Queen Hazarika (born 16 October 1976) is an Indian playback singer and actress from

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. She has sung for Assamese films like ''

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'' ''Garam Botaah'', ''Mon'', ''

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'' and ''Sneh Bandhan''. She is the recipient of Rotary Young Achiever Award in 2013. In the same year she was nominated for

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in the Best Female Playback category.

Early life and career

Hazarika was born in Lakhimpur, a small town in Assam to Raj Hazarika and Usha Gogoi Hazarika. She studied in St. Mary's High School in North-Lakhimpur and later graduated from Handique Girl's College in Guwahati. She developed interest in different art forms like music and acting from a very early age and gave her first stage performance at the age of four. Hazarika has acted and sung in a number of Assamese and

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films. She has lent her voice to numerous documentaries produced by

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and

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among others. She also hosted TV shows for channels like

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, Focus NE and News Live. In 2012, Queen received her first acting offer in an Assamese film

Surjasta ''Surjasta'' () is a 2013 Indian Assamese-language narrative feature film directed by Prodyut Kumar Deka. The story of the film was written by journalist Jitumani Bora and scripted by Chandan Sarma. It is based on child psychology and extra-ma ...

from the film director

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. One of her collaborative works with Antara Nandy,

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and Ritwika Bhattacharya, Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence, won many national and international awards at different film and music festivals.

Awards and honors

* Rotary Young Achiever Award in 2013 * Nominated for Prag Cine Awards in the Best Female Playback category in 2013

Filmography

Discography

* ''Sobi'' * ''Swargadeo'' * ''Shakti'' * ''Abhiman''

Music videos

* ''Anuron'' (2017) * ''Xaare Aasu'' (2015) * ''Aawaz-speak up against sexual violence'' (2013) * ''Mur Andhar Nishar''

Singles

* ''Mur Andhar Nishar'' (2003) * '' Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence'' (2012) * ''Ki Naam Di Matim'' (2012) * ''Xaare Aasu'' (2015)Chaitunes to release the first music video – a tribute to Assamese writer duo
''Musicmalt.com'' * ''Anuron'' (2016)

TV Shows

* ''Dil Ka Connection'' (NE TV) * ''Your Request Our Pleasure'' (NE TV) * ''Songs on Demand'' (NE TV) * ''Good Life'' (News Live)

References

External links

Official website

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* 1976 births Living people Assamese playback singers Indian women playback singers Indian women pop singers Musicians from Guwahati Singers from Assam Indian women singer-songwriters 21st-century Indian singers Women musicians from Assam 21st-century Indian women singers {{India-actor-stub