Doly Shaontoni ডলি শায়ন্তনী | |
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| Born | 3 April 1974 Pabna, Bangladesh |
| Genres | Folk, film, fusion, pop |
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Website | dolyshaontoni |
Doly Shaontoni (born 3 April 1974) [1] is a Bangladeshi playback singer [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] and businesswoman. [8] She releases solo, duet, and mixed albums and also songs for Bangladeshi cinema. She released 15 solo albums, over 100 duet songs and mixed albums and also sings in over 700 Bengali films. [9] [10] [7] Her notable film playback songs include "Tomare Tomare", "O Pakhi Re", "Tui Jodi Hoiti Bhala", "Ek Jhak Pakhi", and "Boli Boli Kore". [11]
In November 2023, Shaontoni submitted papers as a Bangladesh Nationalist Movement party candidate to represent the Pabna-2 constituency for the 2024 Bangladeshi general election. [12]
Doly Shaontoni was born in Pabna to Monowara Begum, a folk singer. [1] Her other siblings, Badsha Bulbul and Poly Shaontoni, are also musicians. [1] Monowara used to sing regularly at the Durbar event of Bangladesh Radio including a song titled Curly Curly Hair. [13] Shaontoni started working as a child artist in Bangladesh Radio. Her radio show was called Kolokakoli. She started working as a child singer listed only for Bangladesh Radio in 1984. Her first album was released by Milton Khondokar in 1989. [1]
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