Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) also known as Ferdausi Begum is a Bangladeshi

playback singer A playback singer, also known as a ghost singer, is a singer whose singing is pre-recorded for use in films. Playback singers record songs for soundtracks, and actors or actresses lip-sync the songs for cameras; the actual singer does not ap ...

. She is the daughter of folk singer

Abbas Uddin Abbasuddin Ahmed (27 October 1901 – 30 December 1959) was a Bengali folk song composer and singer born in the Bengal province of British India. He was known for Bhawaiya folk song which is a style commonly found in Rangpur, Undivided Goalp ...

. She sang some popular film songs for

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i films also in the 1960s especially working with the music composer Robin Ghosh in film Chakori 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 Mustafa Kamal (died 2015) and singer

Mustafa Zaman Abbasi Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (born 8 December 1936) is a Bangladeshi musicologist. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1995 by the Government of Bangladesh. Abbasi is the youngest son of folk singer-composer Abbas Uddin Ahmed. As of 2016, he serves as a se ...

. 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 Khan Ataur Rahman 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. NTV 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

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(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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