Mila Islam
মিলা ইসলাম
Mila performing in Ohlone College, Fremont, California in 2014
Born
Tasbiha Binte Shahid Mila

(1988-03-26) 26 March 1988
Chittagong, Bangladesh
NationalityBangladeshi
EducationChittagong Grammar School
Alma materChittagong College
Occupation
  • Singer
Years active2006-present
Spouses
  • Raja Ahmed
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2001; div. 2007)​
  • Parvez Sanjari
    ​
    ​
    (m. 2017; div. 2017)​
Parents
  • Shahed Islam (father)
  • Shopna Islam (mother)
Musical career
Genres
  • Folk
  • pop
Instrument(s)Vocals
LabelsG-Series

Tashbiha Binte Shahid Mila, commonly known as Mila Islam, is a Bangladeshi pop singer. She was born on November 26, 1988, in Gopalganj District, Bangladesh. Mila started her music career in 2006 with her debut album "Aha Re" which gained her popularity in the Bangladeshi music industry. She has released several albums and singles since then, including "Hridoy Khan-er Bhalobasha" and "Shopno Jeno Amar". Mila has won numerous awards for her contribution to the Bangladeshi music industry, including the Meril Prothom Alo Award for Best Female Singer in 2012.

Biography

Mila was born and raised in Chittagong, Bangladesh to Shahed Islam and Shopna Islam. She studied at Chittagong Grammar School and College, from where she completed HSC. She began her music career in 2006, by performing at local events, especially in ‘Gaye-Holuds’ in Chittagong where she lived.

She moved to Dhaka to build up her career in the music industry and released the album Fele Asha (Left Behind), composed by Balam, in 2006. Mila's second album, Chapter 2, had songs named "Rupbane Nachey Kamor Dolaiya" and "Baburam Shapura", composed by Fuad. Her third album, Re-defined, was released in 2009, also composed by Fuad and written by Shahan Kabondho.[1]

Islam performed at Bangladesh China Friendship Conference Centre on 19 November 2008 in Fuad Live, a music event featuring live performances of songs composed, re-arranged and mixed by Fuad.[2]

Islam married her 10 years long boyfriend, Parvez Sanjari, a US-Bangla Airlines pilot on 12 May 2017. After 13 days of their marriage, Islam filed a case against her husband Parvez of cheating and torturing her physically.[3] She started the case under the Prevention of Repression against Women and Children Act and police arrested him the same night. She alleged that, Sanjari took ৳500,000 (BDT) as dowry and assaulted her on 3 October 2017, when she refused to give him ৳1,000,000 Taka more. The couple got divorced after four months of their marriage.[4][5]

Discography

  • Fele Asha (Left Behind) (2006)
  • Chapter 2 (2007)
  • Re-defined (2009)
  • Uncensored (2015)

References

  1. ↑ "Mila's Redefined hits the music scene". The Daily Star. 30 August 2009.
  2. ↑ Mainul Hassan (21 November 2008). "Fellow artistes perform songs of the mix-master". The Daily Star. Retrieved 2009-03-04.
  3. ↑ বেসামাল মিলা [Disorderly Mila]. Jai Jai Din (in Bengali). 30 January 2012.
  4. ↑ "Singer Mila getting a divorce after domestic abuse". The Daily Star. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 2019-06-02.
  5. ↑ মিলার সাবেক স্বামী পারভেজের গায়ে অ্যাসিড নিক্ষেপ. Prothom Alo (in Bengali). Retrieved 2019-06-02.
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