Music Director Alauddin Ali on Life Support

Eminent composer and music director Alauddin Ali has been put on life support at a hospital in the capital on Saturday morning.

Shawkat Ali Rana, son of the music director, confirmed the matter to media.

Ali made his debut as a music composer through the film Shondhikkhon in 1974. In 1977 his compositions for the films Golapi Ekhon Train-e and Fokir Mojnu Shah earned him fame.

Alauddin Ali has won the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director five times for the films Golapi Ekhon Traine (1978), Sundori (1979), Koshai (1980), Jogajog (1988) and Lakhe Ekta (1990).

He was awarded the Best Music Composer and the Best Lyricists for the films Laal Doriya (2002) and Premik (1985) respectively.

He has directed music for more than 300 films in his career.