Wishes pour in for Prince Mahmud on his birthday

Friday marked the birthday of lyricist-composer Prince Mahmud.

Prince is remembered mostly for his remarkable collaborations with iconic Bangladeshi singers including James, Ayub Bachchu, Hasan, Khalid, Shafin Ahmed, Fahmida Nabi, Nancy and many more.

The song ‘Aj Jonmodin Tomar’, sung by Miles rockstar Shafin Ahmed, has always been a prominent Bengali song when it comes to addressing someone’s birthday.

Many of his fans and well-wishers wished him by posting his composed song ‘Aaj jonmodin tomar’ on social media.

Noted lyricist and Prince’s long-time friend Asif Iqbal said, “To me, Prince is the ultimate unbending prince of Bangla songs. What a timeless collection of songs he has made in his career! His songs nurtured a couple of generations, who learned to dream, to love, to weep through his magical creations.”

Addressing his love for Prince, Asif continued, “He is a great song-maker, who only knows how to create good music. I love him the way he is, and it is my utmost honour that he calls me a friend. Today is the birthday of my musical maestro friend!”

Prominent lyricist Zulfiqer Russell wrote, “He is indeed the prince of modern Bangla songs. His fan-base includes not only the young generation but people of all ages.”

Prince started his musical journey in the 1980’s as an emerging band artiste. His mixed album ‘Shakti’ (1995) propelled his journey as a composer of mixed albums, which immediately garnered him massive success along with positive critical acclamations.

During the commercially successful era of the music industry during the pre and post-2000, Prince has penned and composed many songs that helped the industry feature artistes from different genres under the same roof.

His most popular tracks include ‘Aaj jonmodin tomar’ (Shafin Ahmed); ‘Jodi himaloy hoye’, ‘Hoyni jabar bela’ (Khalid); ‘Bangladesh’, ‘Maa’, ‘Guru’, 'Baba' (James); Eto koshto keno bhalobashay (Hasan); ‘Mati hobo mati’, ‘Boka’ (Rumi) and more.