Andrew Kishore undergoes first chemotherapy

Renowned playback singer Andrew Kishore was recently diagnosed with cancer. He began undergoing chemotherapy as the first phase of treatment in Singapore General Hospital from Sunday.

Singer Jahangir Sayed, who accompanied Andrew Kishore to Singapore, confirmed this to Prothom Alo.

Andrew Kishore left Dhaka for Singapore with his wife and Jahangir Sayed on 9 September. Jahangir returned to Dhaka and informed Prothom Alo that Andrew Ksihore was suffering from from kidney and hormone related complications.

He is losing weight and his adrenal glands are swollen, he said.

The physicians are worried as he has high fever almost every day, he added.

The physicians are looking into the cause of fever and are also conducting a biopsy.

Actor Omor Sani, now in Singapore, has visited the singer in the hospital.

Earlier on 8 September this year, the prime minister Sheikh Hasina handed one million taka to Andrew Kishore as assistance for his treatment.

Andrew Kishore was born in Rajshahi on 4 November 1955. His mother named her son after her favourite singer Kishore Kumar, perhaps not realising he would become one of the most popular playback singers in Bangladesh.

The singer entered the film industry with the song ‘Achinpurer rajkumari nei je tar keu’ composed by Alam Khan for the film ‘Mail Train’ in 1977. The artiste recorded thousands of songs for hundreds of films as a playback singer.

His famous songs include "Jibaner galpo achhe baki olpo", "Amar shara deho kheyo go mati", "Dak diyachhen doyal amare", "Bhalobese gelam shudhu", "Amar buker moddhey khaney", “Amar babar mukhey prothom jedin," and "Bhengechhe pinjore".