A number of 33 personalities were bestowed with the ‘Masud Karim Smrity Padak’ in different categories at a commemorative event held at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. Organised by Masud Karim Memorial Foundation, State Minister for Posts and Telecommunications Tarana Halim as the chief guest handed over the awards to the recipients at the programme. This year, Subir Nandi, Kumar Biswajit, Timir Nandi, Shubhro Dev, Fouzia Khan, Farida Parvin, Shaheen Samad and Shakila Zafar have been honoured in the category of music. Besides, Dolly Iqbal received the award for dance, Sheikh Saadi Khan as composer, Hasan Motiur Rahman and Safat Khaiyam as lyricist, and Saiful Wadud Helal for the documentary.
Masud Karim is a Bangladeshi lyricist. He is the recipient of Bangladesh National Film Awards. He was a lyricist of Bangladesh from the 1960s till the 2000s, and wrote more than 1500 songs in 300 films. Masud Karim debuted with the mythological film ‘Rupban’ (1965). The film contained nearly 30 songs, all written by Karim and sung by Ferdousi Rahman. The film was a commercial success. The songs included ‘Shono Shono Daima Go’, ‘Shono Tejal’, ‘Baro Diner Shishu Rahim Go’, ‘Merona Meron’, which still receive airplay. He wrote the lyrics ‘Ei Duniya Ekhon To Aar’ for the film ‘Dui Poisar Alta’ (1981), which composed by Alauddin Ali and sung by Mitali Mukherjee. For this song, Karim won the National Film Award for Best Lyrics in 1982.