Alif Alauddin

Alif Alauddin
আলিফ আলাউদ্দীন
Alauddin in 2020
Born (1983-02-17) 17 February 1983 (age 43)
Occupationssinger, television presenter
Years active1997–present
Spouse
Kazi Faisal Ahmed
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(m. 2006)​
Children1

Alif Alauddin (born 17 February 1983) is a Bangladeshi singer and television presenter.

Early life

Alauddin is the daughter of music director Alauddin Ali and singer Salma Sultana. Her maternal as well as paternal aunts and uncles, cousins are Abida Sultana, Rebeca Sultana, Rafiqul Alam, Sumon, Shouquat Ali Imon, Nawrin, Farshid, Pushpita, Ali Akbar Rupu, Abu Taher, Ali Akram Shubho, Dhir Ali Miah, Mansoor Ali. They are her immediate family members.

Career

Alauddin started as a solo singer in 1997 and joined Pentagon in 2001. She has released solo albums, many singles and an album with Pentagon. She left Pentagon in 2009.

Alauddin and Pentagon bandmate who is also her cousin, Farshid Alam co-hosted Music Buzz on Ekattor TV starting in 2012. Broadcast twice weekly, it was soon the top-rated musical show on TV in the country, according to The Daily Star. It ran for twelve years. Alif Alauddin had a successful kidney transplant.

After a decade away from the band, she rejoined Pentagon in 2019.

Alauddin released her fourth solo self titled album in 2026.

Personal life

Alauddin was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease in 2010. She had a successful kidney transplant in 2023.

Alauddin married her band member from Pentagon, Kazi Faisal Ahmed on 14 July 2006. They have a daughter named Fiona. Alauddin's mother, Salma Sultana, died from kidney failure in September 2016.

Her father Alauddin Ali passed away on 9 August 2020 due to lung cancer.

Discography

References

  1. ↑ ৩০ বছর আগে যেভাবে লতার সান্নিধ্য পান আলিফ. The Dhaka Post (in Bengali). 6 February 2022. Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 Alamgir Kabir (3 June 2021). এই অসুখের সাথে আপস করেই চলতে হবে : আলিফ আলাউদ্দিন. Daily Naya Diganta (in Bengali). Retrieved 1 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Alif Alauddin's tribute to her father". UNB. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  4. ↑ "I'll come back stronger". The Daily Star. 14 July 2020.
  5. 1 2 Pritom, Nusrat Jahan (10 July 2019). "Pentagon Reunites". Daily Sun.
  6. ↑ "Farshid Alam What's all the Buzz about?". The Daily Star. 27 July 2013.
  7. ↑ "Tête-à-Tête with Alif Alauddin". The Daily Star. 26 April 2015.
  8. 1 2 "Alif Alauddin suffering from severe kidney damage". Dhaka Tribune. 17 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "Alif Alauddin and Kazi Faisal Ahmed". NTV. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  10. ↑ Zia, Manzoor Kader (30 September 2016). বনানীতে দাফন হবে সংগীতশিল্পী সালমা সুলতানার. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2024-12-02.
  11. ↑ "Music composer Alauddin Ali passes away". Prothomalo. 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2026-05-08.