Eminent music composer Alam Khan no more

Eminent music composer Alam Khan passed away while undergoing treatment at a private hospital in Shyamoli area of Dhaka on Friday. He was 79.

The notable Bangladeshi composer and music director breathed his last at the Bangladesh Specialised Hospital around 11:30am, his son Arman Khan told the media.

He had been suffering from lung cancer since 2011 and he had been undergone treatment abroad for a long time.

Ho took birth at Baniagati village in Siranganj on October 22, 1943. He began his formal journey in the music arena in 1963.

He was awarded Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director five times for the films Boro Bhalo Lok Chhilo in 2005, Teen Kanya in 2006, Surrender in 2007, Dinkal in 2008 and Ibadat in 2009.

He also won best music composer award for the films Bagher Thaba in 2005 and Ki Jadu Korila in 2008.

As of 2008, Khan composed around 2000 songs and provided music direction to around 300 films.

He is a notable for the composition of the songs “Ore Neel Doriya Amay De Re De Chhariya”, “Ami Rajanigandha’, “Daak Diachhe Doyal Amarey”, “Hayre Manush Rangin Phanush” and “Tumi Jekhaney Ami Shekhaney”.

Khan took music lessons from Nani Chatterjee and Karim Shahabuddin. Along with his friends, he formed an orchestra group “Ritu Orchestra Group”.

He got his first break in a stage play called “Bharate Bari”. He first directed music for the Abdul Jabbar Khan’s film "Kaanch Kata Heerey”.

He left this two sons and a daughter behind and host of relatives friends and well-wishers to mourn his death.