Samad was born in Kushtia to Shamsun Nahar Rahima Khatun and Samsul Huda.
[1] She took lessons from Ram Gopal, Fazlul Haque Mia, Sanjida Khatun and Ful Mohammad.
[1] Samad is a former artiste of the Swadhin Bangla Betar Kendra, the clandestine radio station broadcast to revolutionaries and occupied population during the Bangladesh Liberation War.
[2] During the Liberation War in 1971, Samad joined a cultural troupe, named Bangladesh Mukti Shangrami Shilpi Shangstha.
They used to travel to refugee camps and different areas in Mukta Anchal, perform patriotic songs, arrange puppet shows and stage dramas to inspire the freedom fighters and people with the spirit of war.