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and music composer Anwar Parvez were his siblings.

Background

Shahnaz Rahmatullah with her brother Zafar Iqbal

Iqbal learned to play guitar in the 1970s. He formed his own band ''Rambling Stone'' in 1966 with two of his friends named Mukit & Akash. The band used to perform regularly at the hotel

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Dhaka. Music director

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hired him as a session guitarist for his upcoming film ''Pitch Dhala Poth''. During one of those shows, director

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met Iqbal and offered him work as an actor in a lead role for the film ''Apan Por ''.

Career

After the

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, Iqbal started acting regularly from the mid-1970s. He acted in films including ''Shurjo Shongram'', its sequel ''Shurjo Grahan'', Mastan (1975), Bedin, Chor, Ongshidar, ''Noyoner Alo'' (1984), Ashirbad, Abishkar, Morjada, Chobol, Shikar, Jogajog, Premik, Shondhi, Akorshon, Obodan, Miss Lanka, Doshi, Shahosh, Gorjon, Kabin, Chorer Bou, Usila, Srodhdha, Shajano Bagan, Bondhu Amar, Lawarish, MohaShotru and Lokhkhir Shongshar. He co-starred with actress

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in more than 30 films. In the mid-1980s, Iqbal released a solo album. He died of liver failure in 1991.

Personal life and death

Iqbal was married to Sonia. Together they had two sons, Shadab and Zain. The eminent singer died on 6 January 1992, due to cancer.

Filmography

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iqbal, Zafar 1950 births 1991 deaths Bangladeshi male film actors Bangladeshi male musicians Burials at Azimpur Graveyard Place of death missing 20th-century Bangladeshi male musicians