Shakila Sharma (known as Shakila Zafar; born 28 February 1962) is a Bangladeshi singer.[2]Zafar's career began as a result of her appearance in the 1983 BTV program Jodi Kichu Mone Na Koren where she performed an astrology themed song "Tula Rashir Meye".[3]
Shakila Zafar | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Shakila Sharma |
| Born | 28 February 1962 Karachi, West Pakistan, Pakistan |
| Genres | Pop, Nazrul Geeti |
| Occupation(s) | Singer, television presenter |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Nationality | Bangladeshi |
| Spouse(s) |
Ravi Sharma (m. 2015)Manna Zafar (divorced) |
Early life
editZafar was born in Karachi, Pakistan. She grew up in Pakistan with her family. Her family belongs to Sirajganj District, Bangladesh.[citation needed] Her father was a government employee of Pakistan. He was assigned to the Industrial Development Bank of Pakistan. In 1970, Shakila came to Bangladesh and was admitted in the Willes Little Flower School. She followed this with graduation from Dhaka University, in philosophy.[citation needed]
Career
editZafar's fifteenth album,[4] Labonye Purno Pran, was her first solo album of Rabindra Sangeet. It contains ten songs selected and arranged by Tagore song exponent Chanchal Khan. It was recorded in Kolkata and released on the G-Series label in April 2011.[5]
Personal life
editShakila first married Manna Zafar. She took the surname "Zafar" to her name after marriage. Together they have a son, Mufrad Zafar. Mufrad is engaged to singer Sanzida Mahmood Nandita since 2024.[6] The couple later got divorced. In December 2015, Shakila married Ravi Sharma, an Indian poet and engineer, who is a former CEO of Adani Power and was also CEO-South Asia at Alcatel-Lucent.[7] She then took the surname Sharma.[1]
Bengali songs
edit| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) | |
| 1984 | N/A | "Ami Nesha Bine Matal Holam" | Azmal Huda Mithu | Sujit Mostafa | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Dhaka 86 | "Pathorer Prithibite Kacher Hridoy" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Tapan Chowdhury | |
| 1989 | Sakkhi Proman | "Tomar Omor Naam" (version 1) | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Khalid Hasan Milu | |
| "Tomar Omor Naam" (version 2) | ||||||
| 1991 | Lawarish | "Wada Tomar Amar" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Andrew Kishore | |
| 1992 | Danga | "Tumi Amar" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Andrew Kishore | |
| "Tumi Phuler Gondho Nao" | Mrinal Banerjee | N/A | ||||
| Jeler Meye Roshni | "Hay Hay Ammar Norom Dile" | Alauddin Ali | Moniruzzaman Monir | solo | ||
| 1993 | Akheri Hamla | "Bondhu Ki Shunaila" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Shuvro Dev | |
| "O Mishti Meye" | ||||||
| Meyer Adhikar | "N/A" | Abu Taher | Mohammad Rafiquzzaman | Shuvro Dev | ||
| Moushumi | "Bondhu Hoye Kache Ele" | Anwar Parvez | Gazi Mazharul Anwar | Jhumu Khan | ||
| 1994 | Banglar Maa | "Khokamoni Shono" | Alauddin Ali | Rafiqul Alam | ||
| Chand Kumari Chashar Chhele | "Sara Ange Jouboner Dheu" (part 1) | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Abida Sultana | ||
| "Sara Ange Jouboner Dheu" (part 2) | ||||||
| Dakat | "Sahos Rakho Buke" | Anwar Jahan Nantu | Delwar Jahan Jhontu | Andrew Kishore, chorus | ||
| Judge Barrister | "Shono Shono Abbu Amar" | Anwar Jahan Nantu | Delwar Jahan Jhontu | solo | ||
| "Shono Shono Abbu Amar" (reprise) | ||||||
| "Moner Majhe Mon Pelo" | Shahriar Sagor | |||||
| Raag Anurag | "Amar Laor Jibone Sukher Prodip" | Anwar Jahan Nantu | Delwar Jahan Jhontu | Andrew Kishore | ||
| 1995 | Adorer Sontan [9] | "Ailo Gange Noya Pani" | Alauddin Ali | Amjad Hossain | solo | |
| Agnee Sontan[10] | "Ei Prem Chirodin Thakbe" | Abu Taher | Andrew Kishore | |||
| Hulia | "O Lombu Chhoy Foot" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Shakila Zafar | ||
| "Hajar Bochhor Por" | Agun | |||||
| Moha Milon | "Prithibike Sakkhi Rekhe" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Syed Abdul Hadi | |||
| 1996 | Bashira | "Bhulnona Bhulbona Bondhu" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun | |
| Chaowa Theke Paowa[11] | "Sukh Sukh Laage Amar" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Shakila Zafar | ||
| "Furti Koro Go" | solo | |||||
| Mayer Adhikar | "Palkite Choraiya" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul, Moniruzzaman Monir | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Subir Nandi | ||
| Tomake Chai | "Congratulation And Celebration" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | solo | |||
| 1997 | Banglar Bodhu | "Jolbe Jolte Nibhe Jabe" | solo | |||
| Beimani | "Ogo Dushtu Chhele" | Alauddin Ali | Agun | |||
| "Besh Korechhi Prem Korechhi" | ||||||
| Fasi | "Priyotoma, O Rupoma" | Alauddin Ali | Mohammad Rafiquzzaman, Moniruzzaman Monir | Andrew Kishore | ||
| Khudhar Jaala | "Mishti Hese Tumi Dekha Dile" | N/A | Enayet Karim | solo | ||
| "Tomra Ektara Bajaiyo Na" | Agun | |||||
| Palabi Kothay | "Bashor Raate Biral Mara Chai" | Alam Khan | Milton Khondokar | solo | ||
| 1998 | Anek Diner Asha | "Ore Maa Re, Khokhono Tui Jas Na Re" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Andrew Kishore, Kanak Chapa, Subir Nandi, Khalid Hasan Milu, Shuvro Dev | |
| "Baper Moto Baap Hole, Emon Chhele Hoy" | Subir Nandi | |||||
| "Tumi Sundor Ekta Manush" | Andrew Kishore | |||||
| "Amar Naker Phool Koi?" | Shuvro Dev | Ghater Majhi | "Tumi Amar Ghater Majhi" | Tansen Khan | Moniruzzaman Monir | M A Khalek |
| Matribhumi | "Amar Prithibi Tumi" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Nadeem Mahmud, Md. Rafiq and Kabir Bakul | Khalid Hasan Milu | ||
| Mayer Kosom | "Ami Je Tomay Koto" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun | ||
| Mrityur Mukhe | "Ami Roshe Bhora Chomchom" | Abu Taher | Moniruzzaman Monir | solo | ||
| "Ami Roshe Bhora Chomchom" (short) | ||||||
| Mukti Chai | "Ajke Sobai Bolo Chiching Fak" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun | |||
| Nishpap Bodhu[12] | "Ami Chupi Chupi Tomar Mon Kere" | Anwar Jahan Nantu | Abdul Hai Al Hadi, Moniruzzaman Monir, Delwar Jahan Jhontu | Khalid Hasan Milu | ||
| "Lekhapora Kore Je" | solo | |||||
| Ranga Bou | "Sundori Go Tor Jeno" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun | |||
| Ruti | "Tumi Ki Bujhona Boyoser Jwala" | Shawkat Ali Emon | Enayet Karim | solo | ||
| "Batti Nibhlo Andhar Hoilo" | Agun | |||||
| Sukher Ashay | "Chokh Sundor Mukh Sundor" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Andrew Kishore | ||
| 1999 | Jobordokhol | "Swadhinata Amar Swadhinata" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun, Khalid Hasan Milu | ||
| Laal Badshah | "Ami Tomar Kachhei Phire Asbo" | Abu Taher | Moniruzzaman Monir | Andrew Kishore | ||
| Love In Bangkok | "Bangkok Shohor Aisha" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Agun | |||
| 2000 | Bishe Bhora Nagin[13] | "Prem Daona Amay" | Anwar Jahan Nantu | Monir Khan | ||
| Lady Rongbaz | "Ogo Priyo Tumi" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Khalid Hasan Milu | |||
| 2001 | Kothin Shasti | "Na Na Chhuiyona" | Ali Akram Shuvo | Kabir Bakul | Agun | |
| Tandob Lila | "Ei Piriti Sei Piriti" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Monir Khan | ||
| 2002 | Bhalobashar Shotru | "Tumi Amar Emon Aponjon" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | solo | |
| "Onek Joton Kore Ami" | ||||||
| 2004 | Bachao | "Antore Bahire Agun Legechhe" | Emon Saha | Rupom | ||
| 2005 | Gaddari | "Ei Prithibir Sobai Jaane" | Ali Akram Shuvo | Kabir Bakul | Asif | |
| 2006 | Na Bolona | "Ki Kotha Je Likhi" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Andrew Kishore | |
| "Picnic-eri Dhom" | Samina Chowdhury | |||||
| "Jokhoni Keu Bhalobashe" | solo | |||||
| "Chokh Sorano Joto Sohoj" | Andrew Kishore, Samina Chowdhury | |||||
| Sathi Tumi Kar? | "Prem Korechhi, Kono Paap Korini" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | solo | |||
| Tokair Hate Ostro Keno | "Amar Ontoreri Manush Tumi" | Ahmed Imtiaz Bulbul | Monir Khan | |||
| 2007 | Mayer Bodla | "Tomay Dekhte Dekhte" | solo | |||
| 2010 | Abujh Bou | "Dosyi Dosyi Ami" | Sujeo Shyam | Mohammad Rafiquzzaman | solo | |
| Mayer Chokh | "Tomar Sathe Hobe Kotha Re" | Alam Khan | Kabir Bakul | S I Tutul | ||
| 2013 | Devdas | "Amar Hariye Jawar Shesh Thikana, Tomar Duti Chokh" | Emon Saha | Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Mohammad Rafiquzzaman | Bappa Mazumdar | |
| N/A | Sobuj Coat Kalo Choshma | "Prithibir Shuru Theke Prem Chhilo" | ||||
| "O Priyo Tumi Kachhe Ese Bolo" | ||||||
| N/A | N/A | "Ghorir Kata Theme Thak" | Ayub Bachchu | |||
Television songs
edit| Year | Show | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-singer(s) |
| 1998 | Meril Prothom Alo Awards | "Medley Song" | various | various | Samina Chowdhury and Kanak Chapa |
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Non-film songs
edit| Year | Film | Song | Composer(s) | Songwriter(s) | Co-artist(s) |
| N/A | Single | "Ogo Megh Tumi Jhor Ene Dao" | solo | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | Single | "Sobai Bole Smriti Boro Jwala" | Ajit Roy | Mohammad Mozakker | solo |
References
edit- ^ a b Taaza Chayer Adda Guest: Shakila Sharma & Ravi Sharma, retrieved July 26, 2021
- ^ "Bong Bonanza". The Financial Express. Noida, India. September 24, 2004. Retrieved October 26, 2009.
- ^ "'I am not a typical astrology fan' ... Shakila Zafar". The Daily Star. February 7, 2015. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
- ^ শখ পূরণের পথে শাকিলা [Shakila on the way to fulfilling hobbies]. Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali). November 7, 2013.
- ^ "Shakila Zafar Ventures into New Territory with Labonye Purno Pran". The Daily Star. April 5, 2011.
- ^ Misha, Rakshanda Rahman (May 6, 2023). "A songbird called Nandita". The Daily Star. Retrieved February 27, 2024.
- ^ Menon, Rashmi. "Former CEO of Adani Power Ravi Sharma to launch an album". The Economic Times. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
- ^ "Shakila Zafar songs in Bengali". Retrieved May 1, 2022.
- ^ Adorer Sontan (1995) songs at Apple Music
- ^ Agnee Sontan (1995) movie songs
- ^ Chaowa Theke Paowa (1996) movie songs
- ^ Nishpap Bodhu movie songs
- ^ Bishe Bhora Nagin (2000) movie songs
External links
edit- Shakila Zafar at IMDb
- Shakila Zafar at the Bangla Movie Database (in Bengali)
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