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{{infobox person
|name=Kalim Sharafi
|image=Kalim Sharafi (1924 – 2010).jpg
|native_name=কলিম শরাফী
|native_name_lang=bn
|birth_date={{birth date|1924|5|8|df=y}}
|birth_place=[[Birbhum]], [[West Bengal]], [[British India]]
|death_date={{death date and age|2010|11|2|1924|5|8|df=y}}
|death_place=Dhaka, Bangladesh
|resting_place=Martyred Intellectuals’ Graveyard, Mirpur
}}

'''Kalim Sharafi''' (8 May 1924 – 2 November 2010<ref>{{cite news |date=2 November 2010 |title=Rabindra Sangeet exponent Kalim Sharafi dead |url=http://sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121001070540/http://www.sify.com/news/rabindra-sangeet-exponent-kalim-sharafi-dead-news-international-klcoEnaiege.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=1 October 2012 |agency=IANS |access-date=13 April 2022}}</ref>) was a Bangladeshi [[Rabindra Sangeet]] singer. He gave his ideas in several publications regarding politics, culture, and Tagore.<ref name="Star">{{Cite news |last=Karim |first=Elita |date=3 July 2007 |title=An Inspiring Force in Music |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/magazine/2007/07/03/cover.htm |newspaper=Star Weekend Magazine |publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]] |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> He is regarded as one of the best Rabindra Sangeet singers in the subcontinent.<ref>{{cite news |date=3 November 2010 |title=Kalim Sharafi passes away |url=http://www.newstoday.com.bd/?option=details&news_id=11625&date=2010-11-03 |newspaper=News Today |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>

==Early life==
Sharafi was born in [[Birbhum]] district of [[West Bengal]] on 8 May 1924. He was the only son of three children. He had two younger sisters. He was from a [[Pir (Sufism)|pir]] family, a tradition against music, and they came from [[Sonargaon]].<ref name=DS>{{cite news |title=Kalim Sharafi passes away |date=3 November 2010 |access-date=25 April 2013 |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=161120 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> He was first influenced by his father who was a singer.<ref>{{cite news |first=Zahangir |last=Alom |date=16 October 2011 |title=Music in his Blood: In conversation with Rathindranath Roy (Part I) |newspaper=The Daily Star |url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=206653 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> His passion for music blossomed at an early age as he came across with renowned artists of pre-independent [[India]]. He said, "As a child I used to find [[Rabindranath Tagore|Rabindranath]]'s compositions naturally melodic and heart touching and would grasp them easily".<ref name=Star/>

==Politics==
Sharafi was involved in politics at the age of 18 as he joined the [[Quit India]] movement in 1942. Consequently, he was arrested by the police from his village and spent more than a year in prison with other activists.<ref name=Star/> It was in prison that his passion for Rabindranath Tagore was rekindled.<ref name=DS /> During this period of his life, he became a member of Popular Theatre Association, which in Bengali is referred to as Bharatiyo Gononatya Shangha.<ref name=DS /> He was important in breaking down barriers that prevented women from becoming involved in theater.<ref>{{cite web |title=Kalim Sharafi remembered by cultural activists |publisher=South Asia Media Net |date=9 November 2010 |url=http://www.mediawitty.com/test/NewsDetail.aspx?group_id=0&id=7401&folder_id=41&Page_Title=Kalim%20Sharafi%20remembered%20by%20cultural%20activists |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629204346/http://www.mediawitty.com/test/NewsDetail.aspx?group_id=0&id=7401&folder_id=41&Page_Title=Kalim%20Sharafi%20remembered%20by%20cultural%20activists |archive-date=29 June 2013 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref>

As a result of his beliefs in communism, he was banned from the state-run radio [[Bangladesh Betar]], which hurt his musical career.<ref name=DS /> During the Bangladesh Language Movement, Tagore was also banned.<ref name=Musa>{{cite news |first=ABM |last=Musa |date=22 February 1999 |title=Language movement and the press |newspaper=The Independent |location=Dhaka}}</ref>

==Career==
He co-directed the 1962 film ''[[Sonar Kajol]]'' along with [[Zahir Raihan]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Ferdous |first=Fahmim |date=19 February 2013 |title=Zahir Raihan: Capturing national struggles on celluloid |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-269585 |work=The Daily Star}}</ref> Sharafi was a program director at [[Pakistan Television Corporation]] between 1964 and 1967.<ref name=bdnews24>{{cite news |date=2 November 2010 |title=Kalim Sarafi passes away |url=http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=25702d4234f4c7dc542adde64426a7ca&nttl=201112067571 |newspaper=banglanews24.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130628172124/http://www.banglanews24.com/English/detailsnews.php?nssl=25702d4234f4c7dc542adde64426a7ca&nttl=201112067571 |archive-date=28 June 2013 |access-date=25 April 2022}}</ref> From 1969 and 1972, he was general manager of the Pakistan Gramophone Company Ltd.<ref name=bdnews24 /> Sharafi also worked in Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation between 1974 and 1976.<ref name=bdnews24 /> He was also the founder principal of the music school Sangeet Bhaban in 1983 in Dhaka, Bangladesh.<ref name=DS /> He served as the president of the "Bangladesh Rabindra Sangeet Shilpi Sangstha".<ref name=Star/>

==Family==
Sharafi married Noushaba Khatun and had five children including one son and four daughters.<ref name=Star/>

==Death==
Sharafi died at his residence on 2 November 2010 at the age of 86. He was buried in the Martyred Intellectuals' Graveyard.<ref>{{cite news |author=Ariful Islam Mithu |date=3 November 2010 |title=Kalim Sharafi passes away |url=http://www.newagebd.com/2010/nov/03/front.html#7 |newspaper=[[New Age (Bangladesh)|New Age]] |location=[[Dhaka]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101107201108/http://www.newagebd.com/2010/nov/03/front.html |archive-date=7 November 2010 |access-date=6 November 2022}}</ref>

==Honors==
Sharafi was awarded [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1985 and [[Independence Day Award|Shadhinota Padak]] in 1999.<ref name=Star/> He received the first Rabindra Award 2010 for his contribution in promoting and preserving Rabindra Sangeet.

==References==
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{{Meril Prothom Alo Lifetime Achievement Award}}
{{Notable singers of Rabindra Sangeet}}
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