Baby Naznin (born 23 August 1965) is a Bangladeshi singer. She won the 2003BACHSAS Award for Best Female Playback Singer. She also won the 2003

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer ( bn, জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার) is the highest award for female film playback singers in Bangladesh. History Bangladesh National Fil ...

for her performance in the film '' Sahoshi Manush Chai''. She is dubbed "Black Diamond" in Bangladesh.

Biography

Naznin was born on 23 August in 1965 in

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, Nilphamari in what was then

East Pakistan East Pakistan was a Pakistani province established in 1955 by the One Unit Scheme, One Unit Policy, renaming the province as such from East Bengal, which, in modern times, is split between India and Bangladesh. Its land borders were with India ...

. She has a sister, Lini Sabrin. Her first lesson in song was started under her father, Mansur Sarkar. She started singing on stage when she was just seven years old. She sang her first movie song in 1980. In her early days, Naznin was also a volleyball player and once represented

Rajshahi division Rajshahi Division ( bn, রাজশাহী বিভাগ) is one of the eight first-level administrative divisions of Bangladesh. It has an area of and a population at the 2011 Census of 18,484,858. Rajshahi Division consists of 8 district ...

. In 1987 Naznin released 12 modern songs as her first album, ''Patramita'', under the music direction of

Maksud Jamil Mintu Samiul Mintu is a Bangladeshi music composer and director. He won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the song "Ekta Chilo Sonar Konya" in the film ''Srabon Megher Din'' (1999). Early life and career Mintoo first played ...

. Then the albums ''Nisshobdo Sur'', ''Kal Sara Raat'', ''Prem Korileo Daay'', and ''Duchokhe Ghum Aase Na'' strengthened her position in modern songs. She released her 50th solo album in 2014. So far, she has released over two hundred mixed albums. She also has three books of poetry in the market named ''Shey'', ''Thotey Bhalobasha'' and ''Priyomukh''. Naznin sought nomination to compete at the Nilphamari-4 constituency representing the

Bangladesh Nationalist Party The Bangladesh Nationalist Party ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয়তাবাদী দল, Bangladesh Jātīyotābādī Dol; BNP) is a centre-right to right-wing nationalist, political party in Bangladesh and one of the major ...

(BNP) for the

2018 Bangladeshi general election General elections were held in Bangladesh on 30 December 2018 to elect 300 directly-elected members of the Jatiya Sangsad. The result was a landslide victory for the Awami League led by Sheikh Hasina. According to political scientist Ali Riaz, ...

. As of November 2020, she resides in the United States and serving as the assistant secretary for international affairs of the BNP.

Works

;Albums * ''Shankha Nadir Majhi'' (2011)

Film songs

References

External links

* Living people 1965 births People from Nilphamari District 20th-century Bangladeshi women singers 20th-century Bangladeshi singers Bangladeshi playback singers Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners Best Female Singer Bachsas Award winners 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers {{Bangladesh-singer-stub