Bangladesh music legend Lucky Akhand dies

Legendary singer-composer Lucky Akhand died at the Mitford Hospital in the capital after a prolonged battle against lung cancer at 7pm on Friday.

His daughter Mum Minti and wife Marium confirmed the matter to Jagonews24.com.

Akhand was born on June 18, 1956. He got music lessons at the age of five from his father. He performed in music programs for children on television and radio during 1963-1967.

He was enlisted as a music composer of HMV Pakistan when he was 14 and a musician of HMV India at 16.

Akhand started his career with self-titled solo album Lucky Akhand in 1984 under the banner of Sargam. Some of the notable songs on that album were "Agey Jodi Jantam", "Amay Dekona", "Mamonia", "Ei Neel Monihar", "Hridoy Amar".

Akhand stopped his career after the death of his younger brother, Happy Akhand in 1987. He returned after a decade with two albums named Porichoy Kobe Hobe and Bitrishna Jibone Amar in 1998. Porichoy Kobe Hobe was the second solo album and the remake of his Happy Akhand`s solo album. Bitrishna Jibone Amar was a band and modern mix album.

In the same year, he composed a duet album named Ananda Chokh with the lyrics of Golam Morshed and under the banner of Soundtrack. Akhand composed a solo album of Samina Chowdhury named Amay Dekona in 1999.

He composed another mixed album after year 2000. The album was named "Tomar Oronne." Bappy Majumder, Nipu, Fahmida Nabi and Lucky Akhand contributed 10 songs.

Akhand won the first prize in "Modern Bangla Songs" category in 1969 from the Pakistan Art Council.