Ferdous Ara

Ferdous Ara
ফেরদৌস আরা
Ferdous Ara ফেরদৌস আরা
Born	Brahmanbaria
Genres	Nazrul Geeti; Patriotic; Adhunik;
Instrument(s)	Vocals
Years active	1973–present

Ferdous Ara is a Bangladeshi

Nazrul Sangeet singer.^[3]^[4]

Early life and education

Ara, nicknamed Marine, was born in Brahmanbaria District to A.H.M. Abdul Hai, a classical singer of the early 1950s, and Mosharrefa Begum.^[1]^[2] She has three sisters, Jannat Ara, Nur-e-Jannat and Hur-e-Jannat.^[5] She completed her bachelor's and master's in History from the University of Dhaka.^[5]

Career

In 1973, Ara started her career as a regular vocal artist in

Bangladesh Radio and afterward in Bangladesh Television. She has released numerous albums of Nazrul Sangeet, contemporary and patriotic songs.^[5] In 1985, her first album was released by SARGAM. She became the first person in Bangladesh whose music video of Nazrul Sangeet was released.^[5]

Ara teaches Nazrul songs at the

Impress Telefilm.^[4]

Ara sang at the Gala Concert at Royal Albert Hall, London on an invitation of Inner London Education Authority in 1986. She also performed in Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.^[2]

Ara authored the books Sangeet Bhubaney Nazrul (Nazrul in Music World) and Sanchitar Katha Barta (Conversation of Sanchita).

nTV, both are television programs about Nazrul

.

Albums

First tape with 12 Nazrul songs, Sargam (1985)
Long play and tape,
Nazrul Institute
(1986) (Nazrul geeti)
Shaon-A-Rathe, HMV (Nazrul geeti) (1999)^[2]
Tumi Ashley Jey Ki Bhalo Lagey, HMV (Nazrul and Modern songs mixed album)
Tumi Ki Dokhina Pobon, HMV (2005)

Personal life

Ara is married to Rafiqul Mohammed, a government officer(retired 2018). Together they have a son, Faisal Mohammed who was designated as one of the first Bangladeshi Sexton Scholar in the field of Electrical Engineering from Dalhousie University, Canada (2016/2017) and a daughter, Fahmi Ferdous.^[2]