Sourabhee Debbarma

{{short description|Indian singer|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{Use dmy dates|date=January 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=January 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Sourabhee Debbarma | image = Sourabhee Debbarma (cropped).jpg | caption = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|10|18|df=y}} | birth_place = Agartala, Tripura, India | occupation = Playback singer, actress, director | years_active = 2009 | known_for = Indian idol | height_cm = 162 | spouse = Kapil Thapa | awards = Indian idol best female award | website = {{url|www.sourabheedebbarma.com}} | module = {{Infobox musical artist | embed = yes | background = solo_singer | genre = Playback singing | years_active = 2009 }} }} '''Sourabhee Debbarma''' (born 1985) is an Indian singer who was a contestant on the ''Indian Idol 4'', where she became the first female winner.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sourabhee-debbarma-wins-indian-idol-4/86569-8.html |title=Sourabhee Debbarma wins Indian Idol 4 |access-date=2 March 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090303040500/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/sourabhee-debbarma-wins-indian-idol-4/86569-8.html |archive-date=3 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref name="indianidol">[http://indianidol.sify.com/contestants/sourabhee/ Sourabhee's Indian Idol Page] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090225124703/http://indianidol.sify.com/contestants/sourabhee/ |date=25 February 2009 }}</ref> She is also a Guinness World record holder. She is a singer, performer and entertainer who performed live concerts and has performed across India and abroad in countries like Hong Kong, Nigeria, Durban, New York City, London, Kuwait, Bangladesh and Nepal.<ref>{{cite news|url= http://www.nagalandpost.com/indian-idol-sourabhee-performs-in-dimapur/183348.html|title= Indian Idol Sourabhee performs in Dimapur|date= 13 October 2018|work= Nagaland Post|access-date= 21 October 2018|archive-date= 20 February 2020|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200220002141/http://www.nagalandpost.com/indian-idol-sourabhee-performs-in-dimapur/183348.html|url-status= dead}}</ref>

== Personal life == Sourabhee Debbarma was born in 1985 to a couple from Tripura. Even though Sourabhee's parents are government employees and disconnected from the world of music, they have been supportive of her decision and encouraged her.<ref name="IC">[http://www.instantcast.com/AllStars/Sourabhee_Debbarma/Article ShowBizy :: The Worlds Biggest Media and Entertainment Directory]</ref>{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}} She had done her education in St Paul's School, Agartala.<ref>{{cite news|url= https://thenortheasttoday.com/archive/5-women-from-tripura-who-are-making-it-big-at-the-international-arena/|title= 5 women from Tripura who are making it big at the international arena!|accessdate= 21 October 2018|work= The North East Post}}{{Dead link|date=January 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

=== Guinness World Record === Sourabhee Debbarma, the first female Indian Idol who hailed from Tripura breaks the Guinness World Record and made to the list of Guinness Book of World Record. In the telecast on 18 March on a private TV channel, the former "Indian Idol" winner Sourabhee Debbarma attempted to sing a song hanging upside down. She took the challenge to break the existing record of New Zealand's Rebecca Wright, who sang upside down for 3 Min 53 seconds. She sang for 4 minutes and 30 seconds. Sourabhee has always been extremely interested in Music and was found performing in all college events when she was a student of ASMs College of Commerce Science and Information Technology CSIT.{{citation needed|date=July 2018}}

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==External links== * {{Official|http://www.sourabheedebbarma.com|Sourabhee Debbarma Official}}

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