Iman Chakraborty (born 13 September 1989) is an Indian singer and actress. Chakraborty won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer in the year 2017 for her Bengali song "Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho" from Praktan film. Accordingly, She is one of the few singers who have won a national award for the debut film song in India. Early life and career Iman was born in the town Liluah of the Howrah district of the West Bengal state of India. During her growing up days she learnt music from her late mother Trishna Chakraborty and got inclined towards literary works of Rabindranath Tagore. Her first break came when she approached Indian record label company Saregama, which decided to produce her first album 'Bosh te dio kachhe' in Bengali language. The album consisted of renditions of a few songs by Tagore. The album caught the eyes of composer Anupam Roy, who wanted to experiment with a fresh voice, with new vocal and tonal qualities, for his composition. She subsequently sang Roy's Bengali film song composition "Tumi Jaake Bhalobasho" which was her debut film song. The song earned her the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer In December 2018, she released the song "Monn", the title song of the Tollywood album Monn. It was a duet with singer Sarbajit Ghosh, who is also the music director, composer, lyricist and producer of the song. Musical influences Chakraborty is heavily inspired by Rabindranath Tagore Accolades National Award for the Best Female Playback singer (2017). Filmography Films Web Series References External links Living people 1989 births People from Howrah Singers from West Bengal Women musicians from West Bengal Indian women playback singers Bengali playback singers Indian film actresses Indian web series actresses Bengali actresses Actresses in Bengali cinema Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award winners 21st-century Bengalis 21st-century Indian singers 21st-century Indian women singers 21st-century Indian actresses