Career
He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 1987 by the Government of Bangladesh. Shil was born in Kairal village, Nagarkanda Upazila, Faridpur District. His father was Ananda Chandra Shil.
Poet Jasimuddin took Shil to Calcutta in 1930.
At Kolkata he met Abbasuddin Ahmed, who helped him to join the Gramophone Company. He also played the dotara at the Kolkata centre of All India Radio.
Sitar player Enayet Khan helped him to play classical music on the dotara. In 1947 he moved to Dhaka.
He then joined the Dhaka centre of Radio Pakistan and worked there until his death.