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'{{infobox person | name= Shahnaz Rahmatullah | birth_date={{birth year and age|1952}} | occupation= Playback singer | nationality = [[Bangladesh]]i | relatives = [[Zafar Iqbal (actor)|Zafar Iqbal]] (brother) <br/> [[Anwar Parvez]] (brother) | years active = 1962 - 1985 | awards=[[Ekushey Padak]] }} '''Shahnaz Rahmatullah''' (née '''Begum'''; born 1952)<ref name=priyo>{{cite news|url=http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2012/09/08/shahnaz-rahmatullah-59248.html|title=Shahnaz Rahmatullah at ‘Bela Obela Sarabela’|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304072137/http://news.priyo.com/entertainment/2012/09/08/shahnaz-rahmatullah-59248.html|archive-date=2016-03-04|publisher=Priyo|date=2012-09-08}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi singer.<ref name=star>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/beta2/news/citibank-pays-tribute-to-shahnaz-rahmatullah/|title=Citibank pays tribute to Shahnaz Rahmatullah |publisher=[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|The Daily Star]]|date=January 19, 2008}}</ref> Her notable songs are “Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhe” “Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan”, ''Ekbar Jete De Na Amar Chotto Sonar Gaye'', ''Je Chilo Drishtir Shimanay'' and ''Ek Tara Tui Desher Kotha''.<ref name=tribune>{{cite news|url=http://www.dhakatribune.com/entertainment/2013/sep/21/shahnaz-rahmatullah-honoured|title=Shahnaz Rahmatullah honoured|date=September 21, 2013|publisher=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref> She is the recipient of the [[Ekushey Padak]] in 1992 and [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] for the film ''Chhutir Phande'' (1990).<ref name=ekushey>{{cite news|url= http://www.moca.gov.bd/site/page/c706da0c-29ee-4f0f-95d9-fa6705e19001/|title=একুশে পদকপ্রাপ্ত সুধীবৃন্দ|accessdate=23 August 2017|publisher=Government of Bangladesh|language=bn|trans-title=Ekushey Padak winners list}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Rashed Shawon |date=14 August 2012 |script-title=চার দশকে আমাদের সেরা চলচ্চিত্রগুলো |url=http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=2012 |language=bn |trans-title=Best films of four decades|publisher=bdnews24.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130127231625/http://glitz.bdnews24.com/details.php?catry=2&showns=2012 |archive-date=2013-01-27|accessdate=2018-05-24}}</ref> ==Career== Rahmatullah sang in Bangladeshi and Pakistani films.{{citation needed|date=March 2013}} Her main area of singing entails modern songs (''Adhunik Gaan'') and patriotic songs. She emerged as a singer in [[Dhaka]] in the mid-1960s. In late the 1960s and early 1970s, she sang patriotic songs such as ''Sohni Dharti Allah Rakhe'' and ''Jeevay Jeevay Pakistan''. She has released an album with [[Samina Chowdhury]] called ''Megh Roddur'' on which she sings six songs composed by Shafiq Tuhin. {{citation needed|date=March 2013}} ==Personal life== Actor [[Zafar Iqbal (actor)|Zafar Iqbal]] and music director [[Anwar Parvez]] were Rahmatullah's brothers.<ref name=priyo/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/showbiz/lifes-lyrics/afternoon-shahnaz-rahmatullah-1539013|title=An afternoon with Shahnaz Rahmatullah|date=2018-02-24|work=The Daily Star|access-date=2018-06-03|language=en|author=Nashid Kamal}}</ref> she was a strong supporter of Late Maj Gen Zia who was the founder of BNP and the mastermind of Sheikh Mujibs assanation, she later lived a personal life as she was a betrayer to the nation for simging amd composing Pro BNP songs. now she lives a personal life. ==Awards== * [[Ekushey Padak]] (1992) * [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] (1990) * Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy Award * Bangladesh Chalachitra Sangbadik Samity Award == References == {{Reflist}} {{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahmatullah, Shahnaz}} [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:1952 births]] [[Category:Bangladeshi female singers]] [[Category:Recipients of Bangladesh National Film Awards]] [[Category:Recipients of the Ekushey Padak]] [[Category:Date of birth missing (living people)]] [[Category:Place of birth missing (living people)]]'