Khalid Hassan Milu

Khalid Hasan Milu (6 April 1960 – 29 March 2005)[5] was a Bangladeshi singer. He received the Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Male Playback Singer in 1994.[5]

As a young boy, he saw his father, Modasser Ali Mia, involved in music and was inspired by him, which led to his own music career. He started his career by using his father's harmonium. He had a band called Spartan in Khulna before moving to Dhaka. He was trained by Robin Das, Souresh Das and a few other people. He debuted his music career with the album Ogo Priyo Bandhobi in 1980.[6] He has rendered about 1,500 songs. He went on to release 12 other solo albums.[5] He performed as a playback singer in about 250 films.[5] Among his 12 other solo albums, notable ones include Protishodh Nio, Neela, Shesh Bhalobasha, Ayna, and Manush. He had performed songs in approximately 250 films, including Shajani o Shajani, Anek Shadhonar Porey, Je Prem, and others. He received the National Film Awards in 1994 and also many other prizes, including BACHSHASH awards.[6]

Milu grew up with 4 brothers and 2 sisters. He was the youngest among his brothers. All of his brothers are deceased.[7] He has been reported to have been related to actor Zayed Khan and Sheikh Anne Rahman.

Milu married Fatema Hasan Palash (née Fatema Parvin Palash) on February 17, 1986. Together, the couple have two sons, Protic Hasan (born January 12, 1987) who is a singer and Pritom Hasan (born January 27, 1993), who is a singer, music composer, actor and model.[8][9] Although Protic and Pritom are both musicians, Milu never taught his sons anything music-related. Milu wanted his sons to grow up, and then teach them music after they finished their education. But due to Milu's illness, Protic started his music career as a teenager. Milu performed his last song, "Jiboner Ei Anondomoy Din," on the magazine television show Ityadi with then-17-year-old Protic, which was aired in November 2004.[10]

Milu was ill from 2000 to 2005. He suffered from a brain hemorrhage in 2001 and reportedly visited Thailand twice and Singapore twice for treatment.[11] Protic has said in an interview that since Milu suffered from a brain hemorrhage, he had a hard time remembering certain things. Milu was paralyzed on one side so he was told he had to walk a lot. His family found out much later that he had liver cirrhosis for a while and walking a lot damaged his liver.[12]

During the time he was sick, he and his family lived in Tongi. They resided on Safiuddin Road. He had to stop singing while he was sick, which caused his family financial struggles.[13] Although his relatives helped his family while he was sick, they weren't able to afford any treatment for Milu. Pritom has said in an interview that Milu didn't receive revenue for the work he did when he needed it. If Milu received revenue, he could've gotten treatment with those funds. But instead, they had to go for charity.[14]

He went to Bumrungrad International Hospital in Bangkok, Thailand for treatment on May 19, 2004 with the help of Hanif Sanket, James, Baby Naznin, Izaz Khan Swapon, Andrew Kishore, Fakir Alamgir as well as other artists who raised funds for him. He came back to Bangladesh on May 25, 2004, after his treatment.[15]

On March 23, 2005, he was admitted to Monowara Hospital. He died from liver cirrhosis on March 29, 2005, at 12:10 am.[5] His grave is located in Mirpur, Dhaka. It has been reported that Milu's grave is a huge mess and that his family members don't visit his grave or hire anyone to clean up the mess.[16]

Right after Milu's death, Protic Hasan recorded a cover version of the song "Je Prem Sorgo Theke Ese", which was originally sung by Milu and Kanak Chapa.[17]

• Ogo Priyo Bandhobi (1980)
• Protishodh Nio
• Neela
• Shesh Bhalobasha
• Ayna
• Manush[6]

• Ontore Ontore (1994)
• Meghla Akash (2002)
• Shajani O Shajani
• Anek Shadhonar Porey
• Je Prem[6]
• Bhalobashar Ghor[18]
• Praner Cheye Priyo[19]

• Khalid Hassan Milu at IMDb