Ferdausi Rahman

Ferdausi Rahman
ফেরদৌসী রহমান
Rahman in 2017
Background information
Birth nameFerdausi Begum
Born (1941-06-28) 28 June 1941
Cooch Behar, Bengal Presidency, British India
GenresBhawaiya (folk), Nazrul Geeti, Ghazal
Occupation(s)Singer, Music director
Instrument(s)Vocals, Harmonium
Years active1955–present
Websiteferdausi.com

Ferdausi Rahman (née Begum; born 28 June 1941) is a Bangladeshi playback singer. 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. She also got the 2015 Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement. 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).