Sheikh Luthfur Rahman (born 1920) was a Bangladeshi composer and singer. He received the Ekushey Padak from the

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in 1979. He was notable for the composition of the songs "Orey Bhai, Bangladesher Bangali Ar Nai", “Shunen Hujur Bagher Jaat Eyi Bangalira”, “Manbona Bondhon Manbona” and others.

Early life

Since age nine, Rahman was trained under his father, Sheikh Abdul Huque, in

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 ...

and

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 Li ...

. Umapodo Bhattacharjyo, the principle of the local high school, taught him pure classical music. He also received training in pure classical songs under Onathnath Basu and Biddyut Biswas.

Career

Rahman moved to

Kolkata Kolkata (, or , ; also known as Calcutta , the official name until 2001) is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal, on the eastern bank of the Hooghly River west of the border with Bangladesh. It is the primary business, comme ...

in 1942. He joined the Song Publicity Department and was enlisted at the Kolkata Radio Station. After 1947, he settled in the 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 ...

and joined the radio station as an enlisted artiste. From 1956 to 1964, he lived in erstwhile

West Pakistan West Pakistan ( ur, , translit=Mag̱ẖribī Pākistān, ; bn, পশ্চিম পাকিস্তান, translit=Pôścim Pakistan) was one of the two Provincial exclaves created during the One Unit Scheme in 1955 in Pakistan. It was d ...

where he taught at the Nazrul Academy, in

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. Rahman wrote an autobiography title "Jiboner Gaan Gayee".

References

{{authority control 1920 births People from Satkhira District Bangladeshi composers Recipients of the Ekushey Padak Year of death missing Place of death missing Pakistani musicians Indian musicians