Anindita Paul is an Indian playback singer who performs primarily in Assamese, Bengali, and Hindi. She has worked in Assamese cinema and has recorded songs for Hindi and Bengali films.
Anindita Paul received a Visharad degree in Hindustani classical vocal music from an institution affiliated with the Bhatkhande Music Institute, Lucknow. She initially trained under Dipen Roy in Guwahati and later continued her training in Kolkata under Pandit Ajoy Chakraborty.
Paul began her career performing stage shows in Assam and later became an artist of Bhajans and modern songs at All India Radio.
In 2000, she released her first Assamese album, . The lyrics and compositions were written by Kamalananda Bhattacharya. Anindita sang three songs on the album, including the title track.
In 2001, Paul made her debut in Bollywood with the song âÂÂKaisa Dhuan Uth Raha Haiâ along with Zubeen Garg and Sagarika Mukherjee for GargâÂÂs album Nupur. She later collaborated with Zubeen Garg on several projects in Assamese cinema, including the film (2002).
Paul's debut solo album, Tumar Prasangshat (2010), was titled by poet Hiren Bhattacharyya.
Anindita Paul sang her first Hindi Song, "Kaisa Dhuan Uth Raha Hai", along with singers Zubeen Garg and Sagarika Mukherjee from Zubeen's album Nupur in 2001. Later, she also sang under Zubeen Garg's music direction in the Hindi film Strings and the Hindi-Assamese bilingual Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare. She has sung for Bengali films, including , under the music direction of Ravindra Jain. She has also lent her voice to the TV serial Remix (Star One) for music director Pritam.
Paul can be heard on the remix album Play-Gal Mix (released by Universal Music) and Dance Attack (released by His Master's Voice), and has recorded two Telugu devotional songs for flutist Naveen Kumar in Mumbai. Paul performed in the Spirit of Unity Concert for Universal Integration at Visakhapatnam in 2007, and recently, she joined Shankar Mahadevan Productionsâ musical show My Country My Music.
She worked alongside Lata Mangeshkar in the Chhattisgarhi film Bhakla.
Paul has performed in commercials for Fair & Lovely, Action Flotter, Nerolac Paints, Herbalife, and iBall Andi HD6. She has also sung in an advertisement for Care Honey Lotion in Pakistan.
Anindita Paul has been nominated twice for the National Film Awards: for the song from the film and for from Jetuka Pator Dore.
2004 Jyotipura Media Award for Best Female Playback Singer for ()
2005 Prag Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer for (Dinabandhu)
2010 Prag Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer for ()
2014 Prag Cine Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Raag (film)
2015 Assam State Award Best Female Playback Singer for Raag (film).