Alif Alauddin


Alif Alauddin is a Bangladeshi pop singer and television presenter. She is a member of the band Pentagon.

Early life

Alauddin is the daughter of music director Alauddin Ali and singer Salma Sultana. Her maternal as well as paternal aunts and uncles, cousins are Abida Sultana, Rebeca Sultana, Rafiqul Alam, Sumon, Shouquat Ali Imon, Nawrin, Farshid, Pushpita, Ali Akbar Rupu, Abu Taher, Ali Akram Shubho, Dhir Ali Miah, Mansoor Ali. They are her immediate family members.

Career

Alauddin started as a solo singer in 1997 and joined Pentagon in 2001. She has released 3 solo albums, many singles and an album with Pentagon. She left Pentagon in 2009.
Alauddin and Pentagon bandmate Farshid Alam co-hosted Music Buzz on Ekattor TV starting in 2012. Broadcast twice weekly, it was soon the top rated musical show on TV in the country, according to The Daily Star. It ran for more than seven years.
After a decade away from the band, she rejoined Pentagon in 2019.

Personal life

Alauddin was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease in 2010.
Alauddin married Kazi Faisal Ahmed on 14 July 2006. They have a daughter. Alauddin's mother, Salma Sultana, died from kidney failure in September 2016.

Discography