A glorious career spanning over three decades, Prince took the industry on a new height with his remarkable collaborations with iconic Bangladeshi singers including James, Ayub Bachchu, Hasan, Khalid, Shafin Ahmed, Fahmida Nabi, Nancy and many more.
The song ‘Aj Jonmodin Tomar’, sung by Miles rockstar Shafin Ahmed, has always been a prominent Bengali song when it comes to addressing someone’s birthday. This popular Bengali 'birthday-anthem' is composed by Prince Mahmud, and many of his well-wishers took this song to greet the artist on social media, marking his birthday.
Noted lyricist and Prince’s longtime friend Asif Iqbal quoted the lyrics of ‘Aj Jonmodin Tomar’ to wish his friend on Facebook -
“To me, Prince is the ultimate unbending Prince of Bangla songs. What a timeless collection of songs he has made in his career! His songs nurtured a couple of generations, who learned to dream, to love, to weep through his magical creations.”
Addressing his love for Prince, Asif continued, “He is a great song maker, who only knows how to create good music. I love him the way he is, and it is my utmost honour that he calls me a friend. Today is the birthday of my musical maestro friend!”.
Prominent lyricist Zulfiqer Russell wrote, “He is indeed the Prince of modern Bangla songs. His fanbase includes not only the young generation but people of all ages.”
Prince started his musical journey in the 80’s as an emerging band artist. His mixed album ‘Shakti’ (1995) propelled his journey as a composer of mixed albums, which immediately garnered him massive success along with positive critical acclamations.
During the commercially successful era of the music industry during the pre and post-2000, Prince has penned and composed a plethora of songs that helped the industry to feature artists from different genres under the same roof.
His most popular tracks include ‘Aj Jonmodin Tomar’ (Shafin Ahmed); ‘Jodi Himaloy Hoye’, ‘Hoyni Jabar Bela’ (Khalid); ‘Bangladesh’, ‘Maa’, ‘Guru’, 'Baba' (James); Eto Koshto Keno Bhalobashay (Hasan); ‘Mati Hobo Mati’, ‘Boka’ (Rumi from CloseUp 1) and more.