| Timir Nandy | |
| Birth Name: | Timir Nandy |
| Native Name: | তিমির নন্দী |
| Native Name Lang: | bn |
| Birth Date: | 15 March 1957 |
| Birth Place: | Rajbari, Bangladesh |
| Nationality: | Bangladeshi |
| Years Active: | 1969–present |
| Occupation: | Singer, writer, activist, anchor |
| Awards: | Gold & Silver Medalist of East Pakistan Music Competition 1969, Swadhinata Academy 2012 & 2013, Zilla Shilpakala Academy 2012, Kushtia Zilla Proshashon 2012 & Dhaka Zilla Proshashon 2015, Gulshan Club 2014, Udichi Shilpi Gosthi 2015 & 2018, Bangladesh High Commission Kolkata 2012 & 2015, Bangladesh Embassy Kuwait 2011, Bangladesh Police Association 2014, Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University 2015, Jahangirnagar University 2012 & 2018, Rishijo 1418 (Bangabda), Sammilito Sangsgkriti Jot (Kushtia) 1995, MEDHA (Kushtia) 2006, Grameen Phone 2006, Amra Surjyomukhi 2010, Transparency International Bangladesh 2013, Joyeeta 2016, Shanko Telefilm 2018, Bangla Ma 2016, Shubhojon 2019, Lions Clubs International Zilla 315 A1, Bangladesh 2021, Rotary Club of Dhaka Udayan Zilla 3281 Bangladesh & Economic Reporters Forum 2022 and many more |
Timir Nandy (Bengali: তিমির নন্দী) is a Bangladeshi singer who mainly sings romantic songs and patriotic songs. He has lent his voice to popular songs such as "Ogo Chand Kothay Peyechho Eto Alo", " Tomare Legechhe Eto Je Bhalo", "Monobeena Te Roye Roye", " Jhor Jhor Baridhara Sondhay", "Chander Pane Cheye Cheye", " Badhon Khule Dilam". He completed 50 years of his career in 2019 and dropped an album titled Meghla Du Chokh to celebrate the silver jubilee of his career. [1]
Timir started his career in 1969 on Bangladesh Television and radio. In 1971, he participated in Bangladesh Liberation War as a freedom fighter. After Independence, He was admitted to Dhaka music college. In 1972, he formed a cultural organisation named Rajani along with some of his friends in Dhaka. During this period, he started composing music, with some of his composed tunes penned by his friends from Rajani musical group. In BTV's serial Shonkito Podojatra, he composed a song titled "Badhon khule dilam" which got immense popularity at that time. [2]
In 1973, while studying there, he bagged a scholarship from the Soviet Union government to complete higher studies in Soviet Russia. He thus became the first ever Bangladeshi to complete higher studies in music from Europe. He shifted to the Soviet Union and completed his higher studies. In the late-1970s, he returned to Bangladesh and took up music as a career. He earned a niche for himself through numerous hit songs in films, television, and radio. [1]
In 2009, He completed 40 years in music. He published an album after a long hiatus to commemorate this achievement. In 2019, he published another album called Meghla Duchokh to celebrate 50 years of his career. [3] In 2020, He took the initiative to compose songs for the new generation's singers at the request of the regional director of Bangladesh Betar, Syed Mostafa Kamal. He has mainly worked on patriotic and modern songs. Those songs have been penned by Rongu Shahabuddin, Md Rafiqul Hasan, Khokon Sirajul Islam, Ayet Hossain Ujjal and Salma Akter while Linu Billah, Mokhlesul Islam Nilu, Jinat Rehana, Tanveer Alam Sajeeb, Shahnaz Rahman Shikriti, Chhonda Chakraborty, Shorolipi, Sondipon, Ronti Das, Nishita Barua, Champa Banik, Shahina Haque, Himadri Biswas, Muhin, Priyanka Gope, Rajib, Rebeka Sultana have sung these patriotic songs. [2]
He joined St Francis Xavier's Greenherald International School as a music teacher in 1983, where he has been teaching since.[4]