Kanak Chapa
Bangladeshi female singer (* 1969)
Kanak Chapa (née Rumana Morshed Kanak Chapa; born 11 September 1969) is a Bangladeshi singer. She received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer three times, for her performance in the films Love Story (1995), Premer Taj Mahal (2001) and Ek Takar Bou (2008). She published her autobiography Sthobir Jajabor in 2011 and a poetry book Mukhomukhi Joddha in 2012.
Early life
Kanak Chapa was born as Rumana Morshed on 11 September 1969 in Dhaka at Holy Family Hospital to Azizul Huque Morshed (born 27 October 1933; died 29 December 2009) and Momena Jahan. Her parents were cousins and they got married on 20 January 1960. She is the third among five siblings. She has 2 older sisters and 2 younger brothers. She got her first music lessons from her father. During her career, she sang almost 3 thousand songs and released over 30 solo albums.
In 1978, she made her television debut.
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