Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur; 18 November 1972) is an Indian singer, music director, composer, lyricist, music producer, actor, film director, film producer, script writer and philanthropist.
He primarily works for and sings in the
Assamese
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* Assamese people, a socio-ethnolinguistic identity of north-eastern India
* People of Assam, multi-ethnic, multi-linguistic and multi-religious people of Assam
* Assamese language, one of the easternmost Indo-Aryan language ...
,
Bengali
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and
Hindi
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-language film and music industries, but has sung in many other languages and
dialect
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s, including
Bishnupriya Manipuri
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,
Boro,
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
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** English national ide ...
,
Goalpariya,
Kannada
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,
Karbi
Karbi may refer to:
Places
* Karbi, Armenia
* Karbi Anglong Plateau, an extension of the Indian Plate in Assam, India
* Karbi Anglong district, a district of Assam, north-eastern India
Other uses
* Karbi people, an ethnic group of North-east ...
,
Khasi
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* Khasi people, an ethnic group of Meghalaya, India
* Khasi language, a major Austroasiatic language spoken in Meghalaya, India
* Khāṣi language, an Indo-Aryan language of Jammu and Kashmir, India
See also
* Khasi Hills
* Gh ...
,
Malayalam
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,
Marathi
Marathi may refer to:
*Marathi people, an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group of Maharashtra, India
*Marathi language, the Indo-Aryan language spoken by the Marathi people
*Palaiosouda, also known as Marathi, a small island in Greece
See also
*
* ...
,
Mising,
Nepali
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Concerning Nepal
* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
,
Odia
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* Odia people in Odisha, India
* Odia language, an Indian language, belonging to the Indo-Aryan branch of the Indo-European language family
* Odia alphabet, a writing system used for the Odia languag ...
,
Sanskrit
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,
Sindhi,
Tamil
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* Tamils, an ethnic group native to India and some other parts of Asia
** Sri Lankan Tamils, Tamil people native to Sri Lanka also called ilankai tamils
**Tamil Malaysians, Tamil people native to Malaysia
* Tamil language, nati ...
,
Telugu
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* Telugu language, a major Dravidian language of India
*Telugu people, an ethno-linguistic group of India
* Telugu script, used to write the Telugu language
** Telugu (Unicode block), a block of Telugu characters in Unicode
S ...
,
Tiwa. He is also an
instrumentalist
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and plays 12 instruments including Ananda Lohori,
dhol,
dotara
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,
drum
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s,
guitar
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,
harmonica
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,
harmonium,
mandolin
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,
keyboard
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Text input
* Keyboard, part of a typewriter
* Computer keyboard
** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
,
tabla
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and various
percussion instrument
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s. He is Assam's highest-paid singer.
In 2011, Zubeen Garg was honoured as a guest artist of the year by the Assam Convention, at
Oakbrook in
Chicago
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United States
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.
Early life
Garg was born in a
Brahmin
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family at
Tura, Meghalaya
Tura (IPA: ˈtʊərə) is a municipality in the West Garo Hills district of the Indian state of Meghalaya. One of the largest towns in Meghalaya, Tura is located in the foothills of the Tura range of the Garo Hills. Before Britishers came to Gar ...
to Mohini Mohon Borthakur and Late Ily Borthakur. He was named after the music composer
Zubin Mehta
Zubin Mehta (born 29 April 1936) is an Indian conductor of Western classical music. He is music director emeritus of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (IPO) and conductor emeritus of the Los Angeles Philharmonic.
Mehta's father was the foun ...
and used his
gotra
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''
'Garg as his surname. His father Mohini Borthakur was a Magistrate,
and is a lyricist and a poet under the name ''Kapil Thakur''
and his mother Late Ily Borthakur was a singer.
Garg's younger sister Jonkey Borthakur was an actress and singer who died in a car accident in February 2002 in
Sonitpur district
Sonitpur district ron: ˌsə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊə or ˌʃə(ʊ)nɪtˈpʊəis an administrative district in the state of Assam in India. The district headquarters is located at Tezpur.
Etymology
The name of the is derived from a mythological story fo ...
while they were going to perform stage show along with her co-artists.
He had released the album ''Xixhu'' in 2002, in the memory of Jonkey Borthakur.
His another sister is Dr. Palme Borthakur.
Garg pursued a degree in
Bachelor of Science
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The first university to admit a student to the degree of Bachelor of Science was the University of ...
in
B. Borooah College
B. Borooah College , established in 1943, is one of the oldest degree college situated in Guwahati, Assam. It was named after Bholanath Borooah a businessman from Nagaon. This college is affiliated with the Gauhati University.
Departments
Scie ...
but
dropped out
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Canada
In Canada, most ind ...
to concentrate in his singing career.
Garg married Garima Saikia, a
fashion designer
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from
Golaghat
Golaghat ( ''Gʊlaɡʱat'' ) one of the largest subdivisions of the Indian state of Assam, later elevated to the position of a full–fledged district headquarter on 5 October 1987, is a city and a municipality and the seat of administrative ...
, Assam on 4 February 2002.
Starting of musical life
Garg started to sing from the age of three. His first guru was his mother from where he learnt to sing and then he learnt tabla from Pandit Robin Banerjee for 11 years.
Guru Ramani Rai acquainted him with Assamese folk.
Garg was composing songs from his school days and one of the song from his first album Anamika "Gaane ki Aane" was composed by him at the age of 13.
Career
Beginning of singing career (1992-1995)
Garg got his confidence to become a professional singer when he got gold medal for his western solo performance in youth festival held in 1992. And after this he entered into professional music with his debut Assamese album ''Anamika'', which was released in 1992.
His first composed song from this album was ''"Gaane Ki Aane"'' which he composed at the age of 13. Garg first recorded songs for album were ''"Tumi Junu Pariba Hun"'' and ''"Tumi Junaki Hubakh"'' for the album ''Ritu.'' He later released many other albums such as ''Xapunor Xur (1992), Junaki Mon (1993), Maya (1994)'', ''Asha (1995)'', ''Ujan Piriti'' (1995), etc.
Bollywood singing career (1995-present)
In the mid 1995, Garg moved to
Mumbai
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to work in the
Bollywood
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music industry where he debut his first Indipop solo album ''Chandni Raat''. Later, he recorded few Hindi albums and remix songs like ''Chanda (1996), Shradhaanjali vol: 1,2,3 (1996-97), Jalwa (1998),'' ''Yuhi Kabhi (1998)'', ''Jadoo (1999), Sparsh (2000), etc.'' He got to sing for different films like ''
Gaddaar (1995),
Dil Se (1998)'', ''
Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998)'', ''
Fiza (2000)'', ''
Kaante (2002)''. In 2003, he sung "Sapne Saare" and "khwabon Ki" from the movie ''
Mudda-The Issue'', "Mango Agar Dil Se Toh Khuda" from the movie ''
Chupke Se
''Chupke Se'' ( en, Secretly), is a 2003 Bollywood Romantic comedy film, directed by Shona Urvashi. It stars Zulfi Syed, Masumeh Makhija, Rati Agnihotri, Tinnu Anand, Om Puri, Reema Lagoo and Dilip Prabhawalkar. The film's soundtrack was comp ...
'', "Holi Re" from the movie
''Mumbai se Aiya Mera Dost'' and "Jo Pyar tumne" from the movie
''Jaal:The trap''.
Apart from singing in his Bollywood and Assamese industries, he debuted in Bengali music industry in 2003 where he sung two songs in the movie ''Mon''. In the next year he sung three songs in the movie ''
Shudhu Tumi
''Shudhu Tumi'' is a 2004 Bengali film directed by Abhijit Guha and Sudeshna Roy, produced by Sagar Bhora and Siddhartha Bhora, and starring Prosenjit Chatterjee and Koel Mallick in the lead roles. Zubeen Garg composed the music.
Cast
* P ...
'' and also was the music director in the film.
In 2005 he sung "''O bondhure"'' and "Lagena Bhalo" in the film ''
Premi
''Premi'' ( bn, প্রেমী, translated as "Lover") is a Bengali movie released in 2004. Directed by Rabi Kinagi, the movie featured Jeet, Jisshu Sengupta and Chandana Sharma. This was Chandana Sharma's debut movie
This movie is also the ...
''. In 2008 he recorded songs like "Mon mane Na" from" the movie
''Mon Mane Na'' , "Piya re Piya re" from the movie ''
Chirodini Tumi je Amaar'', and "Mon jete chay shudhu" from the movie ''
Love story Love Story or A Love Story may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Genres
* Romance (love)
** Romance film
** Romance novel
Films
* ''Love Story'' (1925 film), German silent film
* ''Love Story'' (1942 film), Italian drama film
* ''Love ...
''.
He got the biggest break in Bollywood from the movie ''
Gangster'' where he sang the song ''"Ya ali"''. The song brought him the best playback singer Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) in 2006. His next Hindi album ''
Zindagi'' was released in 2007.
Social work
Garg runs a charity, the Kalaguru Artiste Foundation, which donates money for various causes. He urged people to donate clothes, medicines and contributions when devastating floods hit Assam. He took on the issue over corruption in
APSC recruitment in his movie
Kanchanjangha
''Kanchanjangha: Rise'' is a 2019 Indian Assamese-language action drama film directed by Zubeen Garg and produced by Zubeen Garg and Garima Saikia Garg under the banner of "Eye Creation Productions". The film features Zubeen Garg in lead role ...
.
He is a
football
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fan and has played matches to collect funds for flood affected people.
Garg was one of the main non-political figure of the Anti-CAA protest in Assam.
Discography
As a music director
Films
Garg won the "
Best Music Direction" for the film ''Echoes Of Silence'' in the
55th National Film Awards
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Three different committee ...
. He was nominated for the "
Best Music Direction" for the film ''Dinabandhu'' in the
52nd National Film Awards
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The selection process of ...
.
Television
Theater
As a composer and lyricist
As an actor
Films
Garg played the lead role in ''
Mon Jaai'', for which he was nominated for the "
Best Actor
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The term most often refers to th ...
" in the
56th National Film Awards
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Three committees were ins ...
. He was nominated for the "
Best Supporting Actor" for the film ''Dinabandhu'' in the
52nd National Film Awards
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The selection process of ...
.
Television
As a director
Films
Theater
As a producer, script writer and poet
Producer
Script writer
As a poet
He got Seuji-Seuji award for his poetry book in 2017.
As a judge
Awards and honours
Zubeen Garg has received the following recognitions for his successful work in the industry.
Collaboration with musician and lyricist
See also
*
List of Indian playback singers
*
List of Indian male film actors
This is a list of notable Indian male film actors.
A
* A. K. Hangal
* Aadhi
* Aadi Pudipeddi
* Aamir Khan
* Aashish Chaudhary
* Abbas
* Abhay Deol
* Abhijeeth
* Abhishek Bachchan
* Abhishek Banerjee
* Abhishek Chatterjee
* Abhi ...
*
List of Indian film directors
India has many regional film centres, such as Bollywood (Hindi) in Mumbai, Telugu cinema (Tollywood) in Hyderabad, Marathi cinema in Pune, Tamil cinema in Chennai, Malayalam cinema in Kochi, Kannada cinema in Bangalore, Odia Cinema in Bhubane ...
*
List of Indian music directors
The following are notable Indian film music directors:
See also
* Bollywood content lists
References
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1972 births
Living people
Assamese playback singers
Assamese-language singers
Bengali playback singers
Bengali-language singers
Bollywood playback singers
21st-century Indian male singers
21st-century Indian singers
Indian pop singers
Indian male singer-songwriters
Indian male pop singers
Indian male playback singers
Indian rock singers
Indian folk-pop singers
Indian male composers
People from Jorhat district
Performers of Hindu music
Singers from Assam
Singers from Guwahati
Singers from Meghalaya
Assamese-language film directors
Indian film score composers
Assamese actors
21st-century Indian film directors
21st-century Indian composers
Film directors from Assam
People from Meghalaya
People from Tura, Meghalaya
People from Guwahati
Indian male film score composers
Assamese film score composers
Assamese-language lyricists