Noted Bangladeshi singer Shaon Chowdhury has recently received “South Asian Cultural Award” (Gold) from Kathmandu, Nepal. The singer was informed of winning the award over telephone from Kathmandu on April 14.
Shaon Chowdhury shared this prestigious award for his duet song “Tomaree Chokh-e Ekedilam” with Mumbai based super-star singer Alka Yagnik. The award is only conferred to artistes of the SAARC countries through holding open competition. Amidst colourful festivity the award was declared in Kathmandu, Nepal. The composer of the song Mostak Ahmed received the award on behalf of singer Shaon Chowdhury.
The award winning song written by M. Mahbub Mohsin belongs to the artiste’s mixed audio album “Gao Dui Bangla” that featured artistes from both Bangladesh and India and was launched in 2011. Divine Music has produced the album.
The talented singer has also bagged several other international awards in singing category.
Shaon Chowdhury, a civil servant, has been training in music for the last four decades. Currently the singer is learning classical khayal and ghazal under renowned Ustad Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury. Under the banner of Impress Audio Vision Limited and Soundtek, Shaon Chowdhury’s several solo albums –“Bhalobasha Bhalo Theko”, “Amar Ichchhey Korey”, “Tomar Akashey” and “Kaal Shararat” are available in music stores.
Audio cassette company Blueberry has also brought a mixed album titled “Mon Churi” where Shaon recorded songs with noted Bangladeshi singers Runa Laila, Sabina Yasmin, Kanak Chapa, Baby Naznin and SI Tutul and renowned Indian singers Hoimanti Shukla and Jojo.
Under the banner of Blueberry, another mixed album “Mon-e Rekho Prithibi” is in the pipeline. Besides recording a duet song with legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, Shaon Chowdhury has lent his voice to other duet songs with divas Asha Bhoshley, Hoimanti Shukla, Alka Yagnik, Mitali Mukherjee and Sabina Yasmin. Noted Bangladeshi lyricists — Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Moniruzzaman Monir and Milton Khandakar along with late Indian lyricist Bibeshwar Roy wrote songs for the album.
Shaon Chowdhury is a Deputy Commissioner of Taxes of the Government of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.
-With The Daily Star input
