Bangladeshi music director and composer Sheikh Sadi Khan is a familiar face to all of us. He has proved himself through Bengali and film songs. Bengali music has been enriched by his work.
Sheikh Saadi Khan, the shining star of modern Bengali music, was born on March 3, 1950. He is the nephew of Ustad Alauddin Khan, son of Ustad Ayet Ali Khan, younger brother of Ustad Abed Hossain Khan, Bahadur Hossain Khan and musician Mubarak Hossain Khan. Sheikh Sadi Khan began his career under the guardianship of his father Ustad Ayet Ali Khan. He joined Pakistan Radio in 1965. When the Liberation War of Bangladesh broke out in 1971, he migrated to Kolkata and worked for Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra. He continued playing the violin in films as well as composing music for Bangladesh Betar.
The number of songs composed by Sheikh Saadi Khan is about 4 thousand. He has directed music in over a hundred films.
Sheikh Saadi Khan won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Ghani (2006) and Best Music Composer for Bhalobaslei Ghor Bandha Jay Na (2010). He won Ekushey Padak in 2018 by the Government of Bangladesh. He has won the BACHSHASH award too.