Hasan Abidur Reja Jewel - A Talented Bangla Music Artist
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Hasan Abidur Reja Jewel is recognised as a talented artiste of the 1990s. His romantic and melodious songs like Dupur belar khola chithi and Swarno ranga dinguli fascinated many a young listener. At present Jewel is also busy as Chief of Production and Event, Impress Telefilm Ltd. He is the director of the ongoing talent hunt Channel i Shera Kontho ‘08. Recently, The Daily Star talked to the media personality about his musical career and profession.
Jewel’s first solo album was released in 1991. After that, six more solo albums were released. Among these albums, noted singer and composer Ayub Bachchu composed the music for five. Bappa Majumdar and the late Pranab Ghosh did the compositions for the other two.
On the issue of his reluctance to go solo, Jewel said, “The mushrooming popularity of Indian audio CDs in our market made me review my singing career. In those days, artistes like me either had to go with the flow or give a pause to their music career. I chose the second.”
“Gradually I became busy with my profession and could not squeeze in time for music,” he added.
Recently Jewel worked in two mixed albums titled Ek-i Shohorey featured with Bappa Majumdar and Bhango Moner Dana featured with Bappa and Indranil (India).
Jewel has observed a change in the audio industry since 2005. In his words, “Artistes like Bappa Majumdar, Arnob, Habib and Fuad are catalysts of the change in our audio industry.”
Jewel is enthusiastic about the talent hunt Channel i Shera Kontho ‘08. He said, “At present the ‘Ora Egaro Jon’ round is on, where 11 contestants are participating to ensure a place among the best five. The gala round of the event will feature these five contestants and it will be held on August 29.”
Jewel further said, “Each of these 11 contestants are well versed in music. Channel i is planning to groom the last 19 contestants further. We have plans to release albums and arrange tours for these contestants.”
The music- based programme on Channel i, Citycell Sa 2 Sa is also a brainchild of Jewel.
Returning to his musical career, Jewel said that he had a plan to remake his early songs. He said, “Ayub Bachchu and I have a plan to remake my popular older songs. I hope that we can immediately start our new venture.”
At present Jewel is working with a trainer named Shahjahan Kabir, to keep his vocal chords in form.
by Jamil Mahmud
This is a reprint and this article was first printed on the daily star.
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Hi Mr Jewel…Surprice to see you as a good singer.
I LYK UR SONG SOO MOUCH.
ALSO UR ATTITUDE, EVERYTHING.
MAY ALLAH BLESS U.
THNKING,AYON_KSA
hi
what a good singer. you are my best always.
hi,i like ur voice very much.amar ache ondoker,chile kotar ek dopure,what a nice song.thank u very much for giving us some nice song.hope u will stay with bacchu bhai.coz ur voice lyrics all can properly realized bacchu vai.best of luck
your voice is unforgettable.
Jewel vai
Abar Kobe ek sathe Kaj Korbo?
Jewel vai
Abar Kobe ek sathe Kaj _Korbo?
SUBRATA BISWAS : Magic Icon of Bangladesh - Nothing seems impossible in the world of Magic. Sword penetrates body of a person still living him alive, Electric Saw dissects the body of a girl and again she is intact, girl floats up in the air, bird or flower appears out of now where, tongue is separated or neck chopped by guillotine but no physical harm is in fact done. People love Magic because that shows them in front of their eyes what they think impossible. It takes them to the universe of fantasy creating an illusion of reality. It once happened that a magician transformed some pieces of bricks into gold. After the show one woman burst out in tears and requested the magician to give her some golden pieces of bricks which she would pay as dowry to her would be son-in-law. The incident is embarrassing on one hand enlightening on the other. Dowry in marriage is a major social problem in our country which asks an urgent solution. The magician whose tricks sounded so real, as described in the previous paragraph, was none other than – Magician Subrata Biswas. He was born in 10th January 1970 at Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subrata is the leading magic prodigies who gave his wonderful magic performance all over the country and abroad with grand success and his magic show has been highly praised by the press, public, electronic media and distinguished people of the society. The specialty of Mr. Subrata as a magician is that he always speaks about our society by magic. When he turns a black feather into white he just points out to the fact that the discrimination between the white and black skin is baseless and unjustified. Another attribute of Subrata’s magic is that he likes to present his tricks in a humorous way. He has developed some techniques of presentation which is mixed with comedy. Subrata is one of the most talented magicians of our country today. It is love and dedication to magic which prompted him to take it up seriously. Subrata started magic in 1980 through firstly Mr. Shaheen, then Mr. Ulfat Kabir & lastly Magic Guru, Mr. Jewel Aich. He completed home study course on magic from Chavez Magic School (USA) under Dale Salwak. He is now the member of many reputed institutions e.g. Singapore Magician Club, British Magical Society, London Magic Circle, The Academy of Magical Arts (USA), International Brotherhood of Magicians (USA) & International Magicians Society (IMS), USA. Magic is an art which is based on the theories of science. There is nothing supernatural in it. Subrata throws challenge to those claim supernatural power. He says if any body can prove it, I will give him one lakh taka. Subrata has got some special tricks in his receptacle. The most famous one is Buriganga Escape Illusion. In this trick he is locked in a box and splashed into Buriganga. He would get out of it in five seconds and another is Bijoy Sharani or Sangshad Bhaban disappear a entire day ! Subrata has showed magic in many countries including India, Nepal, Singapore, China several times. He has so far performed magic in about 1000 shows. It is often in newspaper ads that some magician would teach magic in five days or one week. According to Subrata these are all deception. He said, they are inexperienced and uneducated magicians and do so only to earn money in an unfair way. Magic is the blend of science and art which takes a long time to master. International Brotherhood of Magicians (USA) invites magicians every year to their annual convention from all over the world. But many of our magicians abused the opportunity taking people with them and dropping them in USA. And it was yielded great problem for the professionals here. Subrata regretted, we now get invitation from USA, but don’t get visa, because the people in American Embassy cannot put trust on us. They reject us on the ground of previous record that the magicians or their companions did not come back to Bangladesh. The stalemate should be resolved for the sake of development of our magic industry. Benevolence is what stirs a noble heart, Subrata has decided to donate his eyes and other organs to be used for medical research after his death. He is also working for the rehabilitation of drug addicts. Subrata believes magic for humanity. In 1988 devastating flood in our country, he arranged charity shows and collected Tk. 30,000 for the distressed people. He won the best magician award from New York Magic Academy in 1994, Dhaka Television Reporter’s Association (TRAB) of Bangladesh award and Antora Sanjit Academy in 2002, Sher-e-Bangla Performance award in 2003, Bangabir Osmani Smrity award, Bhashani Smrity Award and B C A Sharbachha award in 2004 etc. The Magic of our country has much reputation outside. Subrata aspires to further develop the art of magic and uphold the position of Bangladesh in the realm of World Magic. (Magician Subrata Biswas, M.com & MBA, e-mail: subratabiswas2003@yahoo.com, M: 01711336559, Makbul Market, 1st Floor, Barisal-8200, Bangladesh.) visit : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIZM4ncp_j0