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Amar Bhitor Bahire Ontore Ontore 
by Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
First published in1986
LanguageBangla
Subject(s)Love, Severance, Sorrow, Desire
Lines28
"Amar Bhitor Bahire Ontore Ontore/Bhalo Achi Bhalo Theko"
Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Song by Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
LanguageBangla
Released1996, 2006, ?, 1992
Composer(s)Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Lyricist(s)Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah
Performer(s)

Album(s)

  • Tomakey Chai
  • Tero
  • Anubhabe
  • Duari

Label(s)

  • Anupam
  • Cozmic Harmony
  • Sargam Records
  • Sangeet
Music video
ভাল আছি ভাল থেকো - Andrew Kishore & Kanak Chapa at YouTube
Music video
Cozmik Harmony II Taero II Kabir Suman II Sabina Yasmin at YouTube
Music video
অনুভবে - Symphony at YouTube
Music video
ভাল আছি ভাল থেকো - Teerthak at YouTube
Music video
Amar Bhitoro Bahire - Andrew Kishore - Anupam at YouTube

Āmāra bhitara bāhirē antarē antarē (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.), also known as ভালো আছি ভালো থেকো (Bhālō āchi bhālō thēkō) is a Bengali romantic poem written by Bangladeshi poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah. It was later adopted as a song, which gained notable popularity in Bangladesh and the Indian state of West Bengal.

History[edit | edit source]

Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah was the former spouse of writer Taslima Nasrin, who were separated in 1986. This song was regarded by Shahidullah as a suicide note to Nasrin.[citation needed]

The song become popular in Bangladesh after it was used in a Bengali drama serial aired in Bangladesh Television in 1992. It was later used in the Bangladeshi movie "Tomakey Chai'' by singers Andrew Kishore & Kanak Chapa in 1996.

In 1992, the Jahangirnagar University based band, TeerThak released their first album, Duari. The song is the first track of this album.[1]

Shahidullah was posthumously awarded with the best lyricist of 1998 by the Bangladesh Film Journalists Association.[2]

The song was popularized in West Bengal by singer Kabir Suman, by releasing a duet album with Sabina Yasmin, titled, Tero (2006). The song is featured in this album.[3][circular reference]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. "Valo Achi Valo Theko - Teerthak" (in Bengali). Minhaj Bhuiyan – via YouTube.
  2. "Eminent poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah's 64th birth anniversary observed". Eminent poet Rudra Mohammad Shahidullah’s 64th birth anniversary observed | theindependentbd.com. Retrieved 2023-07-10.
  3. Kabir Suman #Collaborative albums