Bashir Ahmad (singer)
Bashir Ahmed | |
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| Born | 18 November 1939 Kolkata, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Died | 19 April 2014 (aged 74) Dhaka, Bangladesh |
| Genres | Ghazal, playback singing |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, composer, lyricist |
| Years active | 1960–2014 |
Bashir Ahmed (11 November 1939 – 19 April 2014) was a Pakistani-Bangladeshi playback singer, lyricist, and musician who started his career from Lollywood in the 1960s. He is known for his playback songs in the films Talash (1963) and Darshan (1967).[1] He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2005 by the Government of Bangladesh and Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for his performance in the film Kokhono Megh Kokhono Bristi (2003).[2][3] He is known as East Pakistan's Ahmed Rushdi because his singing style is inspired by him.
Early life
[edit]Born on 18 November 1939 in Kolkata, West Bengal, Ahmed migrated to Dhaka, East Pakistan, after the partition period in 1960.[4]
Career
[edit]Ahmed became a pupil of Ustad Vilayat Hussain at the age of 15. Later, he came to Bombay, and became a student of Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan.
Ahmed performed along with Geeta Dutt.[4] Around the 1960s, when the film producer and owner of Gulistan Cinema Hall, Dossani invited Talat Mahmood and Ahmed to East Pakistan to perform, after their tour of Chittagong and Mymensingh, Mahmood returned to India but Ahmed decided to stay back.[4]
In Dhaka, his mentor and brother-in-law, Ishrat Kalkatvi introduced him to Robin Ghosh. Kalkatvi was writing songs for the film Talash (1963), although eventually, Suroor Barabankvi contributed more songs to the film. Ghosh was making tunes for the film. Ahmed sang some numbers for Talash, including the soft romantic one, titled "Kuch Apni Kahiye Kuch Meri Suniye, Yeh Sham Yeh Tanhai Yun Chup To Na Rahiye". Ahmed sang another song titled Main Rickshawalla Matwala. He had another duet in the film, "Tum Bhi Haseen Dil Bhi Jawan".
Ahmed was also a poet and a lyricist, with a pseudonym B. A. Deep. Film-maker, Mustafiz, they contacted Bashir and asked him to write a song for his film, Saagar (1965 film), which he did, titled Ja dekha pyar tera, and sang it too. Similarly in Robin Ghosh's another lilting offering, Karwan, in 1964, Bashir wrote and sang Jab Tum Akele Hoge Hum Yaad Aayenge. He wrote film songs, as B. A. Deep, and also continued to sing as Bashir Ahmed for films like Saagar, Karwan, Indhan, Milan (1964 film),[5] Kangan, Darshan (1967), Soye nadiya Jaage Paani (1967) and Jahan Baje Shehnai (1968). The songs from the films were Yeh Sama Pyara Pyara, Yeh Hawaein Thandi Tthandi (singer Mala), (Yeh mausam yeh mast nazare, pyar karo to inse karo), (Tumhare Liye Iss Dil Mein Itne Mohabbat Hai, Itne Mohabbat Kaun Karega Kahan Paoge Kis Dil Mein Hoge), (Din Raat Khayalon Mein Tujhe Yaad Karoonga, Par Naam Tera Leke Main Aawaz Na Doonga), (Hum Chale Chhor Kar Teri Mehfil Sanam, Dil Kahin Na Kahin To Behal Jayega), (Gulshan Mein Baharon Mein Tu Hai), and (Chun Liya Ik Phool Ko), with Madam Noor Jahan.
In 1971, when the situation worsened in Pakistan, he was not encouraged in the industry as music directors considered him a pale version of Ahmed Rushdi (who remained the greatest singer in the history of Pakistani cinema) and the film Hill Station's songs, namely Mera Dil Na Jaane Kabse Tera Pyar Dhoondta Hai and Mere Seene Par Sar Rakhdo remain his only contributions in this period.[6]
A film that was made on the Dhaka Debacle in the late 1970s, called Sangtarash, also included his numbers, namely Bol Zara Kuch Duniya Wale and Mukhre Mein Chand, but the film, despite pleadings of the film-maker to the military regime of Zia, remained unreleased. So, he went back to Bangladesh in 1975 and continued his music career there.[7]
As a playback singer in the Lollywood, Ahmed sang 61 songs in 24 Urdu films.
Personal life and death
[edit]Ahmed was married to Meena Bashir (Born:16 May, 1959 - Died: 8 August, 2014), a singer.[8] Together they had a daughter, Humayra and a son, Raja Bashir.[6]
Ahmed died on 19 April 2014, aged 74 at his residence in Mohammadpur, Dhaka, Bangladesh. He had been suffering from various diseases including cancer.[6]
Film songs
[edit]| Year[9] | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
| 1964 | Milon | "Tumi More Bhalobasho" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Suroor Barabankvi and B. A. Dweep | Sabina Yasmin |
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| 1966 | Ujala | "Door Jahan Ke Jhamelon Se" | Dheer Ali Mansur | Akhtar Yousuf | solo |
| 1967 | Darshan | "Ye Mousam Ye Mast Nazaray" | Bashir Ahmed | Bashir Ahmed | solo |
| 1969 | Moner Moto Bou | "Aha Ki Je Sundor" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Khan Ataur Rahman | solo |
| "Na Na Na Jeona" | |||||
| Moynamoti | "Horin Horin Noyon Keno Chhol Chhol" | Bashir Ahmed | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Syed Shamsul Haque | solo | |
| "Anek Sadher Moyna Amar" | |||||
| "Dekona Amay Tumi Kachhe Dekona" | |||||
| Qasm Us Waqt Ki (Urdu) | "Ek Main Hoon Ek Tum Ho" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Fayyaz Hashmi | Runa Laila | |
| Qasm Us Waqt Ki (Bengali) | "Duti Mon Matano Chhonde" | Khan Ataur Rahman | Khan Ataur Rahman | Runa Laila | |
| Shaheed Titumir (Urdu) | "Rooth Kar Yun Na Tum" | Mansur Ahmed | Fayyaz Hashmi | solo | |
| 1970 | Antarango | "Bhool Jodi Hoy Modhur Emon" | solo | ||
| Modhu Milon | "Shoponero Moto Lage" | Bashir Ahmed | Syed Shamsul Haque, Masud Karim, Shahidul Islam | solo | |
| "Achenare Dekhe Keno" | |||||
| "Shono Kotha Shono" | |||||
| "Adhare Alo Hoye" | Shahnaz Rahmatullah | ||||
| Pita Putro | "Pantho Ei Mon, Seto Maane Na Baron" | Satya Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | solo | |
| 1974 | Trirotno | "Chouchir Hiye Gechhe" | Khan Ataur Rahman | solo | |
| 1977 | Moner Manush | "Prothom Premer Gopon Porosh" | Bashir Ahmed | Fazal-e-Khoda | Sabina Yasmin |
| 1980 | Rajkonya | "Chondro Taray Michhe Khujechhi Tomay" | Subal Das | M A Malek | Runa Laila |
Non-film songs
[edit]| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
| N/A | Single | "Sobai Amay Premik Bole" | Mina Bashir |
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References
[edit]- ^ "The Legendary Singer Bashir Ahmed Passes Away". Fashion Central. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ [Ekushey Padak winners list] (in Bengali). Government of Bangladesh. Retrieved 23 August 2017.
- ^ জাতীয় চলচ্চিত্র পুরস্কার প্রাপ্তদের নামের তালিকা (১৯৭৫-২০১২) [List of the winners of National Film Awards (1975-2012)]. Government of Bangladesh (in Bengali). Bangladesh Film Development Corporation. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
- ^ a b c "Bashir Ahmed - Taking pride in our past". The Daily Star. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 23 November 2017.
- ^ "MILAN". citwf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ a b c "Bangladesh Legendary singer Bashir Ahmed laid to eternal rest". bdnews24.com. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 22 July 2016.
- ^ "گلوکار بشیر احمد , انہوں نے لازوال گیت گائے، وہ نغمہ نگار اور موسیقار بھی تھے". Daily Dunya (in Urdu). 20 March 2019.
- ^ ২০১৪: বিদায়ের মিছিল. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 8 February 2020.
- ^ "Bashir Ahmed songs in Bengali". Retrieved 29 April 2022.
External links
[edit]- Bashir Ahmad at IMDb
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