Fahmida Khatun

Fahmida Khatun is a Bangladeshi Rabindra Sangeet singer.[1] She was awarded Shilpakala Padak in 2014.[2]

For the Bangladeshi economist, see Fahmida Khatun (economist).
Fahmida Khatun
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupationsinger
Parent
Relatives

Early life

Khatun was born to Qazi Motahar Hossain, a scientist and National Professor of Bangladesh. Her siblings include Sanjida Khatun, Qazi Mahbub Hussain and Qazi Anwar Hussain.

Khatun started off as a dancer. She later turned to singing. As a school student, she took lessons in classical music at home.[1] Her mentors were Ustad Munir Hussain in classical and Sanjida Khatun, Kalim Sharafi, Abdul Ahad in Tagore songs.[1]

Career

In 1956, Khatun rendered songs of the mother character in Chandalika, a dance drama. She rendered "Ami Tomar Shongey Bedhechhi Amar Praan" in the film Dharapat, the first Rabindra Sangeet song used in a film made in the then East Pakistan.[3][1]

On December 26, 1964, the second day of the inauguration of Bangladesh Television, Khatun and Zahedur Rahim sang the first Rabindra Sangeet on the television screen. The song was titled "Tori Amar Hothat Dube Jai".[4]

References
  1. Ahsan Habib (6 August 2007). "Rabindra Sangeet: Awakening Bengali nationalism - In conversation with Fahmida Khatun". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  2. "Shilpakala Padak 2014 conferred". The Daily Star. 21 February 2015. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  3. Fahmim Ferdous (17 June 2014). "Melodies on a monsoon evening". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  4. Faridur Reza Sagor (26 July 2014). "The First Days of Television". The Daily Star. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
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