FM Iqbal Bin Anwar (Dawn), an enlightened man of the times

Sahidul Islam

FM Iqbal Bin Anwar (Dawn) is a well-known name. He is the senior executive officer of Walton Group, the country’s leading electronics-automobiles product manufacturing company. He has an excellent personality. Whose life story you may be able to read in one breath but not his enlightened actions. Walton’s official has this identity, apart from this, he is a former player, good organizer, teacher, agriculturist, social worker, patron, songwriter-composer and lastly, he is a popular singer of the time.

Dawn was born and grown up in Tangail district of Bangladesh. Studied at Tangail Tsearch Training Institute (PT School) in childhood. He had a strong inclination towards music and sports right from his school days. Still these two chapters are inextricably linked in his life. The expansion is constantly increasing by leaps and bounds. A well-known name in the world of music is Iqbal Bin Anwar Dawn. He has aired a number of solo shows on electronic media at various times. He writes songs himself. He usually sings his own songs. Apart from singing his own songs, he has also sung the songs of famous singers at different times. Working in a corporate house, it very difficult to find time to write songs. Still, he has written more than a hundred songs. From there, about 45 songs have been released on electronic media. Mother’s inspiration is more about singing. His work is mainly with sports journalists. Due to working in a corporate house, he has to work with sports journalists. Dawn’s life also inspires those sports journalists who love music.

He was away from music for many years due to his busy schedule. However, the practice of music at home was more or less ongoing. When he was a teacher of Shaheen College,  he used to sing for various college functions. Dawn’s love for music is from childhood. The beginning of the song is in the birthplace of Tangail. Sports and culture both ran in Dawn’s family. He is a child of a cultural family. Dawn’s mother is a big fan of her son’s music. Dawn also credits his mother as a music teacher. When he sings at home, if there is a slight mistake, his mother immediately catches him. Even this little mistake does not escape from his mother.

Dawn started his career as a teacher at BAF Shaheen College in 1993. He played a lot of sports in his childhood. He has represented almost all sports during his school, college and university life. This popular sports organizer joined the Walton Group in 2010. Through Walton since then, he has been sponsoring almost every game in Bangladesh. He has taken himself and his organization to unique heights by patronizing the neglected federations of the country. Walton has also received the recognition by winning the Sheikh Kamal National Sports Council Award-2021.

For most of his life, Dawn was away from the music. After entering the corporate world, there was a bit of a hiatus in the practice of music. However, during corona house arrest brought him back to his favorite world. He created a nationwide discussion by singing. The role of folk songs in presenting the history, tradition and culture of a country to the world is undeniable. Folk music is also called world music. Dawn’s singing on popular private television channels of Bangladesh has created a great stir in the hearts of the audience for several years.

Vocalist Dawn continues to entertain the audience through music with great skill. In recognition of such work, he has received numerous awards and honors including Mayurapankhi Award, Star Award, Dhaka Fine Arts Award, Frontline Real Hero Award by Mirror magazine. As he is doing the work of entertaining the mind through music; In the same way, through sports, the youth has been obsessed with the game for years. Dawn, an enlightened man of the times, is working tirelessly to keep the present generation drug free, to make them good people and above all to build a drug free society.

When he gets free time from work, he writes songs, sometimes reads books. When he gets more time, he goes out with his family. Mother loving  Dawn is a proud father of one son and one daughter in his personal life.