Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei whitianga - Ko Apel Mahmood he kaiwaiata Bangladesh me te toa herekore. Ko ia tetahi o nga kaiwhakaari o Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra i te wa o te Pakanga Whakaora o Bangladesh
i te tau 1971 me te rongonui mo te waiata "Mora Ekti Phulke Bachabo Bole Juddho Kori". I whakawhiwhia ia ki te Ekushey Padak, te tohu tuarua o Bangladesh, i te tau 2005 na te Kawanatanga o Bangladesh mo tana takoha ki te puoro.