Runa Laila

Runa Laila
Runa Laila
রুনা লায়লা
	Laila in 2017
Born	Sadia Islam; 17 November 1952 (age 72); Sylhet, East Bengal, Dominion of Pakistan
Citizenship	Pakistani (1952–1974); Bangladeshi (1974–present);
Occupation(s)	Singer, music composer
Years active	1969–1991; 2008–present;
Spouses	Khawaja Javed Kaiser; Ron Daniel; Alamgir;
Relatives	Subir Sen (uncle)
Awards	see Awards below
	Musical career
Genres	Ghazal; pop; filmi; fusion; Sufi;
Instrument	Vocals

Runa Laila (born 17 November 1952)^[2]^[3] is a Bangladeshi playback singer and composer. She started her career in the Pakistani film industry in the late 1960s. Her style of singing is inspired by Pakistani playback singer Ahmed Rushdi and also frequently joined him for singing duets, after replacing another singer Mala.^[4]^[5]^[6] Her playback singing in films – The Rain (1976), Jadur Banshi (1977), Accident (1989), Ontore Ontore (1994), Devdas (2013) and Priya Tumi Shukhi Hou (2014) - earned her seven Bangladesh National Film Awards for Best Female Playback Singer.^[2] She won the Best Music Composer award for the film Ekti Cinemar Golpo (2018).^[7]

^ "Like music itself, a singer has no boundaries: Runa Laila". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 30 April 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2022.
^ ^a ^b "Many Happy Returns to Sadia a Islam". The Daily Star. 17 November 2016. Archived from the original on 17 November 2016. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
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^ Arnold, Alison (2000). The Garland Encyclopedia of World Music. Taylor & Francis. pp. 420–421. ISBN 0-8240-4946-2.
^ Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterji, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 532–533. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
^ "National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced". The Daily Star. 8 November 2019. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.