Shahnaz Rahmatullah
Shahnaz Rahmatullah (Template:Née; 2 January 1952 – 23 March 2019) was a Bangladeshi singer.[1][2][3] Her notable songs are Ekbar Jete De Na Amar Chotto Sonar Gaye, Je Chilo Drishtir Shimanay and Ek Tara Tui Desher Kotha.[4] She was the recipient of the Ekushey Padak in 1992 and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the film Chhutir Phande (1990).[5][6]
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Background
Rahmatullah was born on 2 January 1952 as Shahnaz Begum in Dhaka to M Fazlul Haq and Asiya Haq.[7] Actor Zafar Iqbal and music director Anwar Parvez were Rahmatullah's brothers.[3][8] She got trained by ghazal maestro Mehedi Hassan, Ustad Phul Mohammad, Ustad Munir Hossain and Altaf Mahmud.
Rahmatullah was married to Maj (retd) Abul Bashar Rahmatullah.[9]
Career
Rahmatullah debuted in singing at the age of 11, as a playback singer for the film Notun Sur (1963).[10][11] She first performed on television in 1964.[11] She sang in Bangladeshi and Pakistani films.[12] She mostly sang modern (Adhunik Gaan) and patriotic songs. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, she sang patriotic songs such as Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhe and Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan.[13][14] She released an album with Samina Chowdhury called Megh Roddur on which she sang six songs composed by Shafiq Tuhin.[15] She released four albums in total.[10]
Four of Rahmatullah's songs were selected in a BBC survey of 20 greatest Bangla songs of all times.[10]
Rahmatullah died on 23 March 2019 of a heart attack at her residence in Baridhara, aged 67.[11]
Pakistani journalist, Hamid Mir said, "Shahnaz Begum passed away in Bangladesh on March 23 when many Pakistanis were listening to her famous song Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhay on Pakistan day."[10]
Works
- Films
- Notun Sur (1962)[11]
- Abar Tora Manush Ho (1973)[11]
- Ghuddi (1975)
- Albums
- Badal Diner Pakhi[11]
Film songs[16]
Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
1966 | Behula | "O Behula Sundori" | Altaf Mahmud | Zahir Raihan | chorus |
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"Nache Mon Dhina Dhina" | Mahmudun Nabi | ||||
Bhawal Sanyasi | "Sokhi Amar Elo Mrigayay" | Satya Saha | Zia Haider | Anjuman Ara Begum | |
Daak Babu | "Holud Baato, Mehndi Baato" | Ali Hossain | Mohammad Moniruzzaman | chorus | |
Jorina Sundori | "Aaj Mon Nache, Praan Nache" | Osman Khan | solo | ||
1967 | Saiful Mulq Badiuzzaman | "Jibon Joubon Sob Dilam" | Satya Saha | M. A. Gafur | solo |
"Mayabhora Ei Raate" | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Anjuman Ara Begum | |||
1968 | Balyobondu | "Pakhir Kakoli Theme Gelo" | Anwaruddin Khan | Amjad Hossain | solo |
Chorabali | "Mon Jodi Chay Jete Hariye" | Satya Saha | Kazi Latif Haque | solo | |
Etotuku Asha | "Shudhu Ekbar Bole Jao" | Satya Saha | Moniruzzaman Monir | Khandaker Faruk Ahmed | |
Momer Alo | "Noyone Noyon Rekhechho" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Poroshmoni | "Jhiri Jhiri Haowa" | Satya Saha | Johir Chowdhury | Khandaker Faruk Ahmed | |
Saat Bhai Champa | "O Saat Bhai Champa Jaago Re" | Amir Ali | Khan Ataur Rahman | solo | |
1969 | Agantuk | "Ami Je Kebol Bolei Choli" | Azad Rahman | Dr. Abu Haider Sajedur Rahman | Mahmudun Nabi |
"Olira Gun Gun Gunguniye" | solo | ||||
Beder Meye | "Guner Nonod Lo" | Altaf Mahmud | Jasim Uddin | Abdul Alim | |
Mukti | "Tumi Asbe Ei Logone" | Karim Shahbuddin | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Naginir Prem | "Bondhur Poth Cheye" | Mansur Ahmed | Nurul Islam Lal | solo | |
"Emon Modhur Bijhun Raate" | |||||
"Nache Re Nache Thoi Thoi" | Sabina Yasmin | ||||
Patalpurir Rajkonya | "Aji Patalpurite Uthal Pathal Uthechhe" | Mansur Ahmed | Nurul Islam Lal | chorus | |
Shaheed Titumir (Urdu) | "Laaye Hain Husn Ka" | Mansur Ahmed | Fayyaz Hashmi | Sabina Yasmin | |
Surjyo Othar Aage | "Jodi Emon Kore Abhimane" | Satya Saha | Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal | Abdul Jabbar | |
1970 | Adhikar | "Logno Je Boye Jay" | Ali Hossain | Syed Shamsul Haque | solo |
Anka Banka | "Anuraage Gaane Gaane" | Altaf Mahmud | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Bablu | "Amar Chhotto Bhaiti" | Karim Shahabuddin | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Binimoy | "Dekha Nei, Dekha Holo" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Ekoi Ange Eto Roop | "Jibone Rong Chirodin Robe Na" | Ali Hossain | Mohammad Moniruzzaman | solo | |
Koto Je Minoti | "Ami Gaanke Bhalobeschhi" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
"Amar Koto Gaan Chhilo Je" | |||||
"Tumi Saat Sagorer Opar Hote" | Abdul Jabbar | ||||
Modhu Milon | "Adhare Alo Hoye" | Bashir Ahmed | Syed Shamsul Haque, Masud Karim, Shahidul Islam | Bashir Ahmed | |
"Kuhu Kuhu Shuni Ami" | |||||
Nupur | "Laaj Laage Mor Sokhi" | Karim Shahabuddin | S. M. Hedayet | Sabina Yasmin | |
Peech Dhala Poth | "Phooler Kaane Bhromor Ese" | Robin Ghosh | Mohammad Moniruzzaman | solo | |
Rong Bodlay | "O Pakhi Re" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Sontan | "Jokhon Tokhon Bole Keno Mon" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
Surjyo Othar Aage | "Ami Oi Mone Mon Diyechhi Jokhon" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
"Ektu Somoy Dile" | Khandaker Faruk Ahmed | ||||
1971 | Jolchhobi | "Dushtumi Jar Chokher Patay" | Khandaker Nurul Alam | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Abdul Jabbar |
Smriti Tuku Thak | "Mon To Chhowa Jabena" | Alam Khan | solo | ||
1972 | Anowara | "Allahumma Salli Aala Muhammad" | Khandaker Nurul Alam | Abdul Latif | solo |
Bahram Badshah | "Hay Hay Mori Joubon Jaala Re" | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, M A Kashem, Osman Khan | solo | ||
Ehsaas (Urdu) | "Ruk Jao, Abhi Mat Jao" | Robin Ghosh | Ahmad Rushdi | ||
1973 | Abar Tora Manush Ho | "Ek Nodi Rokto Periye" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Khan Ataur Rahman | solo |
1974 | Bichar | "Bolbona Go, Sei Kothati Aar" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
1975 | Aponjon | "Slamalekum, Keno Eto Deri Holo?" | Ali Hossain | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Khurshid Alam |
1977 | Kuasha | "Bondhu Amay Rekho Shudhu" | Azad Rahman | Jebunnisa Jamal | Mahmudun Nabi |
Raater Koli | "Mon Jare Kachhe Pete Chay" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
1980 | Ghuddi | "Ghum Ghum Ghum, Chokhe Dey Chum" | Lucky Akhand | Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury | solo |
1981 | Dena Paona | "Duti Ankhi, Duti Tara" | Satya Saha | Masud Karim | solo |
1983 | Sakkhi | "Parina Bhule Jete" [17] | Alauddin Ali | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
1990 | Chhutir Phande | "Sagorer Soikote" | Anwar Parvez | Shahidul Haque Khan | solo |
1995 | Muktir Songram | "Ek Nodi Rokto Periye" (part 1) | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Uttam Akash | solo |
"Ek Nodi Rokto Periye" (part 2) | |||||
"Phooler Kane Bhromor Ese" | |||||
Unreleased | Chumki | "Tumi Amay Diyo Upohar" | Azad Rahman | Mohammad Rafiquzzaman | solo |
Non-film songs
Year | Album | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
N/A | Single | "Sagorer Teer Theke" | Anwar Parvez | solo |
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Songs for television
Year | Show | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
N/A | Single | "Mayadore Bnadha Poira" | Mansur Ahmed | Nurul Islam | Abdul Alim |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
N/A | Single | "Jebhabe Achhi Beche" | Alauddin Ali | Nuruzzaman Sheikh | solo |
1978 | Bangladesh Television [17] | "Prothom Bangladesh Amar Shesh Bangladesh" | Alauddin Ali | Moniruzzaman Monir | solo |
N/A | Anandamela [17] | "Je Chhilo Drishtir Simanay" | Alauddin Ali | Nazrul Islam Babu | solo |
Awards
- President's Pride of Performance Medal (1965)[18]
- Ekushey Padak (1992)
- Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer (1990)
- Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award
- Bangladesh Chalachitra Sangbadik Samity Award
References
- ↑ "Error: no
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specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in bn). Prothom Alo. https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/article/1584947. Retrieved 23 March 2019. - ↑ "Citibank pays tribute to Shahnaz Rahmatullah". The Daily Star. 19 January 2008. http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/citibank-pays-tribute-to-shahnaz-rahmatullah/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Shahnaz Rahmatullah at 'Bela Obela Sarabela'". Priyo. 2012-09-08. http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2012/09/08/shahnaz-rahmatullah-59248.html.
- ↑ "Shahnaz Rahmatullah honoured". Dhaka Tribune. 21 September 2013. http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2013/sep/21/shahnaz-rahmatullah-honoured.
- ↑ (in bn). Government of Bangladesh. http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ↑ "Error: no
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specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in bn). Government of Bangladesh. Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২. Retrieved 25 March 2019. - ↑ "Error: no
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specified when using {{Cite web}}" (in bn). http://akhauranews.com/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%A8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF-%E0%A6%8F%E0%A6%95-%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%9C-%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%B9%E0%A6%AE%E0%A6%A4%E0%A7%81%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE/. Retrieved 23 March 2019. - ↑ Nashid Kamal (2018-02-24). "An afternoon with Shahnaz Rahmatullah". The Daily Star. https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/lifes-lyrics/afternoon-shahnaz-rahmatullah-1539013.
- ↑ "Shahnaz Rahmatullah laid to rest" (in en). 2019-03-24. https://www.thedailystar.net/city/singer-shahnaz-rahmatullah-be-buried-at-dhaka-banani-graveyard-1719661.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 "What more can the world expect from a Singer?" (in en). 2019-03-29. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/what-more-can-the-world-expect-singer-1721677.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 11.3 11.4 11.5 "Shahnaz Rahmatullah passes away". Daily Star. 24 March 2019. https://www.thedailystar.net/frontpage/news/shahnaz-rahmatullah-passes-away-1719625. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Celebrated singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah dies at 67". bdnews24.com. 24 March 2019. https://bdnews24.com/entertainment/2019/03/24/celebrated-singer-shahnaz-rahmatullah-passes-away. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "'Sohni dharti' — always" (in en). 2019-03-26. https://www.dawn.com/news/1471930.
- ↑ "Singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah laid to rest". 2019-03-24. https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/dhaka/2019/03/24/singer-shahnaz-rahmatullah-laid-to-rest.
- ↑ "Shahnaz Rahmatullah passes away". Prothom Alo. 24 March 2019. https://en.prothomalo.com/entertainment/news/193007/Singer-Shahnaz-Rahmatuallah-dies. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
- ↑ "Shahnaz Rahmatullah songs in Bengali". https://gaana.com/artist/shahnaz-rahmatullah. Retrieved 29 April 2022.
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 Very few composers are as lucky as me: Alauddin Ali
- ↑ "Ferdausi Rahman turns 78 today" (in en). 2020-06-28. https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/ferdausi-rahman-turns-78-today-1921857.
External links
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- Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
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- Recipients of the Pride of Performance