Shawkat Ali Emon

Shawkat Ali Emon (born 1968/69) is a Bangladeshi music composer. He won Bangladesh National Film Award for Best Music Director for the film Purno Doirgho Prem Kahini (2013). He also served as one of the judges of the television show Black Horse RTV Golden Key -- Ebar Tomra Gao. In the 1990s, he was a member of the musical bands Chime and Pentagon.

Background
Emon was born in Dhaka in the then East Pakistan. His father, Abdus Salam, was a writer from Manikganj District.

Career
In his early years, Emon served as an assistant of music composer Satya Saha.

Emon debuted his film career through the film Rooti (1996). He performed as a playback singer for a few films under the pseudonym  Saimon. He composed music of Akhi Alamgir's debut album, Tomar Chokh (2011) and Tareen Jahan's debut album Akash Debo Kakey (2011).

Works
Music Director

Personal life
Emon was married to actress Bijori Barkatullah from 1995 to 2012.  Together they have a daughter Urbana Shawkat. Emon has five sisters, Abida Sultana, Rebeka, Rehena, Chitra and Salma (d. 2016), and a brother, Mohammad Ali Shumon. Shumon is the founding member of the band Pentagon.

In 2014, Emon was arrested because Jinat Kabir Tithi had filed a complaint of being a victim of his blackmail attempt. He later denied the allegations and the case did not result in convictions.

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Category:Living people
Category:1960s births
Category:People from Manikganj District
Category:Bangladeshi film score composers
Category:Recipients of the National Film Awards (Bangladesh)
Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)