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Alif Alauddin

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Alif Alauddin
আলিফ আলাউদ্দিন
Alauddin in 2020
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupation(s)pop singer, television presenter
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Kazi Faisal Ahmed
(m. 2006)
Children1
RelativesAlauddin Ali (father)

Alif Alauddin is a Bangladeshi pop singer and television presenter. She is a member of the band Pentagon.

Early life

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Alauddin is the daughter of music director Alauddin Ali[1] and singer Salma Sultana.[2] Her maternal as well as paternal aunts and uncles, cousins are Abida Sultana, Rebeca Sultana, Rafiqul Alam, Sumon, Shouquat Ali Imon, Nawrin, Farshid, Pushpita, Ali Akbar Rupu, Abu Taher, Ali Akram Shubho, Dhir Ali Miah, Mansoor Ali. They are her immediate family members.[3]

Career

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Alauddin started as a solo singer in 1997 and joined Pentagon in 2001. She has released 3 solo albums, many singles and an album with Pentagon.[4] She left Pentagon in 2009.[5]

Alauddin and Pentagon bandmate Farshid Alam co-hosted Music Buzz on Ekattor TV starting in 2012. Broadcast twice weekly, it was soon the top rated musical show on TV in the country, according to The Daily Star.[6] It ran for more than seven years.[7][8]

After a decade away from the band, she rejoined Pentagon in 2019.[5]

Personal life

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Alauddin was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease in 2010.[2]

Alauddin married Kazi Faisal Ahmed on 14 July 2006.[9] They have a daughter.[8] Alauddin's mother, Salma Sultana, died from kidney failure in September 2016.[10]

Discography

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Albums

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Shei Tumi Ele (1998)

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Daake Amay (2006)

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No.TitleLength
1."Ekaki Boshe"4:39
2."Ami Ki Morechi"4:01
3."Bhulinito Shei Tomay"4:35
4."Daake Amay"4:25
5."Dating"3:58
6."Sunny Sunny Day"4:18
7."Sha La La"3:54
8."Ore Polash"4:34
9."Ishstationer Railgarita"3:33

Kolponate (2011)

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No.TitleLength
1."Kothay Tumi (with Saidus Salehin Khaled Sumon)"4:18
2."Smriticharon"4:54
3."Bhalobashi (with Bappa Mazumder)"2:49
4."Janalay"3:08
5."Neel"2:57
6."Jodi Tumi (with Shawkat Ali Emon)"5:29
7."Kolponate"4:44
8."Din Sheshe Nirobota"3:41
9."Rater Gobhirotay"4:12
10."Ghum Ashena"3:52
11."Cholo Harai (with Partha Barua)"4:52

References

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  1. ^ ৩০ বছর আগে যেভাবে লতার সান্নিধ্য পান আলিফ. The Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b Alamgir Kabir (3 June 2021). এই অসুখের সাথে আপস করেই চলতে হবে : আলিফ আলাউদ্দিন. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Alif Alauddin's tribute to her father". UNB. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ^ "I'll come back stronger". The Daily Star. 14 July 2020.
  5. ^ a b Pritom, Nusrat Jahan (10 July 2019). "Pentagon Reunites". Daily Sun.
  6. ^ "Farshid Alam What's all the Buzz about?". The Daily Star. 27 July 2013.
  7. ^ "Tête-à-Tête with Alif Alauddin". The Daily Star. 26 April 2015.
  8. ^ a b "Alif Alauddin suffering from severe kidney damage". Dhaka Tribune. 17 June 2020.
  9. ^ "Alif Alauddin and Kazi Faisal Ahmed". NTV. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ^ Zia, Manzoor Kader (30 September 2016). বনানীতে দাফন হবে সংগীতশিল্পী সালমা সুলতানার. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-12-02.