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Abdul Bari Siddiqui (15 November 1954 - 24 November 2017) was a renowned music artiste, lyricist and flautist of Bangladesh. He mainly sang rural folk music and songs of the spiritual genre. He is best known for the songs he sang, such as 'Shua Chan Pakhi', 'Amar Gaye Joto Dukkho Soy', 'Sare Tin Hat Kobor', 'Pubali Batashe', 'Tumi Thako Karagare', 'Rajoni', 'Amar Gaye Joto Dukkho Soy', 'Ogo Bhabijan Nau Bawa', 'Manush Dhoru Manush Bhojo' and others.
Bari Siddiqui was born on 15 November 1954 in Netrakona district of Bangladesh, into a musical family. In childhood his first lessons in song came from within the family. At only 12 years of age his formal training began under the Netrakona artiste Ustad Gopal Datta. He came into the direct company of countless accomplished artistes, including Ustad Aminur Rahman, Dabir Khan and Pannalal Ghosh. During a concert Ustad Aminur Rahman observed Bari Siddiqui and offered to train him. For the next six years he trained under Ustad Aminur Rahman. In the seventies he became associated with the district Shilpakala Academy. On Ustad Gopal Datta's advice he began studying classical music. Later he grew interested in the flute and took training in classical music on the flute. In the nineties he went to Pune in India and took tutelage under Pandit V.G. Karnad. Returning home he began singing by combining folk song with classical music.
He took lessons in folk and classical music from Gopal Datta and Ustad Aminur Rahman. Essentially a flautist, Bari Siddiqui entered the world of music in the nineties, inspired by the writer and filmmaker Humayun Ahmed, and in a short time, through heart-piercing songs of love and separation, made a permanent place in the hearts of ordinary people. In an interview given to the Daily Amar Desh newspaper, Siddiqui said, "Humayun Ahmed gave me a great deal of encouragement behind my singing. Essentially it was on the strength of his courage that I strove to move forward."
In 1995 AD Bari Siddiqui performed music in public for the first time in a magazine programme of the renowned writer Humayun Ahmed named 'Ranger Baroi'. Then in 1999 AD he lent his voice to 7 songs in the film Srabon Megher Din, made to Humayun Ahmed's writing and direction. Among these, for the song "Shua Chan Pakhi" he gained enormous popularity very quickly.
In 1999 AD he took part in the World Flute Congress held in Geneva as the only representative from the Indian subcontinent.
Bari Siddiqui lent his voice to the songs of quite a few films and wrote song lyrics as well. In 2013 AD Siddiqui acted for the first time in the drama Pagla Ghora, written and directed by Ferari Amit.
Bari Siddiqui was married, the father of one daughter and two sons. On the night of 17 November 2017 he suffered a heart attack and was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka. As his physical condition did not improve, he was kept there under intensive observation. On 24 November he died there while under treatment.
