[5] His passion for music blossomed at an early age as he came across with renowned artists of pre-independent India.

He said, "As a child I used to find Rabindranath's compositions naturally melodic and heart touching and would grasp them easily".

[4] During this period of his life, he became a member of Popular Theatre Association, which in Bengali is referred to as Bharatiyo Gononatya Shangha.

[6] As a result of his beliefs in communism, he was banned from the state-run radio Bangladesh Betar, which hurt his musical career.

[9] From 1969 and 1972, he was general manager of the Pakistan Gramophone Company Ltd.[9] Sharafi also worked in Bangladesh Textile Mills Corporation between 1974 and 1976.

[10] Later in 1963, he married Noushaba Khatun, a then faculty member at the department of psychology of the University of Dhaka.