Bari Siddiqui dead | বারী সিদ্দিকীর লাস | The Update's LTD

Bari Siddiqui dead | বারী সিদ্দিকীর লাস | The Update's LTD

Bari Siddiqui (15 November 1954 – 24 November 2017) was a Bangladeshi singer-songwriter, flutist and folk musician. Siddiqui got his formal vocal training at the age of 12 under Gopal Dutt of Netrokona. Since 1981, Bari took lessons for six years under Ustad Aminur Rahman. He later got professional tutelage under V. G. Karnaad in Pune, India. He earned his bachelor's from the University of Dhaka and joined Bangladesh Television in about 1985. Siddiqui made his first television appearance in 1995 on Ronger Baroi, a musical program produced by Humayun Ahmed. He came to mainstream with the release of Ahmed's film Srabon Megher Din (1999). Siddiqui was awarded the Bachsas Award for his music direction in Srabon Megher Din for rendering the song Showa Chan Pakhi. In April 2000, he released a folk album titled Lokhkho Tara. Siddiqui was admitted to Square Hospital in Dhaka on 17 November 2017, when he was suffering from a heart disease. He died on 24 November under treatment