Staff Reporter :
A Doa Mahfil seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of eminent singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah was held on Friday at Baitul Atik Central Mosque in Baridhara.
Family members of Shahnaz Rahmatullah arranged the programme, where Senior Pesh Imam of Baitun Noor (Battala, Purana Paltan) Mosque was present and conducted the prayers.
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder,
Barrister Mainul Hosein, Parliament Member of Dhaka-11 and Awami League leader A K M Rahmatullah, deceased’s husband Major (retd.) Rahmatullah and other family members, among others, were present on the occasion.
Shahnaz Rahmatullah, the queen of modern Bangla music with an illustrious career for decades, died of cardiac arrest on March 23. She was 67.
Shahnaz was the daughter of M Fazlul Haque and Asia Haque and the sister of popular film actor late Jafar Iqbal. Under her mother’s care, she was brought up as a singer, and gained public recognition from her early age.
Her professional experience began when she was 11, as a playback singer of Notun Shur (1963), and appeared on television from 1964.
All her life, she was famous for ghazals also. In recognition of her timeless songs, she was awarded Ekushey Padak, National Film Awards, Bangladesh Shilpakala Award and many more.
After the independence, she sang Ek Nodi Rokto Periye, considered to be one of the finest patriotic songs ever sung in Bangla, for Khan Ataur Rahman’s Abar Tora Manush Ho (1973).
After a BBC survey of 20 greatest Bangla songs of all times, listeners selected Ek Nodi Rokto Periye as the 9th best.
The song, written and composed by Khan Ataur Rahman, recalls the contribution of the freedom fighters during the 1971 war.
Her other evergreen songs include Ekbar Jete De Na Amar Chotto Sonar Gaye, Je Chhilo Drishtir Shimanay, Ek Tara Tui Desher Kotha, Amar Desher Matir Gondhe, Sagorer Teer Theke, and Phuler Kane Bhramar Ese.
Shahnaz had wrapped up her career as a singer on personal grounds seven to eight years ago. The announcement came as a shock to many of her fans. She recorded three songs for an album, Badal Diner Pakhi, and that marked the end of the memorable career.
A Doa Mahfil seeking eternal peace for the departed soul of eminent singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah was held on Friday at Baitul Atik Central Mosque in Baridhara.
Family members of Shahnaz Rahmatullah arranged the programme, where Senior Pesh Imam of Baitun Noor (Battala, Purana Paltan) Mosque was present and conducted the prayers.
Election Commissioner Mahbub Talukder,
Barrister Mainul Hosein, Parliament Member of Dhaka-11 and Awami League leader A K M Rahmatullah, deceased’s husband Major (retd.) Rahmatullah and other family members, among others, were present on the occasion.
Shahnaz Rahmatullah, the queen of modern Bangla music with an illustrious career for decades, died of cardiac arrest on March 23. She was 67.
Shahnaz was the daughter of M Fazlul Haque and Asia Haque and the sister of popular film actor late Jafar Iqbal. Under her mother’s care, she was brought up as a singer, and gained public recognition from her early age.
Her professional experience began when she was 11, as a playback singer of Notun Shur (1963), and appeared on television from 1964.
All her life, she was famous for ghazals also. In recognition of her timeless songs, she was awarded Ekushey Padak, National Film Awards, Bangladesh Shilpakala Award and many more.
After the independence, she sang Ek Nodi Rokto Periye, considered to be one of the finest patriotic songs ever sung in Bangla, for Khan Ataur Rahman’s Abar Tora Manush Ho (1973).
After a BBC survey of 20 greatest Bangla songs of all times, listeners selected Ek Nodi Rokto Periye as the 9th best.
The song, written and composed by Khan Ataur Rahman, recalls the contribution of the freedom fighters during the 1971 war.
Her other evergreen songs include Ekbar Jete De Na Amar Chotto Sonar Gaye, Je Chhilo Drishtir Shimanay, Ek Tara Tui Desher Kotha, Amar Desher Matir Gondhe, Sagorer Teer Theke, and Phuler Kane Bhramar Ese.
Shahnaz had wrapped up her career as a singer on personal grounds seven to eight years ago. The announcement came as a shock to many of her fans. She recorded three songs for an album, Badal Diner Pakhi, and that marked the end of the memorable career.
