Ferdausi Rahman
{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ferdausi Rahman
| native_name = ফেরদৌসী রহমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Ferdausi Rahman 2017.jpg
| caption = Rahman in 2017
| birth_name = Ferdausi Begum
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|06|28}}
| birth_place = Cooch Behar, Bengal Presidency, British India
| genre = Bhawaiya (folk), Nazrul Geeti, Ghazal
| occupation = Singer, Music director
| instrument = Vocals, Harmonium
| years_active = 1955–present
| website = {{URL|ferdausi.com}}
}}
Ferdausi Rahman ({{nee|Begum}}; born 28 June 1941) is a Bangladeshi playback singer.{{cite news |title=Through the Eyes of Ferdausi Rahman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/through-the-eyes-of-ferdausi-rahman-16477 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=26 January 2015}} She sang some popular film songs for Pakistani films also in the 1960s especially working with the music composer Robin Ghosh in film Chakori released in 1967. She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Day Award in 1995 by the government of Bangladesh.{{cite web |url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/all_independence_awardees |script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা |language=bn |trans-title=List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award |access-date=4 August 2019 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}{{cite web |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |access-date=3 April 2019 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}} She also got the 2015 Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement.{{Cite web |date=2017-07-24 |title=Actress Shabana, singer Ferdausi Rahman given lifetime achievement awards |url=https://en.ntvbd.com/entertainment/142699/Actress-Shabana-singer-Ferdausi-Rahman-given-lifetime-achievement-awards |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=NTV Online |language=en}} She is still the only female to ever own the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Megher Onek Rong (1976).{{Cite web |title=Filmography|url=https://ferdausi.com/filmography/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |language=en-US}}
Early life
Ferdausi Begum was born to folk singer Abbas Uddin. She had two elder brothers, Justice Mustafa Kamal (d. 2015) and singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi (d. 2025). Her nieces, Nashid Kamal, Samira Abbasi and Sharmini Abbasi, are singers.
Career
Rahman participated as a children artiste in radio programmes. In 1955, she first sang for the radio as an adult artiste. The first released movie where she sang as a playback singer was Ehtesham's Ei Desh Tomar Amar under the music direction of Khan Ataur Rahman in 1959, followed by Asiya in 1960. Her father was one of the music directors of the film.
In 1964, her song was broadcast on the newly established Pakistan Television in erstwhile East Pakistan (now Bangladesh).
Her children's program Esho Gaan Shikhi is a program to teach children about music on Bangladesh Television and the program has been running for 44 years. She is known as Gaaner Khalamoni (Aunt of Song) for this program.{{cite news |title='Khalamoni' Ferdausi Rahman returns with 'Esho Gaan Shikhi' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/news/khalamoni-ferdausi-rahman-returns-esho-gaan-shikhi-2976951 |access-date=6 March 2022 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 March 2022 |language=en}} NTV has been airing a program of her songs presented by contemporary artistes.{{cite news |title=Ferdausi Rahman - Unique in her own domain |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/03/d60303140168.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=12 June 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123248/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/03/d60303140168.htm |url-status=dead }}
Awards and honors
- Lahore Cine Journalist Awards (1963)
- President's Pride of Performance Award (1965) by the President of Pakistan
- Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director (1976)
- Bachsas Awards (1976){{cite news |script-title=bn:সঙ্গীতসম্রাজ্ঞী ফেরদৌসী রহমান |trans-title=Music Queen Fedausi Rahman |url=http://www.dainikazadi.org/details2.php?news_id=969&table=january2013&date=2013-01-10&page_id=25 |newspaper=Dainik Azadi |date=10 January 2013 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051322/http://www.dainikazadi.org/details2.php?news_id=969&table=january2013&date=2013-01-10&page_id=25 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}
- Ekushey Padak (1977)
- Independence Day Award (1995)
- Nasiruddin Gold Medal
- A crest as part of the Gunijon Shongbordhona programme (2009)
- Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 at the Meril Prothom Alo Awards.
Personal life
File:Ferdausi Rahman Wedding 1966 Dhaka.jpg
Rahman was married to Rezaur Rahman, an engineer and industrialist, from 1966 until his death in 2024.{{Cite web |last=Hoque |first=Anisul |date=2025-06-06 |title=Why do my eyes get wet when I think of my father? |script-title=bn:বাবাদের কথা মনে হলে চোখ কেন ভিজে আসে|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/relation/jodee3keeg |access-date=2025-06-06 |work=Prothomalo |language=bn}} They had two sons, Rubaiyat Rahman and Razin Rahman.{{cite web |url=http://ferdausi.com/biography/ |title=Biography |website=Ferdausi Rahman |access-date=8 March 2015}}
Film songs
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| scope="col" width=21%| Year{{cite web|url=https://gaana.com/artist/ferdousi-rahman|title=Ferdousi Rahman songs in Bengali|access-date=29 April 2022}} | scope="col" width=21%| Film | scope="col" width=23%|Song | scope="col" width=20%|Composer(s) | scope="col" width=20%|Songwriter(s) | scope="col" width=21%|Co-artist(s) |
| 1961
| "Ami Rupnogorer Rajkonna" | Robin Ghosh | N/A | solo |
| 1962
!Jowar Elo | "Nishi Jaga Chand Hase" | Dhir Mansur Ali | Mohammad Mohsin | solo |
| 1964
!Sangam (Urdu) | "Kitne Suhaane Rangeen" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Azizul Haque Aziz | solo |
| 1965
!Kaajal | "Yeh Aarzoo, Jawaan Jawaan" | Subal Das | Suroor Barabankvi | solo |
| rowspan=6| 1966
! rowspan=2| Begaana | "Main Tujhse Mohabbat Karta Hoon" | rowspan=2| Robin Ghosh | rowspan=2| Shair Siddiqui | Nazir Baig |
| "Yeh Pyaar Ki Saugat Hain"
| solo |
| Rowspan=3| Daak Babu
| "Ogo Tumi Dure Theke" | rowspan=3| Ali Hossain | rowspan=3| Mohammad Moniruzzaman | Syed Abdul Hadi |
|---|
| "Chupi Chupu Kachhe Ese"
| Rowspan=2| solo |
| "Dole Dol Dolna Dole" |
| Gunai Bibi
| "O Kokil Daiko Na" | Satya Saha | Abdul Hai Mashreki | solo |
| 1967
!Chaowa Paowa | "Kichhu Aage Hole Khoti Ki Chhilo" | Satya Saha | Mohammad Moniruzzaman | Mahmudun Nabi |
| 1968
!Aparichita | "Tomader Ei Rong Mohole" | Satya Saha | Masud Karim | solo |
| 1969
| "Gaan Hoye Ele" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| rowspan=9| 1970
!Binimoy | "Kichhu Bola Jayna" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| Chhoddobeshi[https://open.spotify.com/album/7dGwOZdtyLTCeatXsXZM6s Chhoddobeshi (1977) movie songs]
| "Ei Neel Neel Sei Nirjoner" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| Jog Biyog
| "Bolaka Mon Harate Chay" | Subal Das | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| rowspan=2| Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo
| "Shaluk Shaluk Jhiler Jole" | rowspan=2| Altaf Mahmud | rowspan=2| Gazi Mazharul Anwar | rowspan=2| solo |
| "Amar Jhumko Latar Bajubondhe" |
| rowspan=2| Modhu Milon
| "Keno Ami Osohay Aaj" | rowspan=2| Bashir Ahmed | rowspan=| Syed Shamsul Haque, Masud Karim | rowspan=2| solo |
| "Chhaya Hoye Tobu Pashe Roibo"
| Shahidul Islam |
| rowspan=2| Rong Bodlay
| "Amar Naam Soniya" |rowspan=2| Satya Saha | rowspan=2| Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Satya Saha |
| "Jokhon Chhilem Ekla"
| solo |
| rowspan=2| 1972
| "Gaaner Kotha" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| Nijere Haraye Khuji
| "Sarabela Mon Jeno Kare" | Karim Shahabuddin | | solo |
| 1974
!Bichar | "Bolbo Na Go, Sei Kothati" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| 1976
!Cholo Ghor Bandhi | "Ogo Bosonto Koto Juge Juge" | Khandaker Nurul Alam | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo |
| rowspan=2| 1977
!Amar Prem[https://open.spotify.com/album/6iZxGSs3vKk0mO2VWXIIBU Amar Prem (1977) movie songs] | "Ami Karo Jonno Potho Cheye Robo" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Khandaker Faruk Ahmed |
| Pinjor
| "Ki Kore Tomake Bhulbo" | Khandaker Nurul Alam | Shahjahan Chowdhury | solo |
| 1978
!Modhumita[https://open.spotify.com/album/0xrU2oxaatLHK336UGa6p9 Modhumita (1978) film songs] | "Ogo Mor Modhumita" (female) | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, M. N. Akhtar | solo |
| 1979
!Iman | "Tor Banda Aaj Haat Tulechhe" | Ali Hossain | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, M A Hedayet | solo |
Non-film songs
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| N/A
!Single | "Ami Sagorero Neel" | Abdul Ahad | Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal | solo |
References
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{{Pride of Performance for Arts}}
{{Meril Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award}}
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Category:Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singers
Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance
Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak
Category:Recipients of the Independence Award
Category:National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients
Category:Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners
Category:Best Music Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Category:Best Female Singer Bachsas Award winners
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers
Category:20th-century Bangladeshi singers