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Revision as of 16:39, 17 March 2013 by Ricose (talk | contribs) (Undid revision 544929030 by Kmzayeem (talk)wikipedia language must be kept neutral and encyclopedic, not promoting subjects with peacock terms)(diff) ← Previous revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)Ferdousi Rahman (Template:Lang-bn) formerly known as Ferdousi Begum (born: 28 June 1941), is the only daughter of folk singer Abbas Uddin. Her music career started under her father's direction.
She participated as a children artiste in many radio programs, but she first sang for the radio as an adult artiste in 1955. The first released movie where she sang as a playback singer was Ehtesham's 'Ei Desh Tomar Amar' under the music direction of Khan Ataur Rahman in 1959, followed by 'Asia' in 1960. One of the music directors of the movie 'Asia' was her father Abbas Uddin.
NTV (Bangladesh) has been airing a program of her songs presented by contemporary artistes.
In 1964, Rahman's song was broadcast in the newly established Pakistan Television in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh). She was awarded President's Pride of Performance Medal in 1965, the Ekushey Padak in 1973, the Independence Day Award (Shadhinota Dibash Padak) in 1995, Nasiruddin Gold Medal and Film Journalists Award. On 17 July 2009, Rahman was awarded a crest as part of the Gunijon Shongbordhona program. Ferdausi Rahman received the lifetime achievement award 2008 at the Meril-Prothom Alo Award ceremony.
Her children's program "Esho Gaan Shikhi" was a program to teach children about music on Bangladesh Television, and the program has been running for 44 years.
She has 2 elder brothers, Former Chief Justice of Bangladesh Justice Mustafa Kamal and singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi. Her niece Nashid Kamal sings Nazrul Geeti, Folk and Classical. Her other nieces who are also singers are Samira Abbasi (in the US) and Sharmini Abbasi (Dhaka).
Ferdausi Rahman is married to Rezaur Rahman, an engineer and industrialist; and has two sons Rubaiyat Rahman and Razin Rahman, and three grandchildren.
References
- ^ Ferdausi Rahman honoured The Daily Star 19 July 2009, accessed 3 March 2010
- ^ Ferdousi receives lifetime achievement award The Daily Star 23 May 2008, accessed 17 March 2010