Abdul Ahad (music director)

Career

Ahad was born in Rajshahi. He developed an interest in music from his student life and became the first Bengali Muslim to get admitted into Shantiniketan. In 1941 he joined HMV, Calcutta and gradually became a popular music director for the recording industry as well as the film industry. After the Partition of India, Ahad joined Radio Pakistan and became a key person in the musical arena of Dhaka. He introduced many new talents to the music world, composed numerous songs and wrote several books on Bengali music.