Biography:

Mehreen Mahmud (Bengali: মেহরীন মাহমুদ) mostly known by her stage name Mehreen, is a well known Bangladeshi pop singer. Born in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Mehreen is a multi-genre artist, covering oriental classical to styles locale to her country and the world. She is the first cross over artist from Bangladesh, with new fusionised genres like bangla-jazz, bangla-samba and bangla-world.

Mehreen comes from a musical family in the realm of classical, tagore and pop. Discovered to be a gifted harmonium player when she was not even four, she was identified by Ustaad Mithun Dey, a classical maestro, at 7. Her musical journey from the age of 4 turned into a career from 1994. Her first album, Anari was a revival of Bangla Pop in the year 2000. The title track, released before the album, launched a pop scene revival in Bangladesh.

Anari was a revival of Bangla Pop in the year 2000. The title track, released before the album, launched a pop scene revival in Bangladesh. This was followed by western fusion in Bangla, including Latin in "Dekha Hobe", "Dhaka" and Jazz in "Jole Nebhe".

Till 2008, she has released seven solo albums: Anari (2000), Dekha Hobe (2002), Mone Pore Tomae (2004), Bhalobashar Gaan A Romantic Compilation (2005), Don’t Forget Me (2006), Tomar Jonno a video compilation (2007), and Tumi Acho Bole (2008 Bangladesh and India). Her big hits are Rajkumar, tumi acho bole, dhol, anari, dhaka, etc. Some of her songs are patriotic. She is the only Bangladeshi mainstream artist now on iTunes and Hungama dot com.

In 2008 she was the judge from Bangladesh to the first ever band hunt reality show in Kolkata, the Band Wagon, with Grammy winner A.R. Rahman. She has been on international TV channels such as ESPN, ETV Bangla, Zee Bangla, Tara Muzik, South Asian and radio in Kolkata and BBC Bangla Service.

"Singer of the anthem for the Bangladesh National Cricket Team at the ICC cricket match titled Cup Kintu Ektai"

She has been affiliated with WFP (World Food Program) as goodwill ambassador, and with WFWP (women federation for world peace) as peach ambassador.

She is an MA (hons.) in English Literature from the Dhaka University, a Scorpion, well versed in Bengali, English. For a fair portion of her life she had been in the West Indies, Trinidad and Tobago.