Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) also known as Ferdausi Begum is a Bangladeshi playback singer. She is the daughter of folk singer Abbas Uddin. She sang some popular film songs for

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i films also in the 1960s especially working with the music composer

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in film

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released in 1967. She was awarded

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in 1977 and

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in 1995 by the

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Personal life

Rahman had two elder brothers, Justice

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(died 2015) and singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi. Her niece, Nashid Kamal, is a singer. Her other nieces who are also singers are Samira Abbasi and Sharmini Abbasi. Rahman is married to Rezaur Rahman, an engineer and industrialist, since 1966. They have two sons, Rubaiyat Rahman and Razin Rahman.

Career

Rahman participated as a children artiste in radio programs. In 1955, she first sang for the radio as an adult artiste. The first released movie where she sang as a playback singer was Ehtesham's ''Ei Desh Tomar Amar'' under the music direction of

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in 1959, followed by ''

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'' in 1960. One of the music directors of the film ''Asiya'' was her father Abbas Uddin. In 1964, her song was broadcast on the newly established

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in erstwhile

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(now Bangladesh). Her children's program ''Esho Gaan Shikhi'' is a program to teach children about music on

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, and the program has been running for 44 years. She is known as ''Gaaner Khalamoni'' (Aunt of Song) for this program.

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has been airing a program of her songs presented by contemporary artistes.

Awards and honors

* Lahore Cine Journalist Awards (1963) * President's

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Award (1965) by the President of Pakistan *

Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Direction ( bn, বাংলাদেশ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার শ্রেষ্ঠ সঙ্গীত পরিচালক) is the highest award f ...

(1976) *

Bachsas Awards 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 ...

(1976) *

(1977) *

(1995) * Nasiruddin Gold Medal * A crest as part of the Gunijon Shongbordhona program (2009) * Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 at the

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Film songs

References

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