaat	"Bukure Bhaxa Mur" (Version 2)		Atul Medhi		Shaan
	Maharathi	"Oi Mur Axomor Prothom"		Manash Hazarika		Zubeen Garg, Zublee Baruah
	Maharathi	"Hun Nalage Rup Nalage" (Female Version)		Manash Hazarika		Solo
	Bhopal Express	"Hum Kaise Log Hai"	Hindi	Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy	Sagarika	Solo
2000	Hiya Diya Niya	Assamese	Untitled Hidden Track (Background Score)	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Shaan, Zubeen Garg
	Tarkieb	"Dil Mera Tarse"	Hindi	Aadesh Shrivastava	Unknown	Shaan
	Nidaan	"Waqt Ki Keemat"		Rahul Ranande	Gautam Joglekar	Nandu Bhenade
	Nidaan	"Aaja Re Chanda" (Female)		Rahul Ranande	Gautam Joglekar	Solo
	Jon Jole Kopalot	"Hojao Geetare Godhuli"	Assamese	Jayanta Das	Zubeen Garg, Mrinalkanti Medhi	Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Mahalakshmi Iyer
	Jon Jole Kopalot	"Duru Duru Kope"			Rubul Bora	Shaan
	Bhumiputra	"Nikha Nahe Tupane"			Rubul Bora	Nirmali Das
	Jogantoror Tezal Pua	"Bujilu Nubujila Urvashi"		Debajit Chaudhary	Unknown	Ritu Bikash, Debajit Chaudhary, Aparna Dutta Chaudhary, Shanta Uzir
2001	Anya Ek Jatra	"Kaale Karhi Nile Sonali Sapun" (Female Version)		Rishi Raj Duarah	Dilip Bora	Shaan, Zubeen Garg
	Garam Botah	"Tenekoi Nesaba"		Jatin Sharma	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Bhitali Das
	Aei Morom Tumar Babe	"Nijanote Bukur Tote" (Female Version)		Bhupen Uzir	Unknown	Solo
		"Jonake Uposa"			Hemanta Dutta	Shaan
		"Rati Ene Rati"			Zubeen Garg	Solo
		Untitled Song (Background Score)			Unknown	Shaan
	Nayak	"Mon Ghonot"		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Shaan, Zubeen Garg, Mahalakshmi Iyer, Pamela Jain
2002	Eman Morom Kiyo Lage	"Ture Sobi"		Manoj Sharma	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Shaan
	Danger	"Na Koi Rah Hai"	Hindi	Prasad Sashte	Shailendra Kumar	Nisha, Caralisa Monteiro
		"Main Hoon Danger"				Whosane
		"Danger Ek Kharatnak Khel"				Whosane
	Prem Aru Prem	"Sokuwe Sokuwe Sinaki"	Assamese	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Jonkey Borthakur, Mahalakshmi Iyer
	Jonaki Mon	"Phule Phule Aji Huoni"		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Shaan, Zubeen Garg, Arnab, Pamela Jain
	Priya O Priya	"Bohag Mahot Gosor Dalot"		Manas Robin	Manas Robin	Zubeen Garg, Kumar Bhabesh, Dilip Fernandez
2004	Ishq Hai Tumse	"Humko Chahiye"	Hindi	Himesh Reshammiya	Sameer	Shaan
2004	Shudhu Tumi	"Gun Gun Gunjare"	Bengali	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Shreya Ghoshal
2005	Page 3	"Yahaan Zindagi"	Hindi	Samir Tandon	Sandeep Nath	Shaan, Shabab Samir
2006	Priyotoma	"Ek Kemon Chhelebela"	Bengali	Jeet Ganguly	Unknown	Solo
	Priyotoma	"Ei Pathe Saath Chalo Na"	Bengali	Jeet Ganguly	Unknown	Shaan, Shreya Ghoshal
	Snehabandhan	"Rod Pore Sutalot" (Female Version)	Assamese	Nanda Banerjee	Unknown	Solo
	Snehabandhan	Untitled Assamese Hidden Song (Background Score)		Nanda Banerjee	Unknown	Shaan
	Aami Asomiya	"Oi Moke Nai Lage Re" (Version 2)		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Shaan
2011	Hayi Haayiga	"Vollantha Okate"	Telugu	John Christopher	Unknown	Solo

Non-film songs

Year	Album	Song	Languages	Composer(s)	Writer(s)	Co-singer(s)	Notes
1995	Oorja	Q-Funk	Hindi	Phill and Jerry	Shweta Shetty, Stylebhai, Shaan, Babul Supriyo, Alisha Chinai, Shweta Mohan	Solo
		Swing B			Shweta Shetty, Pradeep Roy
		Memory Lane			Sujatha Mohan
	Roop Inka Mastana	Roop Tera Mastana	Hindi	Unknown	Unknown	Shaan, Stylebhai
		Pholoon Ka Taroon Ka				Solo
		Naina Barse				Solo
1996	Naujawan	Aisa Hota Hai	Hindi	Biddu	Raajesh Johri	Shaan	Reused in Tamil Song called "Paarthal Kanngal".
		Disco Deewane			Anwar Khalid	Solo	Remastered version which was originally sung by Pakistani singer Nazia Hasan. Also reused in Tamil song called "Paara Ushar".
		Naujawan (Title Song)			Raajesh Johri	Shaan
		Jhoomi Jani				Solo
		Armaan Dil Ke
		Jaane Kahan Hai					Bonus Track only
1997	Love-Ology	Love-Ology	Hindi	Ram Sampath	Unknown	Shaan
	Love-Ology	"Just baby with Just Good Friend"	Hindi	Ram Sampath	Manohar Iyer	Shaan, Hema Sardesai
	A Reason To Smile	Fifty Fifty	Hindi	Raju Singh	Arun Raj	Shaan
1998	Pansoi	"Door Duronire Mon Junaki Mon"	Assamese	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Background Humming; Also appears in 2002 Assamese film "Jonaki Mon"; Also used in Hindi Version called "Door Yaha Se Door".
		"Sokulore Bhora Nikhati"				Zubeen Garg
		"Duru Duru Kope, Mon Bur Kope"				Solo
	Maa	"Dhup Mein Chaya Jaise"	Hindi	Salim–Sulaiman	Unknown	Solo	First Solo Album Released
	Maa	Other 5 Unknown Hindi Songs (not currently available on YouTube, JioSaavn, Spotify etc.)	Hindi	Salim–Sulaiman	Unknown	Solo	First Solo Album Released
1999	Megha	"Mon Uroniya"	Assamese	Dhrubajyoti Phukan	Zubeen Garg	Solo
	Meghor Boron	"Jodihe Jun Tora Nethake" (Version 2)		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg
	Meghor Boron	"Purnima Jun Tumi"		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Udit Narayan, Mahalakshmi Iyer
2000	Sparsh	"Naam Apna Likh Gaya Hai"	Hindi	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Background Humming
2000	Sparsh	"Kya Hone Laga Mujhe"		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Mahalaxmi Iyer	Also appears in her album Mere Liye and Zubeen's album Nupur.
2001	Mere Liye	"Mere Liye" (Title Song)		Sagarika	Sagarika	Solo
	Nupur	"Kaisa Dhuan Uth Raha Hai"		Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg	Zubeen Garg, Anindita Paul
	Gori Teri Aankhen...	"Chali Chali Man Chali"		Lucky Ali	Aslam	Lucky Ali, Binjo	Background Humming
2002	Indradhanu	"Mur Jibonor Akashote"	Assamese	Bijoy Talukdar	Bishnu Prasad Rabha	Zubeen Garg	Background Humming; Original Version Only
2002	Bhool Ja and Other Hits	Untitled Hidden Song	Hindi	Sagarika	Shaan	Solo
2003	Dhaani	"Pal"	Urdu	Bilal Maqsood	Anwar Maqsood	Strings
2004	Tumar Akash	"Kopal Thakay"	Bengali	Shaan	Manas Mukherjee	Solo
2004	Tumar Akash	"Bujhi Sob"	Bengali	Sagarika	Manas Mukherjee	Solo

Filmography

Key
	Denotes films that have not yet been released

Year	Films	Language	Role
1986	Shyam Saheb	Bengali
1988	Sankellu	Telugu
1996	Biyer Phool	Bengali
1999	Morom Nodir Gabhoru Gaat	Assamese	Special appearances
2000	Tarkieb	Hindi
2001	Mone Bisare Tumak	Assamese
2002	Prem Aru Prem	Assamese
2002	Jonaki Mon
2004	Inteqam: The Perfect Game	Hindi
2005	Page 3	Hindi	Special appearances Unseen footage
2007	Kalishankar	Bengali	Tithi
2007	Life in a Metro	Hindi	Supporting role; Unseen footage

Music videos

Year	Title	Role	Singer(s)	Album	Notes	Ref
1999	"Tanha Dil Tanha Safar"	Herself	Shaan	Tanha Dil	Special appearance Also appears in the film 99.9FM
2001	"Kaisa Dhuan Uth Raha Hai"	Herself	Anindita Paul	Nupur

As a composer

Year	Album	Language	Notes
2000	Sparsh	Hindi	First Music Composer debuts with 2 songs but rest of all songs were composed by Zubeen Garg
2001	Mere Liye	Hindi
2004	Tumar Akash	Bengali
2006	It's All About Love	Hindi

As a songwriter

Year	Album	Notes
1996	Channel Hits
1997	Party Zone
1997	A reason to smile
1998	The Ultimate Party Album
2000	Sparsh
2001	Mere Liye
2001	Nupur
2002	Hitz Unlimited
2006	It's All About Love

Awards and nominations

Following are the list of awards and nominations in different categories.

Year	Category	Song	Result
Screen Awards
1996	Best Music Video	"Q-Funk"	Nominated
1997	Best Indian Pop Artists	"Aisa Hota Hai"	Won
Channel V Asia Music Awards
1996	Best Indian Pop Songs	"Q-Funk"	Nominated
1997	Best Female Pop Artist	"Disco Deewane"	Nominated
1999	Best Female Pop Artist	"Dhoop Mein Chaya Jaise"	Nominated
MTV Awards
1996	Best Remix Song	"Q-Funk"	Won
MTV Asia Music Awards
2002	Best Favorite Artist in India		Nominated
Aparjita Awards
2019	You Shine Ingenuity		Won

References

^ "It's special working with family", The Tribune India, 15 December 2018, retrieved 28 October 2021
^ "Sagarika & Shaan: Siblings On Song". The Times of India. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2021.
^ Kanika Saini (22 October 2021), "When Shaan's Father Composed His Last Song For Kishore Kumar In Hospital", Lehren, retrieved 22 October 2021
^ Vijayakar, Rajiv (29 May 2012). "Death of the Bollywood Playback Singer : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^ "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Attuned to the lines of destiny". The Hindu. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2021.
^ Archana Masih. "She's everything I want in a woman". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.
^ Desk, Sentinel Digital (7 March 2021). "Northeast's Sensation Zubeen Garg: Early Life, Career, Awards & Controversies - Sentinelassam". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 2 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

External links

Sagarika at IMDb
Sagarika on Facebook
Sagarika on Instagram
Straight Answers Times of India - 2 December 2003

[1] "It's special working with family", The Tribune India, 15 December 2018, retrieved 28 October 2021

[2] "Sagarika & Shaan: Siblings On Song". The Times of India. 12 September 2001. Retrieved 8 October 2021.

[3] Kanika Saini (22 October 2021), "When Shaan's Father Composed His Last Song For Kishore Kumar In Hospital", Lehren, retrieved 22 October 2021

[birthplace-4] Vijayakar, Rajiv (29 May 2012). "Death of the Bollywood Playback Singer : Bollywood News - Bollywood Hungama". Retrieved 9 October 2021.

[5] "Friday Review Thiruvananthapuram / Interview : Attuned to the lines of destiny". The Hindu. 23 March 2007. Archived from the original on 1 October 2007. Retrieved 9 October 2021.

[Valentine's_Day_Special-6] Archana Masih. "She's everything I want in a woman". Rediff.com. Retrieved 4 January 2020.

[7] Desk, Sentinel Digital (7 March 2021). "Northeast's Sensation Zubeen Garg: Early Life, Career, Awards & Controversies - Sentinelassam". Sentinel Assam. Retrieved 2 October 2021. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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