Entertainment Report :
September 4 was the birthday of legendary singer Sabina Yasmin. She spent time on her birthday at home. She didn’t have any special plan on the occasion. Her daughter and some of the singer’s friends visited her residence. Due to extreme hot temperature, the singer didn’t attend any television programme, said the singer.
While asking about celebration of her birthday, Sabina Yasmin told this correspondent, “When my birthday comes, I miss my parents and sisters. But after getting everyone’s love, I am trying to forget that pain. I used to hide new clothes for Eid. I used to do the same on my birthday. I used to take out these clothes on my birthday. The joy was different that time.”
Born on September 4 in 1953, Sabina Yasmin, who is best known as a playback singer, the National Film Award winning singer has already lent her voice to more than 10,000 songs in her career. Coming from a culturally rich family, Sabina won the hearts of millions of audiences with her melodious rendering style. As a child artiste, Sabina Yasmin rendered a song for the first time in the Ehtesham-directed movie titled ‘Notun Sur’ in 1962. She made her playback debut with the song ‘Modhu Joshna Dipali’ in the movie titled ‘Agun Niye Khela’ in 1967. Her third playback song titled ‘Shudhu Gaan Geye Porichoy’ with Altaf Mahmud was a major hit. Since then, she didn’t have to look back. Following the hit track ‘Shudhu Gaan Gaye Porichoy,’ her songs with Khan Ataur Rahman, such as ‘Eki Sonar Aloy Jibon Bhoriye Dile’ and ‘Ashru Diye Lekha’ were also well received by the music-lovers. Many of the songs in her voice got popularity after the Liberation War of Bangladesh. Over the years, she worked with several best composers including legendary Indian music composer R D Burman in Bangladesh and India. She gradually performed along with Satya Saha, Subal Das, Khan Ataur Rahman, Ali Hossain, Alauddin Ali, Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul and Gazi Mazharul Anwar.
Alongside receiving the Ekushey Padak in 1984 and the Swadhinata Padak in 1996, Sabina Yasmin won the National Film Award 13 times till now. She won her first National Film Award for ‘Sujon Sokhi’ in 1975.
Sabina Yasmin was born to Lutfur Rahman and Mouluda Khatun in 1953. She was the youngest among her Farida Yasmin, Fauzia Yasmin and Nilufar Yasmin.
