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New Delhi: The bard of Assam, Bhupen Hazarika was born on September eight, 1926. The eldest amongst 10 siblings, he inherited his singing abilities from his mom who sang lullabies to him and launched him to the state’s folks music. He grew as much as be a playback singer, lyricist, musician, poet and filmmaker. His songs are written and sung primarily within the Assamese language by himself.

He can also be acknowledged to have launched the tradition and folks music of Assam and Northeast to Hindi cinema on the nationwide stage. He acquired many accolades National Film Award for Best Music path in 1975 and the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 1987. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously in 2019.

He composed and sang songs which are marked by themes of humanity and common brotherhood. One of his main contributions to Hindi cinema was composing music for properly-recognized movies similar to Arop, Ek Pal, and Rudaali. He gained the Best Music Director National Award for Rudaali in 1993. He held the place of chairman on the Sangeet Natak Akademi from 1998 to 2003.

While learning at Columbia University, Hazarika met Priyamvada Patel and so they bought married in 1950. He died in Mumbai on November 5, 2011, and was cremated close to the Brahmaputra river in a plot of land donated by the Gauhati University. His funeral was attended by an estimated half 1,000,000 individuals.

Here are a few of his hit songs:

This music fantastically captures the essence of the film Rudaali. Shanichari is in love with the ‘thakur’, however social and cultural norms would by no means allow them to be collectively. The traces ‘teri oonchi atari’, is without doubt one of the most touching traces describing their caste and social variations.

 

This music has its origin in Paul Robson’s Old Man River. Dr Hazarika rendered this music into Assamese, then into Bangla, and at last into Hindi.

Gaja Gamini

This music was composed for the movie by the identical title launched in 2000. It’s a couple of mysterious determine known as “Gaja Gamini”, who conjures up, arouses, and confuses the frequent man.

Hu Hu Pagal

This melodious music by Dr. Hazarika is from the 2001 movie Daman starring Raveena Tandon.

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