'Ei Padma Ei Meghna' lyricist Abu Zafar no more

Lyricist, composer, and famed Islamic thinker Abu Zafar, the creator of diverse timeless songs such as ‘Ei Padma Ei Meghna’ and ‘Tomra Bhulei Gecho Mallikadir Naam’, is no more.

He handed away at 3:30am on Friday (6 December) while undergoing treatment at a non-public clinical institution in Dhaka. He became 82, acknowledged his daughter Jihan Faria.

Abu Zafar will seemingly be laid to leisure at Kushtia Municipal Graveyard following his Namaz-e-Janaza on the Kushtia Government College discipline after Asr prayers.

The father of two sons and one daughter, Abu Zafar, had been tormented by varied age-linked physical complications for some time. He became a lyricist, composer, poet, and musician all of a sudden.

Abu Zafar became born on Could well perhaps additionally 15, 1943, in Kanchanpur village of Gorher Bari beneath Chandpur Union in Kumarkhali Upazila of Kushtia district. He became a frequent musician and lyricist for Rajshahi and Dhaka Betar (radio) in addition to Bangladesh Television.

His official occupation spanned academia, where he served as a professor of Bengali at Chuadanga Government College and Kushtia Government College. He retired from teaching in 2000.

Abu Zafar’s patriotic and unique songs stirred the hearts of millions. His creations love ‘Ei Padma Ei Meghna,’ ‘Tomra Bhulei Gecho Mallikadir Naam,’ and ‘Nindar Kata Jodi Na Bidhilo Gaaye’ live timeless. He also authored diverse books, in conjunction with ‘Notun Raatri Purono Din’ (poetry), ‘Bazare Durnam Tobu Tumi Sarbosso’ (poetry), ‘Biplobotter Soviet Kobita’ (translated poetry), and ‘Tumi Raat Ami Raatjaga Pakhi.’

Amongst his infamous works, ‘Ei Padma Ei Meghna’ became recognised as one of many discontinuance 20 biggest songs of all time in a BBC peep. Abu Zafar not easiest wrote and serene these masterpieces but additionally sang most of them himself. He every so most steadily done duets with his ex-important other, the famed Lalon singer Farida Parveen.