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Farida Parveen

{{Short description|Bangladeshi folk singer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Farida Parveen

| image = Farida Parveen.jpg

| caption = Parveen at the Universal Sufi Festival 2017

| native_name = ফরিদা পারভীন

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|12|31|df=y}}

| origin = Natore District, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan

| genre = Lalon, folk

| occupation = singer

| instrument = instrumental, vocal

| years_active = 1968–present

}}

Farida Parveen (born 31 December 1954){{cite news |url=http://fukuoka-prize.org/en/laureate/prize/cul/parveen.php |title=Farida Parveen [ Arts and Culture Prize 2008 ] |publisher=Fukuoka |access-date=11 November 2015}} is a Bangladeshi folk singer. Referred to as "the Queen of Lalon song,"{{Cite news |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/through-the-eyes/through-the-eyes-farida-parveen-1499194 |title=Through the Eyes of Farida Parveen |last= |first= |date=2017-12-02 |work=The Daily Star |language=en |archive-url= |archive-date= |access-date=2018-12-17 |quote=Farida Parveen is an indistinguishable name in the Bangladeshi folk music arena. Known as the Queen of Lalon songs, she was born at 31st December, 1954 in Natore, Bangladesh and was brought up in Kushtia.}} she received Ekushey Padak in 1987{{cite news |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list |access-date=23 August 2017}} and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the film Andho Prem (1993).{{cite web |url=http://www.fdc.gov.bd/site/page/f3bb17fe-d9ad-4b61-bd8a-5824262691ad/১৯৭৫-২০১২ |script-title=bn:জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) |language=bn |trans-title=List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012) |website=Bangladesh Film Development Corporation |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |access-date=25 March 2019}}

Early life

Parveen was born in Natore and was brought up in Kushtia. Her father worked in the health service. As a child she used to play a harmonium.{{cite news |last1=Ghosh |first1=Avijit |title=Music knows no borders, says Bangladesh singer Farida Parveen |url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Music-knows-no-borders-says-Bangladesh-singer-Farida-Parveen/articleshow/47557997.cms |newspaper=Times of India |publisher=Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd |access-date=10 July 2015}} In 1968, she was enlisted with Rajshahi Betar as a Nazrul singer.{{cite news |author=Ershad Kamol |date=27 July 2005 |title=Lalon singer Farida Parveen is a class apart |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/2005/07/27/d507271401129.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=24 June 2012}} She graduated from Kushtia Government College under Rajshahi University.{{cite news |script-title=bn:'অচিনপাখি': ফরিদা পারভীন |url=http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=545 |work=Glitz |publisher=bdnews24.com |language=bn |access-date=24 January 2013 |archive-date=11 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120311061142/http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=545 |url-status=dead}}

Parveen first took lesson from Komal Chakrabarti. Later on, she received lessons in classical music from Ustaad Ibrahim Khan, Ustad Rabindranath Ray, Ustad Osman Goni and Ustad Motaleb Biswas. She then learnt Nazrul songs from Ustad Mir Muzaffar Ali and Ustad Abdul Qadir. She was introduced to Lalon music by Moksed Ali Shai.

Career

Parveen started her career with Nazrul Sangeet. In 1973, she performed the patriotic song Ei Padma Ei Meghna and the Lalon song Shatyo Bol Shupothey Chol. Her other songs are Tomra Bhulei Gechho Mallikadir Naam, Nindar Kanta Jodi and several Lalon classics. {{Citation needed|date=March 2013}} She sings mostly Lalon songs.{{cite news |title=Farida Parveen to perform at IGCC |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/farida-parveen-perform-igcc-85798 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 July 2015}} In 2014, she performed in a sufi festival organized by Bangladesh embassy and the Centre for Fine Arts in Belgium.{{cite news |title='Sufi Night' in Belgium |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/sufi-night-in-belgium-47822 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=10 July 2015}} In 2015, she performed in New Delhi at a program organized by Bangladesh High commission on Pohela Boishakh.{{cite news |last=Bhattacharya |first=Pallab |title=Naboborsho in Delhi |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/event/naboborsho-delhi-77637 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=11 November 2015}}

Personal life

Parveen was married to lyricist and composer Abu Zafar (1943–2024).{{Cite news|title=Lyricist Abu Zafar no more |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/people/367305/%E2%80%98ei-padma-ei-meghna%E2%80%99-lyricist-abu-zafar-no-more|access-date=2024-12-06|work=Dhaka Tribune |language=en|date=2024-12-06}}

Works

=Songs=

  • "Ei Padma Ei Meghna"
  • "Barir Kache Arshi Nogor"
  • "Shatyo Bol Shupothey Chol"
  • "Tomra Bhulei Gechho Mallikader Naam"
  • "Nindar Kata Jodi"
  • "Porga Namaz Jene Shune"

=Albums=

  • Khachar Vitor Ochin Pakhi
  • Kishoree Bou
  • Milon Hobe Koto Dine
  • Nindar Kata
  • Pap Punner Kotha
  • Shomoi Gele Shodhan Hobena
  • Tomra Vule Gacho

Awards

References

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{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer}}

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Category:1954 births

Category:Living people

Category:People from Natore District

Category:Kushtia Government College alumni

Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers

Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers

Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak

Category:Honorary Fellows of Bangla Academy

Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners

Category:People from Kushtia

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