She was considered one of the sweetest voices of playback singing in the 60s and 70s. She has thousands of songs in Bengali and nearly dozen in other languages to her credit.
Pandit Anindya Chatterjee, eminent tabla player, has declined the offer of Padma Sri honour. He is the second person from Bengal's music industry, after singing legend Sandhya Mukherjee, who refused Padma honour.
Soumi Sengupta, daughter of veteran playback singer Sandhya Mukherjee, said her mother declined the honour because, "To confer a Padma Shri to a legend like her at the age of 90 is extremely demeaning".