Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury


Kausar Ahmed Chaudhury is a Bangladeshi astrologer and lyricist. He has gained his fame as an astrologer for his regular horoscope readings in satirical way on Apnar Rashi in the Daily Prothom Alo. He wrote classic Bengali songs for many singers and bands, like Love Runs Blind, Samina Chowdhury, Lucky Akhand, Niaz Mohammad Chowdhury and others. He also worked as an intelligence officer for the Provisional Government of Bangladesh during Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.
Some of the famous Bengali songs he wrote includes, Ei rupali guitar phele, Amai deko na, pherano jabe na, Kobita Pora Prohor, Jekhane simanto tomar sekhane basanta amar and Mousomi kare valobasho tomi.

Early life

Chaudhury was born on 16 December 1944 in Sylhet District of the then British India. He graduated in drawing and sketching from the Fine Art Institute of Dhaka University.

Career

Chaudhury started practicing astrology when he was 11 years old. He started writing lyrics when he was a student of Dhaka University. At his early age, he joined the government service. Besides writing lyrics, he also wrote few scripts for TV drama and directed many of them.