'I am rarely seen on screen. This is because I feel I should not appear before the audience unless I can offer good music. Besides I don't want to give a monotonous performance for the audience in a scenario where my recorded numbers are telecast repeatedly on the channels.

Again, the environment of the media world has changed and there are a lot of singers presently seen on screen. The songs are not for audible pleasure only, rather they are for viewing nowadays. I think the music, lyric, performance and even the expressions of these singers are very substandard. So I wouldn't like to join their career path.

My next album, comprising 10 tracks, will be released on Eid-ul-Fitr which is yet to be titled. The lyricists are Gazi Mazharul Anwar, Ahmed Rizvi, Milton Khondokar, Liton Adhikari Litu and Rafikuzzaman. On my tour to Europe I will be performing at Belgium, Austria and Italy. My tour members are Kaniz Suborna, Kajol and Fakir Alamgir. I have just got back from London. Although I went there on a family tour I performed on the Pahela Baishakh programme. I sang for an audience of 50,000 expatriate Banglees.

In the final analysis, I think I have come this far because of my honesty, sincerity, devotion, dedication and concentration to my work.