Sabina Yasmin

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Not to be confused with Sabina Yasmin (politician).
Sabina Yasmin
Born (1954-09-04) 4 September 1954[1]
Dhaka, East Bengal (now Bangladesh)
Education MA (Social Science)
Alma mater Dhaka University[1]
Occupation singer
Spouse(s)
  • Anisur Rahman (divorced)
  • Amir Hossain (divorced)
  • Kabir Suman
Children
  • Fairooz Yasmin (daughter)
  • Srabon (son)
Parents
  • Lutfar Rahman (father)
  • Begum Mouluda Khatun (mother)
Awards

Sabina Yasmin (Bengali: সাবিনা ইয়াসমীন; born 1953) is a Bangladeshi singer. She has sung patriotic songs and playback in Bengali films.

Career

Sabina has sung for films (soundtrack), radio, television and gramophone companies. She has been active in the Bangladeshi music industry since the 1970s.[2] She has recorded more than 1,500 songs for films.[1] She sang patriotic and folk songs in the late 1970s and early 1980s. [citation needed]

Personal life

Sabina has three sisters — Farida Yasmin, Fauzia Yasmin and Nilufar Yasmin. Her father, Lutfar Rahman, belonged to former Provincial Civil Service of British India and her mother Begum Mouluda Khatun was a vocal artist who took lessons from the musician Ustaad Kader Baksh. Sabina is the aunt of Agun(son of Khan Ataur Rahman and Nilufar Yasmin), a musician and Reenat Fauzia, a sitar player.[citation needed]

Sabina has married three times. She has a daughter, Fairooz Yasmin (Badhon), a singer, from her first marriage with Anisur Rahman, and a son, Srabon, from her second marriage with Amir Hossain. She is currently married to Suman Chattopadhyay. He is an Indian Bengali lyricist, composer, singer, and political activist.[3]

Awards

[citation needed]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "List of Independence Awardees". Bangladesh Government Cabinet Division. Retrieved 2013-02-05. 
  2. ↑ Syed Badrul Ahsan (2012-04-02). "Sabina Yasmin: Spring in the air". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2013-02-05. 
  3. ↑ "স্বামীর বাড়ি গেলেন সাবিনা ইয়াসমীন". HollywoodBangla. Retrieved 2011-03-08. 

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