1. Suzana Ansar is an English singer, actress and television presenter of Bangladeshi descent.
15 Facts About Suzana Ansar
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Suzana Ansar's mother, Syeda S Karim, is a community activist and her father, Mohamed Ansar Uddin, is a chartered accountant and businessman.
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Suzana Ansar's mother was one of the founders of Bengali International.
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Suzana Ansar grew up in Woodford Green, attended Ilford Ursuline High School, and then Forest School, Walthamstow.
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Suzana Ansar then studied BSc Mathematics and Business Finance at Queen Mary and Westfield College, University of London.
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Suzana Ansar's grandparents are originally from Mymensingh, Brahmanbaria, and Chandpur they are settled in Dhaka.
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Suzana Ansar's aunt is current Bangladeshi foreign minister Dipu Moni.
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Suzana Ansar's parents encouraged her to connect with both her eastern and western cultures thus taking up harmonium, tanpura, sitar and Bengali and Arabic lessons as well as learning to play the piano.
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Suzana Ansar has collaborated with State of Bengal on the track "Burn Your Toes" from his 1999 album Visual Audio and the track "Sukno Patar" from his 2007 album Skip-IJ.
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The album features tracks Suzana Ansar sang in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Persian.
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In March 2011, Suzana Ansar was interviewed by Anwarul Hoque on BBC Asian Network.
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Suzana Ansar's music has represented the works of Bengali poet Kazi Nazrul Islam.
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Suzana Ansar has performed alongside Bangladeshi singers Ayub Bachchu, Baby Naznin, Runa Laila, Asif Akbar, Momtaz Begum, James Nagar Baul and Habib as well as Indian singer Sonu Nigam.
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Suzana Ansar has been on television several times, sometimes working as a presenter.
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Suzana Ansar has appeared in Bangladesh television serials, including Fifty Fifty on Banglavision; The Graduate on NTV; Life Partner, Borishaila Mama Bhaigna, Aite Shaal Jaite Shaal and Colours of Cambridge on ATN Bangla; and Dead End- 30 days.