Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury

Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury (born 16 December 1944) is a Bangladeshi astrologer and lyricist.[1] He has gained his fame as an astrologer for his regular horoscope readings in satirical way on Apnar Rashi (your zodiac sign) in the Daily Prothom Alo.[1][2] He wrote classic Bengali songs for many singers and bands, like Love Runs Blind, Samina Chowdhury, Lucky Akhand, Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury and others. He also worked as an intelligence officer for the Provisional Government of Bangladesh during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.[3]

Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury
Born (1944-12-16) 16 December 1944
Sylhet, British Raj
NationalityBangladeshi
Occupationastrologer, lyricist

Some of the famous Bengali songs he wrote includes, Ei rupali guitar phele, Amai deko na, pherano jabe na, Kobita Pora Prohor, Jekhane simanto tomar sekhane basanta amar and Mousomi kare valobasho tomi.[4][5][6]

Early life

Chaudhury was born on 16 December 1944 in Sylhet District of the then British India (now Bangladesh).[7] He graduated in drawing and sketching from the Fine Art Institute of Dhaka University.[7]

Career

Chaudhury started practicing astrology when he was 11 years old.[8] He started writing lyrics when he was a student of Dhaka University. At his early age, he joined the government service. Besides writing lyrics, he also wrote few scripts for TV drama and directed many of them.[8]

References
  1. "Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury". The Daily Star. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  2. "Kausar still critical". New Age. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  3. "Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury: 'Astrology suddenly came to me'". Dhaka Tribune. 15 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  4. এ সপ্তাহের সাক্ষাৎকার: কাওসার আহমেদ চৌধুরী. BBC News Bangla (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  5. হাসপাতালে রুপালী গিটারের গীতিকার কাওসার আহমেদ চৌধুরী. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  6. অসুস্থ কাউসার আহমেদ চৌধুরী. Samakal (in Bengali). Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. "shamskm.com: Weekly Horoscope by Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury". www.shamskm.com. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  8. "Kawser Ahmed Chowdhury's interview with BBC Bangla". The Daily Star. 6 June 2013. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
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