Nilufar Yasmin is a Bangladesh

Bangladesh

Bangladesh , officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh is a sovereign state located in South Asia. It is bordered by India on all sides except for a small border with Burma to the far southeast and by the Bay of Bengal to the south...

i singer. She was born on February 13, 1948 at 130/A Park Street, Kolkata

Kolkata

Kolkata , formerly known as Calcutta, is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Located on the east bank of the Hooghly River, it was the commercial capital of East India...

. Her father, Lutfar Rahman, belonged to former Provincial Civil Service of British India and her mother Begum Mouluda Khatun comes of an aristocratic family of Murshidabad, who also was a vocal artiste taking music lessons from eminent musician Ustaad Kader Baksh. She was the fourth of five famous 'Yasmin' sisters in the Bangladesh Music World. The elder sisters are Farida Yasmin, Fauzia Yasmin

Fauzia Yasmin

Born in 1942 in Rajshahi, Bangladesh, Ms. Fauzia Yasmin was one of the most popular vocal artists of the then East Pakistan during the 1960s. Her father Mr...

, Nazma Yasmin, and Sabina Yasmin

Sabina Yasmin

Sabina Yasmin is a popular singer of Bangladeshi origin. She is renowned in Bangladesh for her patriotic songs as well as her playback singing in Bangladeshi cinema...

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Career

Nilufar Yasmin excelled in classical, Nazrul Sangeet, and Kirtan., Atulprasad, Dwijendralal and Rajanikanta, even Puratoni, Tappa, and Thungri. She was also equally adept in modern songs and playbacks.

Awards and achievements

She received Ekushey Padak

Ekushey Padak

Ekushey Padak is one of the highest civilian awards in Bangladesh, introduced in memory of the martyrs of the Language Movement of 1952 that took place on February 21, 1952.-2001:*Shah Abdul Karim...

 (posthumously), one of the highest civilian awards by the Government of Bangladesh, in 2004, for her contribution in Bangladesh Music. She received BaChSaS (Bangladesh Cholochchitro Sangbadik Society or Bangladesh Film Journalists Association) and National Film Award for her song "Eto Shukh Shoibo Kemon Kore" in the movie Shuvoda. She also received another BaChSaS award in 1975 for her playback in the movie Shujon Shokhi.
As a recognition to her contribution, the Library of the Natyokala Department in Dhaka University is named as ‘Nilufar Yasmin Memorial Library’ in 2006.

Life and education

She passed HSC (Higher Secondary Certificate) in 1965. Then she entered and graduated from Dhaka University in Social Science. There she met what happened to be her future husband, Khan Ataur Rahman

Khan Ataur Rahman

Khan Ataur Rahman was a Bangladeshi film actor, director, producer, screenplay writer, music composer, and singer. He is mostly famous for his role in the film Jibon Theke Neya . In this film, his rendition of the song E Khancha bhangbo ami kemon kore echoed the national psyche on East Pakistan's...

, the famous personality in Bangladesh Culture. They married in 1968. She died of Cancer in 2003. She left behind her only son Khan Anisur Rahman (Agoon) who has established himself as a notable singer, composer.

Discography

Pother Sheshe (CD): a compilation of her most famous modern and playback songs.

Bangladesher Hridoy Hote (CD): Vol 1: a compilation of Nazrul Sangeet by Nilufar Yasmin and Khairul Anam Shakil

External links

• Remembering Nilufar Yasmin Daily New Age, February 25, 2005
• 10 awarded Ekushey Padak The Daily Star, February 17, 2004