Abdul Alim
Today is the 90th anniversary of birth of the late legendary folk singer Abdul Alim, who became a household name rendering songs, including Allah Megh De Pani De, Haludia Pakhi, Sab Sakhire Par Karite, Parer Jayga Parer Jami and others.
Family members of Abdul Alim will celebrate the occasion on a limited scale due to the COVID-19 situation.
‘We will not arrange any programmes to celebrate my father’s anniversary of birth this year as the Covid situation is worsening. We will place floral wreaths on his grave at Banani Graveyard in the morning. Different TV channels will air special programmes marking his birth anniversary,’ Jahir Alim, son of Abdul Alim, told New Age.
‘I along with my siblings Asgar Alim and Nurjahan Alim will perform at a music show named Priyajaner Gaan which will be aired live on July 30 on Desh TV,’ added Jahir Alim.
Abdul Alim was born on July 27, 1931, in Talibpur village in Murshidabad, West Bengal of British India. He was drawn to music at an early age. When he was a student at the elementary school, he heard a gramophone record and became attracted to music. He began taking music lessons from a local instructor named Syed Golam Ali and earned a reputation as a singer in his locality during his teenage years.
Later, he went to Kolkata and became acquainted with folk singer Abbasuddin Ahmed and poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
In Kolkata, Alim took lessons in folk music as well as classical music from Bedaruddin Ahmad, Ustad Mohammad Hossain Khasru, Momtaz Ali Khan, Abdul Latif, Kanailal Shil, Abdul Halim Chowdhury and others.
His first recorded song is Tor Mostafake De Na Mago. After 1948, Abdul Alim settled in Dhaka.
In Dhaka, he was enlisted as a radio and television singer. Alim recorded over 300 Gramophone records. He sang playbacks in over 100 films. He recorded songs for Mukh O Mukhosh, the first film to be produced in the then East Pakistan.
Abdul Alim received several awards in his lifetime. He was posthumously awarded the Ekushey Padak in 1977 and Independence Award in 1997.
He died on September 5, 1974 in Dhaka.
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