Shahnaz Rahmatullah’s death anniv today
Entertainment Desk
Today is the 5th death anniversary of legendary singer Shahnaz Rahmatullah.
Born to M Fazlul Haque and Asia Haque in 1953 in Dhaka, Shahnaz Rahmatullah began learning music at an early age. She was brought up in a cultural environment alongside her two brothers—actor Zafar Iqbal and music director Anwar Parvez.
Rahmatullah got trained by ghazal maestro Mehedi Hassan, Ustad Phul Mohammad, Ustad Munir Hossain and Altaf Mahmud.
Rahmatullah debuted in singing at the age of 11, as a playback singer for the film Notun Sur (1963). She first performed on television in 1964. She sang in Bangladeshi and Pakistani films. She mostly sang modern and patriotic songs.
The singer recorded around 500 songs for TV, radio and films during her musical career that spanned over five decades.
The singer died on 23 March in 2019 due to heart attack at her residence in Baridhara at the age of 67.
