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{{short description|Bangladeshi singer and politician}}
{{other people||Mumtaz Begum (disambiguation)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Momtaz Begum
| native_name = মমতাজ বেগম
| native_name_lang = bn
| image = Momtaz Begum (cropped).jpg
| caption = Begum in 2017
| constituency_MP = [[Manikganj-2]]
| term_start = 5 January 2014
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[S. M. Abdul Mannan]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|05|05|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Singair Upazila|Singair]], [[Manikganj District]], Bangladesh
| occupation = Singer, politician
| party = [[Bangladesh Awami League]]
| nationality = Bangladeshi
}}

'''Momtaz Begum''' (born 5 May 1974)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Constituency 169 |url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/current-mp-s/list-of-11th-parliament-members-english?layout=edit&id=3729|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> is a Bangladeshi folk singer and the incumbent [[Jatiya Sangsad]] member representing the [[Manikganj-2]] constituency since 2014 and Reserved Women's Seat-21 during 2009–2013.<ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 10th Parliament Members Bangla|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-10th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=List of 9th Parliament Members|url=http://www.parliament.gov.bd/index.php/en/mps/members-of-parliament/former-mp-s/list-of-9th-parliament-members-bangla|access-date=2021-04-29|website=Bangladesh Parliament}}</ref> Referred to as "''The Music Queen'',"<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.theindependentbd.com/post/175087|title=Dhaka International Folk Fest 2018|work=The Independent|location=Dhaka|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2016/11/09/dhaka-international-folk-fest-2016|title=Dhaka International Folk Fest 2016|date=2016-11-09|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03fgntj|title=Momtaz Begum, aka The Music Queen, from Bangladesh|website=BBC|language=en-GB|access-date=2018-12-17}}</ref> she has recorded around 700 albums.<ref name=why>{{Cite news |date=2014-01-16|title=Why We Love Momtaz|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/why-we-love-momtaz-6871|access-date=2021-04-29|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> Some of her notable albums include ''Return Ticket'', ''Ashol Boithoki'', ''Murshider Talim'', and ''Ronger Bazar''.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Momtaz The Music Queen|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/12/05/cover02.htm|access-date=2021-04-29|date=2004-12-31|publisher=The Daily Star}}</ref>

Begum won [[Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer]] three times for the films ''[[Nekabborer Mohaproyan]]'' (2014), ''[[Swatta]]'' (2017) and ''[[Maya: The Lost Mother]]'' (2019).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2016-02-25|title=29 artistes get Nat’l Film Award 2014|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/29-artistes-get-natl-film-award-2014-682438|access-date=2021-04-29|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=2019-11-08|title=National Film Awards for 2017 and 2018 announced|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/national-film-awards-2017-and-2018-announced-1824415|access-date=2021-04-29|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://moi.gov.bd/sites/default/files/files/moi.portal.gov.bd/files/831a384a_4cd0_4005_a528_6e888b5c063f/Award-2019.pdf|title=Award 2019|access-date=2021-04-28|publisher=Ministry of Information Bangladesh}}</ref> In 2021, she earned an honorary doctorate degree from Global Human Peace University in [[Tamil Nadu]], India.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2021-04-13|title=Singer Momtaz receives honorary doctorate from India|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/showtime/2021/04/13/singer-momtaz-receives-honorary-doctorate-from-india|access-date=2021-04-29|work=Dhaka Tribune}}</ref>

==Early life==
Begum was born on 5 May 1974 in the village Joymontop in [[Singair Upazila|Singair]], in [[Manikganj District|Manikganj]] to Uzala Begum and Modhu Boyati, a [[baul]] singer.<ref>{{Cite news |script-title=bn:জন্মদিনে মমতাজের চাওয়া|url=https://www.prothomalo.com/entertainment/song/জন্মদিনে-মমতাজের-চাওয়া|access-date=2021-05-09|work=Prothom Alo|language=bn|date=2021-05-08}}</ref> She spent most of her childhood learning music from her father.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-01-04|title=Cultural fairs held in Manikganj|url=https://www.thedailystar.net/arts-entertainment/news/cultural-fairs-held-manikganj-1849063|access-date=2021-04-29|work=The Daily Star|language=en}}</ref> She also took lessons from Razzak Dewan and Abdur Rashid Sorkar.<ref name=why/>

Begum's initiation into music occurred early. She was a child when she accompanied her father, first as an audience member, and soon after a co-performer. The kind of music she performed like, Marfati, Boithoki, and Murshidi can roughly be categorized in the mystic songs genre.<ref>{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.thedailystar.net/magazine/2004/12/05/cover02.htm|title=The Music Queen|work=Star Weekend Magazine|publisher=The Daily Star|date=2004-12-05|access-date=2019-09-25|author=Shamim Ahsan}}</ref>

==Career==
Initially Begum's released albums entirely financed by herself. After these became popular she was hired by producers to make further recordings, though her payment was usually a very low flat fee and the contract stipulated that this would have to be paid back if these did not sell well. However, her musical works are tended to sell out almost immediately and within a very short period, she found herself quite busy; often recording two songs per day. In an interview with the Bangladeshi daily ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]]'' she stated: "I used to be handed down the lyrics and the music tracks minutes before and there used to be hardly any time for rehearsal and I had to record it at all in one go".

Begum was elected to parliament from [[Manikganj-2]] in 2014.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2017/12/08/girl-body-momotaz-brother-manikganj/|title=Fifth grader girl’s body recovered from house of MP Momotaz’s brother|date=2017-12-07|work=Dhaka Tribune|access-date=2018-08-04|language=en-US}}</ref>

==Charity work==
Begum established a 50-bed Momtaz Eye Hospital with support from [[Orbis International]], in her native village Joymontop. The hospital was established in memory of her father, Modhu Boyati, who lost his eyesight as he could not afford a [[cataract]] operation due to poverty.<ref name=orb>{{cite web |url=http://www.orbis.org.hk/data/2/rec_docs/860_ORBIS_observer_0409_final.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120227020019/http://www.orbis.org.hk/data/2/rec_docs/860_ORBIS_observer_0409_final.pdf|title=A Singer’s Love Of Her Country Is Music To The Eyes|date=2010-11-28|archive-date=2012-02-17|access-date=2021-04-21|publisher=Orbis International}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.voanews.com/bangla/archive/2006-05/2006-05-26-voa14.cfm?moddate=2006-05-26 Singer Momtaz Speaks to VOA (26-May-2006)] [[VOA]], Washington.

{{Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer}}

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[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1974 births]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi women musicians]]
[[Category:Bangladeshi folk singers]]
[[Category:20th-century Bangladeshi women singers]]
[[Category:Best Female Playback Singer National Film Award (Bangladesh) winners]]
[[Category:10th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women singers]]
[[Category:11th Jatiya Sangsad members]]
[[Category:21st-century Bangladeshi women politicians]]
[[Category:Women members of the Jatiya Sangsad]]

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