Farida Yasmin (3 February 19408 August 2015)
was a Bangladeshi playback singer.
Early life
Yasmin was born in
Murshidabad
Murshidabad fa, مرشد آباد (, or ) is a historical city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is located on the eastern bank of the Bhagirathi River, a distributary of the Ganges. It forms part of the Murshidabad district.
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at her maternal grandparents' house.
[ Yasmin took lessons from her mother, Mouluda Khatun and from Durgaprasad Roy, and Ustad Moti Miya.
In 1959 she debuted her playback singer career in the film ''"E Desh Tomar Amar"''.][
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Personal life
Yasmin was married to writer Qazi Anwar Hussain
Qazi Anwar Hussain (19 July 1936 – 19 January 2022) was a Bangladeshi writer who mainly penned spy thriller, detective and adventure based novels, most of which are adaptations translated from or heavily influenced by foreign literature.
Ear ...
.Sabina Yasmin
Sabina Yasmin (born 4 September 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Bengali cinema. She has won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer a record 14 times. She has recorded more than 1 ...
, all of them are notable singers.[
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1940 births
2015 deaths
20th-century Bangladeshi women singers
20th-century Bangladeshi singers
Singers from West Bengal