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Subir Nandi
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Subir Nandi (19 November 1953 – 7 May 2019) was a Bangladeshi playback singer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer five times for his performance in the films Mahanayak (1984), Shuvoda (1986), Srabon Megher Din (1999), Megher Pore Megh (2004) and Mohua Sundori (2015). He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2019 by the Government of Bangladesh. Nandi was born in Sylhet, Bangladesh. He spent his childhood in Dhaka and Kolkata. His father was a doctor and medical officer at Teliapara Tea Estate. Subir has nine siblings. All ten of them learnt music from Ustad Babar Ali Khan. He grew up listening to Pankaj Mullick, Kundan Lal Saigal, Sandhya Mukhopadhyay, and Manna Dey. In 1972, Subir recorded his first song, Jodi Keu Dhup Jele Dai, written by Mohammed Muzakker and composed by Ustad Mir Kasem. Nandi's musical career started since 1970s. He sang notable songs like "Tumi Emoni Jaal Petecho Shongshare","Amar Ei Duti Chokh Pathor To Noi","Ek Je Chilo Sonar Konna","O Amar Ural Ponkhire". His work in the film Mahanayak (1984) was his breakthrough. He also received his first national film award in his career. He went on singing songs like Shrabon Megher Din and Megher Opare Megh. He was awarded National Film Award for both of the films. In an interview with BTV he claimed that he had sung already 2000 film songs setting the record of second highest number of songs sung by any male singer only after Andrew Kishore. In 1994, Nandi sang at the House of Commons
