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- ↑ মা-বাবাকে মিস করছেন আঁখি [Akhi Alamgir misses her parents]. Dhaka Times (in Bengali).
- 1 2 3 4 তিন প্রজন্মের মেলবন্ধন.... Bangladesh Pratidin (in Bengali).
- ↑ মায়ের প্রিয় গান [Mother's favorite songs]. Kaler Kantho (in Bengali).
- ↑ নব্বই দশকের তরুণীদের স্বপ্নের নায়ক সালমান [Salman Shah was the heartthrob of 1990's young ladies]. Risingbd.com (in Bengali).
- ↑ Nirmom (1996) movie songs