Shabnam Mustari

{{Short description|Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer}} {{infobox person |name=Shabnam Mustari |native_name=শবনম মুশতারি |birth_place=Naogaon |occupation=Singer |father=Talim Hossain |relatives={{ubl|Yasmin Mustari|Parveen Mustari}} }}

'''Shabnam Mustari''' is a Bangladeshi Nazrul Geeti singer.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-64583|title=Good songs have sense of the literary Shabnam Mushtari|date=November 23, 2008|access-date=May 31, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref> She was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1997 and Nazrul Award in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/news-detail-167455|title=Govt set to modernise armed forces: Minister|date=December 26, 2010|access-date=May 31, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/printversion/details/13468|title=Sirajul Islam, Shabnam Mustari get Nazrul Award|date=August 28, 2015|newspaper=The Independent}}</ref> Her notable songs include ''Laili Tomar Esheche Phiria'', ''Amai Nohe Go Bhalobasho Mor Gaan'', ''Piya Piya Piya'', and ''Tumi Shuniye Cheyona''.<ref name=dementia>{{Cite web|last=Shazu|first=Shah Alam|date=2021-11-05|title=Legendary Nazrul singer Shabnam Mustari has lost her memories|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/entertainment/tv-film/news/legendary-nazrul-singer-shabnam-mustari-has-lost-her-memories-2222771|access-date=2021-11-13|website=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref>

==Background== Mustari was born in Naogaon District to poet Talim Hossain and journalist Begum Mafruha Chowdhury.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.amardeshonline.com/pages/details/2012/06/20/150473#.V031Or4rI_V|script-title=bn:আমাদের পরিবারের পরমাত্মীয় ওস্তাদজী মেহেদী হাসান|date=June 19, 2012|access-date=May 31, 2016|newspaper=Amar Desh |author=Shabnam Mustari |language=bn}}</ref> Her sisters Yasmin Mustari and Parveen Mustari are also Nazrul Geeti singers.<ref name=dementia/>

Mustari music career started in the 1960s. She taught young artists under "Poet Talim Hossain Trust".<ref>{{cite news|url=http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/25/d405251403101.htm|title=Celebrating 105th anniversary of our National Poet Kazi Nazrul Islam|author=Harun ur Rashid|date=May 25, 2004|access-date=May 31, 2016|newspaper=The Daily Star|archive-date=June 5, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605043225/http://archive.thedailystar.net/2004/05/25/d405251403101.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Mustari was diagnosed with dementia in 2019.<ref name=dementia/>

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