Asif Akbar

Asif Akbar (born 25 March 1972),^[1] commonly known as ASIF, is a Bangladeshi singer and cricket personality.^[2][3] He releases solo, duet, and mixed albums and also songs for Bangladeshi cinema. He received six Meril-Prothom Alo Award and a Bangladesh National Film Award.^[4] Asif Akbar is one of the directors of the Bangladesh Cricket Board and serves as the chairman of the Age-Group Tournament Committee.^[5]

Akbar was born to Ali Akbar and Rokeya Akbar in Comilla.^[1] He did his SSC from Comilla Zilla School in 1989 and HSC from Comilla Victoria Government College in 1991.

Music director Shawkat Ali Emon gave Akbar the first break, and he started performing as a playback singer for films since 1998.^[4] Akbar made his break with the track "O Priya Tumi Kothay".^[6] His debut album was released on 30 January 2001. He consistently releases solo albums and also duets with singers such as Kavita Krishnamurthy, Kumar Sanu, Bappa Mazumder, Doly Shaontoni, Suzana Ansar, Sonia, Kaniz Suborna, Dinat Jahan Munni, Monir Khan, and many others. He temporarily retired from commercial singing on 17 March 2010 to concentrate on his political career but returned to the Bangladeshi music scene with his solo album titled X Prem released in August 2013.

Akbar received the Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Singer (Male) for five consecutive years from 2001 through 2005, the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer for 2006, and for 2013, a record sixth Meril Prothom Alo Award for the performance of his song "X Prem".^[7]

Akbar is married to Salma Asif Mitu.^[8] Politically, he is a supporter of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP). He was a member of BNP's central executive committee until resigning in 2011.^{[8][9][10][11]}

في يونيو/حزيران 2018، اتهم المغني شفيق توهين أكبر ببيع نسخ رقمية لعدة أغاني دون إذن، ورفع دعوى قضائية ضده لدى مركز شرطة تيجغاون. ^{[ 12 ]} أُلقي القبض على أكبر في 6 يونيو/حزيران من استوديو التسجيل الخاص به في منطقة إف دي سي في دكا. ^{[ 13 ]} لاحقًا، رفضت محكمة دكا طلبات الحبس الاحتياطي والإفراج بكفالة، وأمرت بإيداعه السجن. ^{[ 14 ]} بعد قضائه 5 أيام في السجن، منحه قاضي محكمة دكا الابتدائية العليا الإفراج بكفالة. ^{[ 15 ]}

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