Jewel Aich (born April 10, 1950)[1] is a Bangladeshi magician and bansuri player.
[1] On the 23 July 1985, Aich married Pasha Khoshnu, daughter of Professor Darbesh Ali Khan and teacher of Political Science department at Dhaka University.
Both wife Bipasha and daughter Kheya used to appear onstage during Jewel Aich's performances.
After the liberation war of Bangladesh, Mr. Aich started to write regularly in "Kishore Bangla," a newspaper for youngsters.
One young fan from Rajshahi would send mails addressing him as "Jewel Aich" instead of "G.L.
When he saw a gypsy man performing some magic during a visit to Aich's village, he was immediately hooked by the art of it.
Magician Abdur Rashid of Lion Circus in Pirojpur was someone who first taught Aich some tricks.
As a performer, he was motivated by Charlie Chaplin and began to convey the message of global brotherhood through magic.
On March 26, 1986, Jewel Aich performed Magic on the Eve of the Independence Day celebration at the National Stadium.
In 1977, a Bangladeshi TV host at that time, Abdullah Abu Syed, invited Aich to perform magical his show.
Later he did several of his own TV specials at BTV Bangladesh Television and one of those became the Program of the Year named 'Anandamela, Magic World of Jewel Aich.