# Konal

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{{Short description|Bangladeshi singer}}
{{About|the playback singer|the village in Maharashtra|Konal, Maharashtra, India}}
{{Infobox person
| name               = Somnur Monir Konal
| native_name        = কোনাল
| image              = 
| image_size         = 320px
| native_name_lang   = bn
| birth_name         = Somnur Monir Konal
| birth_place        = [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka), Bangladesh
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1987|01|28|df=yes}}
| occupation         = Singer
| years_active       = 2009–present
| awards             = ''full list''
| spouses            = [Monzur Kader Ziya](/source/Monzur_Kader_Ziya)
| alma_mater         = [University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh](/source/University_of_Liberal_Arts_Bangladesh)
}}
'''Somnur Monir Konal''' is a [Bangladeshi](/source/Bangladeshis) singer and television host who is best known as a playback singer for [Bangladeshi](/source/Bangladeshi) films. She debuted in the entertainment industry by winning the musical television reality show [Channel i](/source/Channel_i) ''Shera Kontho'' in 2009. Since then she has recorded songs for dozens of films, hosted various television shows, and judged the 2019 edition of children's musical reality show ''Ganer Raja''.  As of 2022, she has sung for films with more than 300 songs.<ref name=300songs/>

Konal won [Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer](/source/Bangladesh_National_Film_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer) for her song "[Bhalobashar Manush Tumi](/source/Tumi_Amar_Jibon)" in the film ''[Bir](/source/Bir_(film))'' (2020).<ref>{{Cite web|date=2022-02-15 |title=Winners of National Film Awards 2020 announced |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/winners-national-film-awards-2020-announced-2962736 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref><ref name=300songs>{{Cite web |last=Samaddar |first=Ashley Shoptorshi |date=2022-03-04 |title=300 songs: One Konal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/music/news/300-songs-one-konal-2975131 |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=The Daily Star |language=en}}</ref> Besides, she won the Symphony-Channel i Music Award in the category Best Playback Singer for their duet '"Jotodin Dhore Bachi"' in the film ''Ochena Hridoy'' (2015) and Bharat Bangladesh Film Award in 2019 in the category Best Playback Singer Female Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bharat Bangladesh Film Awards (BBFA) 2019 |url=http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/234396/bharat-bangladesh-film-awards-bbfa-2019 |work=The New Nation |date=2019-11-01 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210604052041/http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/234396/bharat-bangladesh-film-awards-bbfa-2019 |archive-date=2021-06-04 |access-date=2021-06-04 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Background==
Konal was born in [Dhaka](/source/Dhaka) to Saima Monir and Monir Hossain Montu.<ref name="hcidhaka">{{cite web |title=A Musical Evening by Ms. Somnur Monir Konal at Indira Gandhi Cultural Centre at Gulshan in Dhaka at 6:30 PM on August 23, 2014 |url=https://www.hcidhaka.gov.in/news?id=eyJpdiI6InZjZGU2NlFvSXlWV3RzQUJIczhiQkE9PSIsInZhbHVlIjoiSHVrRlR6S0plY1luVjlkT3dcL2RIOEE9PSIsIm1hYyI6ImYwMzA1MjZmZWZmNDhlOTU4MjJjMjNmYTcxODYwOGUyNTQ3MGYzZDE5N2IyMmE5ODA5Y2U2NjA1ODUxZTVlYjAifQ== |website=High Commission of India, Bangladesh}}</ref><ref name="ds29Dec2009">{{cite news |last1=Hassan |first1=Mainul |title=Voice of the generation |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-119729 |work=The Daily Star |date=2009-12-29}}</ref> Montu died from [COVID-19](/source/COVID-19) in 2020.<ref name=300songs/> She credits her early interest in music to her mother, who was not a professional musician but loved singing.<ref name="ds6Dec2014">{{cite news |last1=Hossain |first1=Rafi |title=Konal's Quest for Musical Healing |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/konals-quest-for-musical-healing-53372 |work=The Daily Star |date=2014-12-06 |language=en}}</ref> When Konal was 6, her family moved to Kuwait, where her father worked for the [Ministry of Interior](/source/Ministry_of_Interior_(Kuwait)).<ref name="ds29Dec2009" /><ref>{{cite news |title=Konal to establish welfare trust in father's name |url=https://thedailynewnation.com/news/274038/konal-to-establish-welfare-trust-in-fathers-name.html |work=The New Nation |date=2021-01-04 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210603185734/https://thedailynewnation.com/news/274038/konal-to-establish-welfare-trust-in-fathers-name.html |archive-date=2021-06-03 |access-date=2021-06-03 |url-status=live }}</ref> In Kuwait, she studied [Hindustani classical music](/source/Hindustani_classical_music) under Keka Mukherjee at All India Music Academy.<ref name="hcidhaka" /><ref name="ds6Dec2014" /> In 2008, after finishing her [A-Levels](/source/A-Levels), she moved back to Dhaka, where she lived in her maternal uncle's home.<ref name="ds29Dec2009" /><ref name="ds18Jan2013">{{cite news |last1=Shazu |first1=Shah Alam |title=Konal: A sure hit |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-265582 |work=The Daily Star |date=2013-01-18}}</ref> She studied at the [University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh](/source/University_of_Liberal_Arts_Bangladesh) at the Department of Media Studies and Journalism.<ref name="ds18Jan2013"/>

==Career==
Konal came to prominence through a national musical talent hunt, the 2009 ''Channel i Shera Kontho''. Award-winning lyricist [Kabir Bakul](/source/Kabir_Bakul) and folk singer [Nadira Begum](/source/Nadira_Begum) judged her audition.<ref name="ds25Dec2009">{{cite news |last1=Ali |first1=Anwar |title=Konal wins 'Channel i Shera Kontho 2009' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-119238 |work=The Daily Star |date=2009-12-25}}</ref> The competition started in May, and she was crowned champion in December, from a field of 92,000 contestants.<ref name="ds25Dec2009" />

Over the next several years she was a playback singer for more than a dozen films, and hosted television shows for [Channel i](/source/Channel_i), including the 2012 edition of ''Shera Kontho''. She also had a cameo role as a radio jockey in the 2012 film ''[Lal Tip](/source/Lal_Tip)'',<ref name="ds18Jan2013" /> and modeled in several television commercials for [Airtel](/source/Airtel) in September 2011.<ref>{{cite news |title=Konal in TVC for first time |work=The New Nation |date=2011-09-06}}</ref> Also in 2011, she enrolled at [University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh](/source/University_of_Liberal_Arts_Bangladesh) in the Media Studies and Journalism Department.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Afrin |first=Saudia |date=September 2012 |title=Exclusive interview with ULAB's Konal: A Classical Music Singing Sensation |url=http://ces.ulab.edu.bd/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/ulabian_eng_sep_2012.pdf |magazine=The ULABian |access-date=2021-06-04 |archive-date=2021-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210604001034/http://ces.ulab.edu.bd/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2015/08/ulabian_eng_sep_2012.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Her first solo album, ''Konal's Jaadu'', was released in May 2012. It contains seven original [Bengali-language](/source/Bengali-language) tracks by noted composers and a cover of the song "[Bangla Desh](/source/Bangla_Desh_(song))" in tribute to [George Harrison](/source/George_Harrison).<ref>{{cite news |title=Konal's Jaadu unveiled |url=http://www.dhakamirror.com/uncategorized/konals-jaadu-unveiled/ |work=Dhaka Mirror |date=2012-05-16}}</ref> Her playback work in late 2015 and early 2016 included singing with Kanak Champa in the film ''[Apon Manush](/source/Apon_Manush)'', the song "Tomar Adhare, Tomar Anginate" with [Andrew Kishore](/source/Andrew_Kishore) in film ''Bhalobasapur'', and songs in films ''[Rajneeti](/source/Rajneeti_(2017_film))'', ''Meghkanya'', ''Premer Ki Sadh Ache Bol'' and ''Moner Raja''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.dailyinqilab.com/article/1041/%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%87-%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AF%E0%A6%B8%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A4-%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%9F-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B0-%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%9B%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%A8-%E0%A6%95%E0%A7%8B%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%B2?_e_pi_=7,PAGE_ID10,3426998615 |script-title=bn:প্লেব্যাকে ব্যস্ত সময় পার করছেন কোনাল |work=Daily Inqilab |language=bn |access-date=2018-01-16}}</ref> In May 2016, she and [Belal Khan](/source/Belal_Khan) shared the Symphony-Channel i Music Award in the category best playback singer for their duet "Jotodin Dhore Bachi" in the 2015 film ''Ochena Hridoy''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shahnaz Rahmatullah honoured at SCMA |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/shahnaz-rahmatullah-honoured-scma-1230793 |work=The Daily Star |date=2016-05-29}}</ref>

In October 2017, she recorded the song "Ma Tomar Anchol Kothay" with [Tanvir Tareq](/source/Tanvir_Tareq) for the 2019 film ''[Maya: The Lost Mother](/source/Maya%3A_The_Lost_Mother)''.<ref>{{cite news |script-title=bn:তানভীর তারেকের সুর-সঙ্গীতে নতুন প্লে-ব্যাকে কোনাল |url=https://www.bd-pratidin.com/entertainment/2017/10/22/274230 |work=Bangladesh Pratidin |language=bn |access-date=2017-10-22}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Karim |first1=Rahat |title=Maya – The lost mother |url=https://www.newagebd.net/article/96263/maya-the-lost-mother |work=New Age |date=2020-01-12}}</ref> She and [Bappa Mazumder](/source/Bappa_Mazumder) recorded the title song for the film ''[Jannat](/source/Jannat_(2018_film))'' in February 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Bappa Mazumder, Konal voice title number of 'Jannat' |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2018/02/05/bappa-mazumder-konal-voice-title-number-jannat |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2018-02-05}}</ref> She also voiced the title song of the 2019 film ''[Jodi Ekdin](/source/Jodi_Ekdin)'' with [Tahsan Khan](/source/Tahsan_Khan).<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Shababa |title=Keeping up with Konal |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/news/arts-entertainment/interview/keeping-konal-1616833 |work=The Daily Star |date=2018-08-07}}</ref>

Konal and [Imran Mahmudul](/source/Imran_Mahmudul), who was first runner up on the 2008 edition of ''Channel i Shera Kontho'', judged the 40-episode 2019 edition of children's musical reality show ''Ganer Raja''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Imran and Konal to judge 'Ganer Raja' |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/feature/2018/10/25/imran-and-konal-to-judge-ganer-raja |work=Dhaka Tribune |date=2018-10-25}}</ref> Later that year she recorded a duet with Lincon in the party song "Agun Lagailo" for the film [''Password''](/source/Password_(2019_Bangladeshi_film))'','' starring [Shakib Khan](/source/Shakib_Khan) and [Shobnom Bubly](/source/Shobnom_Bubly), which earned her widespread recognition and she received massive response from audience.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Shababa |title=Konal on fire with 'Agun Lagailo' |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/news/konal-fire-agun-lagailo-1754557 |work=The Daily Star |date=2019-06-10}}</ref> She voiced another party song, "Sunny Sunny" for the film ''Bikkhov''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Konal playbacks for Sunny Leone |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/music/singer-konal-playbacks-for-actress-sunny-leone-1792519 |work=The Daily Star |date=2019-08-30}}</ref>

In 2020, she sang "[Tumi Amar Jibon](/source/Tumi_Amar_Jibon)" with [Imran Mahmudul](/source/Imran_Mahmudul) for [Kazi Hayat](/source/Kazi_Hayat)'s 50th directorial venture ''[Bir](/source/Bir_(film))'', starring Shakib Khan and Shobnom Bubly, for which she won her first [National Film Award for Best Playback Singer](/source/Bangladesh_National_Film_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer).<ref>{{cite news |title=Imran getting response for song Tumi Aamar Jibon |url=http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/246155/imran-getting-response-for-song-tumi-aamar-jibon |work=The New Nation |date=2020-02-13 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20210604053025/http://www.thedailynewnation.com/news/246155/imran-getting-response-for-song-tumi-aamar-jibon |archive-date=2021-06-04 |access-date=2021-06-04 |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2023, she sang "[O Priyotoma](/source/O_Priyotoma)" for [the highest grossing Bangladeshi film of all time](/source/List_of_highest-grossing_Bangladeshi_films) ''[Priyotoma](/source/Priyotoma),'' with a [Akassh](/source/Akassh) composition, starring [Shakib Khan](/source/Shakib_Khan) and Idhika Paul. It received massive response from audience and crossed over 100 million views on YouTube in just three months. For which she won [Bachsas Award for Best Female Playback Singer](/source/Bachsas_Award_for_Best_Female_Playback_Singer).

and 2026, she sang "No Chinta Do Furti" for [Badiul Alam Khokon](/source/Badiul_Alam_Khokon) directorial venture [Tosnos](/source/Tosnos), starring Munna Khan and [Bobby Haque](/source/Bobby_Haque).<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt40479474/soundtrack/ |access-date=2026-05-12 |website=www.imdb.com}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Konal married Monzur Kader Zia, a journalist for ''[Prothom Alo](/source/Prothom_Alo)'' who she had known for three years, on 21 September 2016.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.clickittefaq.com/singer-konal-gets-married/ |title=Singer Konal gets married |work=The Daily Ittefaq |access-date=2018-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180117011848/http://www.clickittefaq.com/singer-konal-gets-married/ |archive-date=2018-01-17 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Konal marries Monjur Kader Zia |url=https://www.observerbd.com/details.php?id=34723 |work=The Daily Observer |date=2016-09-24}}</ref>

== Awards ==
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Year
!Award
!Category
!Album/Song
!Results
!{{Abbr|Ref.|References}}
|-
|2026
|BIFA Awards
|Best Singer 
|"O Jaan"
|{{Won}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |last=নিউজ |first=সময় |title=বাইফার ৫ম আসরে পুরস্কৃত সেরা তারকারা {{!}} বিনোদন |url=https://www.somoynews.tv/news/2026-05-10/7IsGN9IU |access-date=2026-05-17 |website=Somoy News |language=bn}}</ref>
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=8369415}}

{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Konal}}
Category:Living people
Category:Musicians from Dhaka
Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women singers
Category:Bengali-language playback singers
Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners
Category:University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh alumni
Category:1987 births
Category:Bengali singers

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