Sayeem Rana | |
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Born | Sayeem Rana 1 March 1975 |
Nationality | Bangladeshi |
Alma mater | Dhaka University |
Occupation(s) | singer, songwriter, composer, music director, painter, poet and professor |
Notable work | Nekabborer Mohaproyan (music director) |
Awards | National Film Awards (2014) and Prothom Alo Best Book Award (1416) |
Sayeem popularly known as Sayeem Rana (born 1 March 1975) is a Bangladeshi singer, composer, music director, poet and professor. His full name is Md. Ziaur Rahman (Sayeem Rana).[1] He won Bangladesh National Film Awards in best music director category for the film Nekabborer Mohaproyan in 2014.[2] and Prothom Alo Best Book Award 1416. He is the assistant professor at the Department of Music of Dhaka University.[3][4][5][6][7]
Rana was born on 1 March 1975 at the village of Jugia Dargah Para in Kushtia District of Bangladesh to Abdus Sobhan and Amina Khatun.[1] He graduated in June 1996 and obtained his post-graduate degree in January 1997 in Islamic studies from Dhaka University.[1] In January 2009, he earned his PhD degree on the title Mass Music of Bangladesh: Subject and Tune Variation from the same university in the department of theatre and music.[1]
Rana joined the Department of Film and Media of Stamford University Bangladesh as a part-time lecturer in 2010.[1] In 2015, he joined University of Dhaka as a lecturer at the Department of Music under the Faculty of Arts.[1] In 2015, Rana launched a book titled "Traditional Musical Instruments".[8]