Career
Trained in Indian classical music, she started her career with the All India Radio in Kolkata. Neeta Senator focused on modern Bengali music during the early part of her career. She went on to direct music in more Bengali films like Krishna Bhakta Sudhama.
A deeply devout person personally, her work was almost completely dominated by devotional films, television serials and music albums in her latter years.
She went on to direct music in several noted films like Rokto Joba, Nandan (1979), Sita (1980), Golap Bou (1977), Sonar Bangla (1982) and Baba Loknath (1994). Another Film "Pahari Phool", though as a movie it was not a great success, but it carries the signature of the beauty and innovation of her music composition.
Play backed by Manna Dey, Arati Mukherjee, Arundhati HomChowdhury et al. She worked in Mumbai briefly post marriage before moving back to Kolkata.
Music composed by her has been sung by eminent Bengali and Indian singers including Hemanta Mukherjee, Kishore Kumar, Asha Bhosle, Anuradha Paudwal, Bhupender Singh, Srikanta Acharya and Aarti Mukherjee.
She worked closely with celebrated and renowned Bengali lyricist Gouri Prasanna Majumdar. Following his demise she founded the Gouriprasanna Smriti Samsad, a committee to keep the memory of his music alive. Neeta went on to teach music and prominent Bengali singers like Sreeradha Banerjee and Ruprekha Chatterjee have since trained under her.
Some of her well-known songs are Oh go Nayoner Abir, Mon Jodi Kono Din Projapoti Hoye Jay, Chokhe Chokh Rekhe and Tomar Du Chokh Pujor Prodip hole.
During her career in Associated Independent Recording she sang Bengali songs like Boshonto Bela, Amaye bhulbe ki, Maloti, Akash Golpo Bole and Jonakir Deep Gulo. Neeta Senator did her earlier training with noted musician of the era Sudhirlal Chakraborty where her co learners were Utpala Senator, Shyamal Mitra amongst others
Neeta gave up eating meat in her later years. A frail person, she started suffering from colitis from a young age.
On 31 March 2006, she started getting severe abdominal pains and died on 1 April 2006.
Phaguai Ke Kumari
Tomar Chandra Surya O Duti Chokh
Shiv Shambhu Tripurari
Andhakar Sudhu Andhakar
Tini Ekti Belpatate Tushta
Amake Bhalobaso
Amar Jibon - Andhare
Chokhe Chokh Rekhe
Chhum Chhum Chhum
Tomar Charaner Dhwani
Panchapradipe Dhupe Tomare Arati Kori
Bhole Baba Par Lagao
Tumi Pathor Na Ki Pran
Tora Haat Dhor Protigga Kor
Jharna Achhe Pahar Achhe
Piner Chhayamakha Ankabanka Poth Dhore
Haay Eki Shunilam.
