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Shakila Sharma (born 28 February 1962), better known as ''Shakila Zafar'', is a Bangladeshi singer.


Early life

Shakila was born in
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, Pakistan. She grew up in Pakistan with her family. Her family belongs to
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, Bangladesh. Her father was a government employee of Pakistan. He was assigned to the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan. In 1970, Shakila came to Bangladesh and was admitted in the Willes Little Flower School. She followed this with graduation from Dhaka University, in philosophy.


Career

Shakila's career began as a result of her appearance in the 1983 BTV program '' Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren'' where she performed an
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themed song "Tula Rashir Meye". Her fifteenth album, ''Labonye Purno Pran'', was her first solo album of
Rabindra Sangeet ''Rabindra Sangeet'' ( bn, রবীন্দ্র সঙ্গীত; ), also known as Tagore Songs, are songs from the Indian subcontinent written and composed by the Bengali polymath Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize in ...
. It contains ten songs selected and arranged by Tagore song exponent Chanchal Khan. It was recorded in Kolkata and released on the G-Series label in April 2011.


Personal life

Shakila first married Manna Zafar. She added "Zafar" to her name after marriage. The couple has a child, but relationship with Manna broke down many years ago. In December 2015, Shakila again married an Indian poet and engineer, Ravi Sharma, who is the former CEO of Adani Power and was also CEO-South Asia at
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. After her second marriage, she changed her name to Shakila Sharma based on her current husband's name.


Bengali songs


Film songs


Televison songs


Non-film songs


References


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* * 1962 births 20th-century Bangladeshi women singers 20th-century Bangladeshi singers 21st-century Bangladeshi women singers 21st-century Bangladeshi singers Living people {{Bangladesh-singer-stub