Singer Shaon Chowdhury has been awarded the prestigious RD Smriti Awards in Kolkata for his duet song “Amar Achhe Robi Thakurer Shesher Kobita” with famed Indian singer Haimanti Shukla, from album “Mone Rekho Prithibi.”
Accepting the award at a recently held ceremony in Malda, Kolkata, the singer said: “It is indeed a beautiful song, and this award is its acknowledgment. This will surely inspire me to create even better songs.”
The RD Smriti Awards was founded in memory of celebrated Indian singer Rahul Dev Burman. Every year the award honours artistes with outstanding contribution to music in the Indian Sub-continent.
This award adds to Shaon’s many achievements. He has also received awards such as the World Master Award in Music, India-Bangladesh Friendship Award 2011, and South Asian Cultural Award. He learned classical khayal and ghazal under the tutelage of renowned ustad Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury.
