Eminent artist Bashir Ahmed passed away in Dhaka last week due to cancer. He was a singer, musician and lyricist of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Bashir was a popular name in playback singing in the decade of 60s for films mainly made in Dhaka. His most famous film was Darshan in 1967, in which he worked as singer, lyricist and musician. He created a unique record when he sang, composed music and penned all 8 songs in film Darshan in 1967 and most of them were super his. His last film in Pakistan was Hill Station in 1972.Some of the present time’s popular singers were direct students of Bashir Ahmed. Among them are Konokchanpa, Baby Nazneen and Shakila Zafar. Apart from his relatives, many fans of Bashir Ahmed gathered there, but unfortunately his student-singers did not appear.“It’s so painful that popular singers did not come to pay homage to the legendary Bashir Ahmed,” said veteran singer Apel Mahmud.
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That’s terrible news.
I recently found out about Bashir Ahmad.
It’s a shame Pakistanis don’t talk about their East Pakistani heritage more often.
I had discussed him recently in this thread. See post 287.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pak-music/633283-complete-the-mukhra-16.html
And see post 292.
http://www.paklinks.com/gs/pak-music/633283-complete-the-mukhra-17.html#
Re: The Legendary Singer Bashir Ahmed Passes Away
Eminent artist Bashir Ahmed passed away in Dhaka last week due to cancer. He was a singer, musician and lyricist of Pakistan and Bangladesh. Bashir was a popular name in playback singing in the decade of 60s for films mainly made in Dhaka. His most famous film was Darshan in 1967, in which he worked as singer, lyricist and musician. He created a unique record when he sang, composed music and penned all 8 songs in film Darshan in 1967 and most of them were super his. His last film in Pakistan was Hill Station in 1972.Some of the present time's popular singers were direct students of Bashir Ahmed. Among them are Konokchanpa, Baby Nazneen and Shakila Zafar. Apart from his relatives, many fans of Bashir Ahmed gathered there, but unfortunately his student-singers did not appear."It's so painful that popular singers did not come to pay homage to the legendary Bashir Ahmed," said veteran singer Apel Mahmud.
Can you post some links to BD news items on this ?
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So he died about 10 days ago.
Shame on loser Pakistani media for not reporting.
At least I didn’t see anything.
Only if it was BAALIWOOD, God knows how much coverage we would have seen.
http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/20/legendary-singer-bashir-ahmed-laid-to-eternal-rest
Was ‘Darshan’ also made in Bengali or did the above article incorrectly call it Bengali ? I know some movies in East Pak were made in both Urdu and Benglali versions such as ‘Nawab Sirajuddaula’.