Ferdausi Rahman (; born 28 June 1941) is a Bangladeshi

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. 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 Independence Day Award in 1995 by the

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. She also got the 2015 Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement. She is still the only female to ever own the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film '' Megher Onek Rong'' (1976).

Early life

Ferdausi Begum was born to folk singer Abbas Uddin. She had two elder brothers, Justice Mustafa Kamal (d. 2015) and singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (d. 2025). Her nieces, Nashid Kamal, Samira Abbasi and Sharmini Abbasi, are singers.

Career

Rahman participated as a children artiste in radio programmes. 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 '' Asiya'' in 1960. Her father was one of the music directors of the film. In 1964, her song was broadcast on the newly established Pakistan Television in erstwhile

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(now Bangladesh). Her children's program ''Esho Gaan Shikhi'' is a program to teach children about music on Bangladesh Television 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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* Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director (1976) * Bachsas Awards (1976) *

(1977) * Independence Day Award (1995) * Nasiruddin Gold Medal * A crest as part of the Gunijon Shongbordhona programme (2009) * Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 at the

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Personal life

Rahman was married to Rezaur Rahman, an engineer and industrialist, from 1966 until his death in 2024. They had two sons, Rubaiyat Rahman and Razin Rahman.

Film songs

Non-film songs

References

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