Ferdous Ara is a Bangladeshi

Nazrul Sangeet Nazrul Sangeet ( bn, নজরুল সঙ্গীত), also Nazrul Geeti ( bn, নজরুল গীতি; ), refers to the songs written and composed by Kazi Nazrul Islam, the national poet of Bangladesh. Nazrul Geeti incorporate revolut ...

singer.

Early life and education

Ara, nicknamed Marine, was born in

Brahmanbaria District Brahmanbaria ( bn, ব্রাহ্মণবাড়িয়া, translit=Brahmôṇbaṛiya) is a district in eastern Bangladesh located in the Chittagong Division. Geographically, it is mostly farmland and is topographically part of the Ga ...

to A.H.M. Abdul Hai, a classical singer of the early 1950s, and Mosharrefa Begum. She has three sisters, Jannat Ara, Nur-e-Jannat and Hur-e-Jannat. She completed her bachelor's and master's in History from the

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Career

In 1973, Ara started her career as a regular vocal artist in

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and afterward in Bangladesh Television. She has released numerous albums of Nazrul Sangeet, contemporary and patriotic songs. In 1985, her first album was released by SARGAM. She became the first person in Bangladesh whose music video of Nazrul Sangeet was released. Ara teaches Nazrul songs at the Nazrul Institute,

and Dhaka Music College. She founded a music school, ''Sur Saptak'' in 2000. She contributed as a background vocal in films, documentaries, and drama. She sang in a movie titled Meher Nigar by Impress Telefilm. Ara sang at the Gala Concert at

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, London on an invitation of

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in 1986. She also performed in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Ara authored the books ''Sangeet Bhubaney Nazrul'' (Nazrul in Music World) and ''Sanchitar Katha Barta'' (Conversation of Sanchita). She also hosts ''Sanchita'' on Channel i and ''Ei Shomoy'' on nTV, both are television programs about

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Albums

* First tape with 12 Nazrul songs, Sargam (1985) * Long play and tape, Nazrul Institute (1986) (Nazrul geeti) * ''Shaon-A-Rathe'',

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(Nazrul geeti) (1999) * ''Tumi Ashley Jey Ki Bhalo Lagey'',

(Nazrul and Modern songs mixed album) * ''Tumi Ki Dokhina Pobon'',

(2005)

Personal life

Ara is married to Rafiqul Mohammed, a government officer(retired 2018). Together they have a son, Faisal Mohammed who was Designated as one of the first Bangladeshi Sexton Scholar in the field of Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University, Canada (2016/2017) and a daughter, Fahmi Ferdous.

Awards

Bachsas Award Bachsas ( Bangladesh Cholochitra Sangbadik Samity) Awards was introduced in 1972 to encourage the fledgling film industry of the country. Bangladesh Cholochchitra Shangbadik Samity (Bangladesh Cine-Journalists' Association) gave out their most p ...

* TRAB Award * Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin Gold Medal * Channel I Lifetime Achievement Award * Nazrul Award (2017)

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References

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