Ferdausi Rahman
Ferdausi Rahman ফেরদৌসী রহমান | |
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Rahman in 2017 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Ferdausi Begum |
| Born | 28 June 1941 Cooch Behar, Bengal Presidency, British India |
| Genres | Bhawaiya (folk), Nazrul Geeti, Ghazal |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, Music director |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Harmonium |
| Years active | 1955–present |
| Website | ferdausi |
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).