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{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer (born 1941)}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Ferdausi Rahman
| native_name = ফেরদৌসী রহমান
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Ferdausi Rahman 2017.jpg
| caption = Rahman in 2017
| birth_name = Ferdausi Begum
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1941|06|28}}
| birth_place = [[Cooch Behar]], [[Bengal Presidency]], [[British India]]
| genre = [[Bhawaiya]] (folk), [[Nazrul Geeti]], [[Ghazal]]
| occupation = Singer, Music director
| instrument = Vocals, Harmonium
| years_active = 1955–present
| website = {{URL|ferdausi.com}}
}}
'''Ferdausi Rahman''' ({{nee|Begum}}; born 28 June 1941)<ref name="eyes" /> is a Bangladeshi [[playback singer]].<ref name="eyes">{{cite news |title=Through the Eyes of Ferdausi Rahman |url=http://www.thedailystar.net/through-the-eyes-of-ferdausi-rahman-16477 |newspaper=The Daily Star |access-date=26 January 2015}}</ref><ref name="ferdausi.com"/><ref name="NTV"/> She sang some popular film songs for [[Pakistan]]i 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]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cabinet.gov.bd/site/view/all_independence_awardees |script-title=bn:স্বাধীনতা পুরস্কারপ্রাপ্ত ব্যক্তি/প্রতিষ্ঠানের তালিকা |language=bn |trans-title=List of the names of personnel and institutions who won the Independence Day Award |access-date=4 August 2019 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh}}</ref><ref name=ekushey>{{cite web |url=http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/ |script-title=bn:একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ |access-date=3 April 2019 |publisher=Government of Bangladesh |language=bn |trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref> She also got the 2015 [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Lifetime Achievement]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-07-24 |title=Actress Shabana, singer Ferdausi Rahman given lifetime achievement awards |url=https://en.ntvbd.com/entertainment/142699/Actress-Shabana-singer-Ferdausi-Rahman-given-lifetime-achievement-awards |access-date=2023-03-15 |website=NTV Online |language=en}}</ref> She remains the only female to receive the [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director]], for the film ''[[Megher Onek Rong]]'' (1976).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmography|url=https://ferdausi.com/filmography/ |access-date=2025-06-06 |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Early life==
Ferdausi Begum was born to folk singer [[Abbasuddin Ahmed]].<ref name="eyes" /> She had two elder brothers, Justice [[Mustafa Kamal (judge)|Mustafa Kamal]] (d. 2015) and singer [[Mustafa Zaman Abbasi]] (d. 2025).<ref name="eyes" /> Her nieces, [[Nashid Kamal]], Samira Abbasi and Sharmini Abbasi, are also singers. Her grand niece [[Armeen Musa]] is also a singer.

==Career==
Rahman participated as a child artiste in radio programmes. In 1955, she first sang for the radio as an adult artiste.<ref name="ferdausi.com"/> The first released movie where she sang as a playback singer was Ehtesham's ''Ei Desh Tomar Amar'' under the music direction of [[Khan Ataur Rahman]] in 1959, followed by ''[[Asiya (film)|Asiya]]'' in 1960. Her father was one of the music directors of the film.

In 1964, her song was broadcast on the newly established [[Pakistan Television]] in erstwhile [[East Pakistan]] (now Bangladesh).
Her children's program ''Esho Gaan Shikhi'' is a program to teach children about music on [[Bangladesh Television]] and the program has been running for 44 years. She is known as ''Gaaner Khalamoni'' (Aunt of Song) for this program.<ref>{{cite news |title='Khalamoni' Ferdausi Rahman returns with 'Esho Gaan Shikhi' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/news/khalamoni-ferdausi-rahman-returns-esho-gaan-shikhi-2976951 |access-date=6 March 2022 |work=The Daily Star |date=6 March 2022 |language=en}}</ref> [[NTV (Bangladesh)|NTV]] has been airing a program of her songs presented by contemporary artistes.<ref name="NTV">{{cite news |title=Ferdausi Rahman - Unique in her own domain |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/03/d60303140168.htm |newspaper=The Daily Star |date=3 March 2006 |access-date=12 June 2013 |archive-date=2 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202123248/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2006/03/03/d60303140168.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Awards and honors==
* Lahore Cine Journalist Awards (1963)
* President's [[Pride of Performance]] Award (1965) by the [[President of Pakistan]]
* [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director]] (1976)<ref name="ferdausi.com"/>
* [[Bachsas Awards]] (1976)<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:সঙ্গীতসম্রাজ্ঞী ফেরদৌসী রহমান |trans-title=Music Queen Fedausi Rahman |url=http://www.dainikazadi.org/details2.php?news_id=969&table=january2013&date=2013-01-10&page_id=25 |newspaper=Dainik Azadi |date=10 January 2013 |language=bn |access-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304051322/http://www.dainikazadi.org/details2.php?news_id=969&table=january2013&date=2013-01-10&page_id=25 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
* [[Ekushey Padak]] (1977)
* [[Independence Day Award]] (1995)
* Nasiruddin Gold Medal
* A crest as part of the Gunijon Shongbordhona programme (2009)
* Lifetime Achievement Award 2008 at the [[Meril Prothom Alo Awards]].

==Personal life==
[[File:Ferdausi Rahman Wedding 1966 Dhaka.jpg|thumb|right|Rahman with her husband at her wedding in Shahbagh Hotel, Dhaka (1966)]]
Rahman was married to Rezaur Rahman, an engineer and industrialist, from 1966 until his death in 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hoque |first=Anisul |date=2025-06-06 |title=Why do my eyes get wet when I think of my father? |script-title=bn:বাবাদের কথা মনে হলে চোখ কেন ভিজে আসে|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/lifestyle/relation/jodee3keeg |access-date=2025-06-06 |work=Prothomalo |language=bn}}</ref> They had two sons, Rubaiyat Rahman and Razin Rahman.<ref name="ferdausi.com">{{cite web |url=http://ferdausi.com/biography/ |title=Biography |website=Ferdausi Rahman |access-date=8 March 2015}}</ref>

==Film songs==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="100%"
! scope="col" width=21%| Year<ref>{{cite web|url=https://gaana.com/artist/ferdousi-rahman|title=Ferdousi Rahman songs in Bengali|access-date=29 April 2022}}</ref>
! scope="col" width=21%| Film
! scope="col" width=23%|Song
! scope="col" width=20%|Composer(s)
! scope="col" width=20%|Songwriter(s)
! scope="col" width=21%|Co-artist(s)
|-
| 1961
!''[[Harano Din]]''
| "Ami Rupnogorer Rajkonna"
| Robin Ghosh
| N/A
| solo
|-
| 1962
!''Jowar Elo''
| "Nishi Jaga Chand Hase"
| Dhir Mansur Ali
| Mohammad Mohsin
| solo
|-
| 1964
!''Sangam'' (Urdu)
| "Kitne Suhaane Rangeen"
| Khan Ataur Rahman
| Azizul Haque Aziz
| solo
|-
| 1965
!''Kaajal''
| "Yeh Aarzoo, Jawaan Jawaan"
| Subal Das
| Suroor Barabankvi
| solo
|-
| rowspan=6| 1966
! rowspan=2| ''Begaana''
| "Main Tujhse Mohabbat Karta Hoon"
| rowspan=2| Robin Ghosh
| rowspan=2| Shair Siddiqui
| Nazir Baig
|-
| "Yeh Pyaar Ki Saugat Hain"
| solo
|-
! Rowspan=3| ''Daak Babu''
| "Ogo Tumi Dure Theke"
| rowspan=3| Ali Hossain
| rowspan=3| Mohammad Moniruzzaman
| Syed Abdul Hadi
|-
| "Chupi Chupu Kachhe Ese"
| Rowspan=2| solo
|-
| "Dole Dol Dolna Dole"
|-
!''Gunai Bibi''
| "O Kokil Daiko Na"
| Satya Saha
| Abdul Hai Mashreki
| solo
|-
| 1967
!''Chaowa Paowa''
| "Kichhu Aage Hole Khoti Ki Chhilo"
| Satya Saha
| Mohammad Moniruzzaman
| Mahmudun Nabi
|-
| 1968
!''Aparichita''
| "Tomader Ei Rong Mohole"
| Satya Saha
| Masud Karim
| solo
|-
| 1969
!''[[Neel Akasher Niche]]''
| "Gaan Hoye Ele"
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
| rowspan=9| 1970
!''Binimoy''
| "Kichhu Bola Jayna"
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
!''Chhoddobeshi''<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/album/7dGwOZdtyLTCeatXsXZM6s Chhoddobeshi (1977) movie songs]</ref>
| "Ei Neel Neel Sei Nirjoner"
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
!''Jog Biyog''
| "Bolaka Mon Harate Chay"
| Subal Das
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
! rowspan=2| ''Ka Kha Ga Gha Umo''
| "Shaluk Shaluk Jhiler Jole"
| rowspan=2| Altaf Mahmud
| rowspan=2| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| rowspan=2| solo
|-
| "Amar Jhumko Latar Bajubondhe"
|-
! rowspan=2| ''Modhu Milon''
| "Keno Ami Osohay Aaj"
| rowspan=2| Bashir Ahmed
| rowspan=| Syed Shamsul Haque, Masud Karim
| rowspan=2| solo
|-
| "Chhaya Hoye Tobu Pashe Roibo"
| Shahidul Islam
|-
! rowspan=2| ''Rong Bodlay''
| "Amar Naam Soniya"
|rowspan=2| Satya Saha
| rowspan=2| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| Satya Saha
|-
| "Jokhon Chhilem Ekla"
| solo
|-
| rowspan=2| 1972
!''[[Manusher Mon]]''
| "Gaaner Kotha"
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
!''Nijere Haraye Khuji''
| "Sarabela Mon Jeno Kare"
| Karim Shahabuddin
|
| solo
|-
| 1974
!''Bichar''
| "Bolbo Na Go, Sei Kothati"
| Anwar Parvez
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
| 1976
!''Cholo Ghor Bandhi''
| "Ogo Bosonto Koto Juge Juge"
| Khandaker Nurul Alam
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| solo
|-
| rowspan=2| 1977
!''Amar Prem''<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/album/6iZxGSs3vKk0mO2VWXIIBU Amar Prem (1977) movie songs]</ref>
| "Ami Karo Jonno Potho Cheye Robo"
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar
| Khandaker Faruk Ahmed
|-
!''Pinjor''
| "Ki Kore Tomake Bhulbo"
| Khandaker Nurul Alam
| Shahjahan Chowdhury
| solo
|-
| 1978
!''Modhumita''<ref>[https://open.spotify.com/album/0xrU2oxaatLHK336UGa6p9 Modhumita (1978) film songs]</ref>
| "Ogo Mor Modhumita" (female)
| Satya Saha
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar, M. N. Akhtar
| solo
|-
| 1979
!''Iman''
| "Tor Banda Aaj Haat Tulechhe"
| Ali Hossain
| Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, M A Hedayet
| solo
|-
|}

==Non-film songs==
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="100%"
! scope="col" width=21%| Year
! scope="col" width=21%| Film
! scope="col" width=23%|Song
! scope="col" width=20%|Composer(s)
! scope="col" width=20%|Songwriter(s)
! scope="col" width=21%|Co-artist(s)
|-
| N/A
!''Single''
| "Ami Sagorero Neel"
| Abdul Ahad
| Abu Hena Mustafa Kamal
| solo
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{commons category-inline}}
* {{discogs artist|Ferdausi Rahman}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award Lifetime Achievement}}
{{Pride of Performance for Arts}}
{{Meril Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award}}
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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1941 births]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singers]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Pride of Performance]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Independence Award]]
[[Category:National Film Award (Bangladesh) for Lifetime Achievement recipients]]
[[Category:Meril-Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award winners]]
[[Category:Best Music Director National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners]]
[[Category:Best Female Singer Bachsas Award winners]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers]]
[[Category:Women musicians from West Bengal]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Bengali-language singers]]
[[Category:Bengali musicians]]
[[Category:Bengali singers]]

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