Renowned Singer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi is no more.
He was 87.
Eminent singer, folk musicologist and writer Mustafa Zaman Abbasi, has passed away. He died in a Banani hospital on Saturday morning.
According to his family, Abbasi had been suffering from age-related complications for a long time. On Friday, when he faced breathing difficulties, he was admitted into the hospital. Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was the youngest son of Bhawaiya legend Abbas Uddin Ahmed. He was born on December 8, 1936, in the Cooch Behar district of what was then British India (now in India’s West Bengal State). His elder brother was former Chief Justice Mostafa Kamal and eminent artist Ferdousi Rahman is his sister.
Mustafa Zaman Abbasi was an Indian classical music artist who received training in music from Ustad Muhammad Hossain Khusru and Ustad Gul Mohammad Khan. In addition to singing, he authored over fifty books. His contributions for local songs were immense. For his contributions to music, he got the country’s highest civilian award, Ekushe Padak in 1995. Moreover, he received numerous recognition, including Lifetime Achievement Award at ‘Channel I, a leading satellite TV channel.
He had many hats : a musician, researcher, writer, translator, philosopher and folk music expert. His programs, ‘Amar Thikana’ and ‘Bhara Nadir Bake,’ which he presented for Bangladesh Television (BTV), were highly popular among the common people.
In personal life, Abbasi married educator and writer Asma Abbasi. They have two daughters Samira Abbasi and Sharmini Abbasi. Samira is practicing folk songs, Nazrul Sangeet and modern songs.
“Amar Shonar Chanpaakhi… Ar Dekha Hobe na?” [My golden moonlit bird… will we never meet again?],Samira wrote on her facebook after her father’s demise.
