- Zubeen Garg
Infobox Musical artist
Name = Zubeen Garg
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Background = solo_singer
Birth_name = Jiban Barthakur
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Born = Birth date and age|1972|11|18 flagicon|IndiaAssam
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Instrument = Vocalist
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Occupation =Singer
Years_active = 1992–present
Label = Various
Spouse = Garima Garg
URL = http://www.zubeen.comZubeen Garg (born
18 November 1972 ). is a singer and composer fromAssam ,India , in theBollywood and Assamese music scene. He plays dhols, dotora,mandolin , keyboard and variouspercussion instrument s.Background
Zubeen Garg hails fromJorhat , a small city in upper Assam. His birth name is Jibon Barthakur. He was named after the great composer Zubin Mehta and used their Gautra as his surname. Zubeen was born to Mr. Mohini. M. Borthakur, a famous lyricist and poet (who uses the pseudo nameKapil Thakur ), and late Mrs. Ily Borthakur. However, because of transliteration discrepancies he is sometimes credited as Zubin Garg, Jubin Garg, or simply Zubin, Zubeen or Jubin and various combinations of the above mentioned.The Borthakur family had its roots in
Janji ,Sivasagar . Mr. Borthakur was a magistrate and moved often during his early years along with little Zubeen. Zubeen's mother was a good dancer, an actress and a singer. However, she never turned these talents into a professional career. Instead, she decided to teach them to little Zubeen at home. Zubeen considers his mother to be his firstguru and mentor. Zubeen's younger sister Jonkie Borthakur was a well known singer and actress who unfortunately died in a car accident in 2002 [ [http://www.nenanews.com/NEE%20Feb.7-21,%2002/oh11.htm Jongki Barthakur dies in car mishap ] ] . Zubeen's other sister Palme, is a good bharat natyam dancer, presently living inGuwahati .Feeling indebted to his loyal fans from
Assam , Zubeen became involved in various charitable organizations dealing withAIDS andbrain cancer . He plans on opening an institute in the near future to help those that are mentally challenged as well. [ [http://entertainment.oneindia.in/music/news/2008/payback-zubeen-garg-180308.html Singer Zubeen Garg | Payback Time | AIDS And Brain Cancer | Mentally Retarded | Assam ] ]Zubeen lives with his wife Garima, a fashion designer, in his flat, which is a part of his music studio called Sound & Silence, located at 165/1, Sher-E-Punjab. Andheri East. Mumbai, India.
He is also working on a script for a Hindi film which was announced in August 2006. Zubeen has opened a chain of beauty parlors across the northeast called Zubeen's Veda.
Entering the music scene
[
left|thumb|Strings - Bound By Faith , "Zubeen's debut as a music director, 2006"] Zubeen started learningtabla from Guru Robin Banarjee, and then continued learningAssamese folk music form Guru Romoni Rai. He attended J.B. College inJorhat , and then moved to B. Barooah College, where he was pursuing Bachelor of Science after his family moved permanently toGuwahati . But he did not complete his baccalaureate studies as he jumped in to the music scene. Zubeen's life had a turning point when he received the gold medal for his western solo performance in the youth festival held in 1992. This is where he got his first taste of success and confidence as vocalist. Apart form playingdhols ,dotara ,mandolin ,percussions , Zubeen is an accomplished keyboard player. He broke into professional music scene in 1992, releasing his first album - Anamika. This unusual album, became an instant hit in entire northeast India and re-defined Assamese musical landscape for the coming 21st century. After that, there was no looking back for Zubeen. With about 40 albums to his name, Zubeen continues his musical career directing music to over 24 Assamese movies including a few Hindi and bangla movies as well. He received the best Music Award in 2005, for the Bangla movie Shudhu Tumi. Zubeen considers himself to be amusician having sung more than 9000 songs in various languages includingHindi , Tamil,Telugu ,Kannada , Punjabi,Oriya ,Bengali ,Marathi ,Nepali , and many others. The song "Ya Ali" from the movie Gangster became a superhit in mainlandIndia , theMiddle East , and across South Asia. Following the success an Album titled 'Ya Ali Remix Blast' containing remix by DJ Suketu & Aks were released.In 2000, Zubeen wrote, directed and acted in his own Assamese film "
Tumi Mor Matho Mor ". He acted, co-produced and scored music in another Assamese film "Dinabandhu ", for which received a national award in 2005. Zubeen had done music for "Strings - Bound By Faith ", a Hindi film, directed by Sanjay Jha was released in 2006. "Mukha" and "Uronia Mon " are the latest solo Assamese albums of Zubeen released in the year of 2007 under theN.K. production banner. Currently he is working on his new Hindi album "Chakra".Zubeen came up with his own Hindi album 'Zindagi'in 2007, which received good appreciation.List of Zubeen's Albums
Assamese Albums
Hindi Albums
* Chandini Raat
* Yuhi Kabhi
* Sparsh
* Shradhanjali
* Nupur
* Zindagiyuhi kabhi. and chandaMusic Director in Assamese Films
* Bidhata
* Nayak
* Daag
* Hiya Diya Niya
* Jown Jwole Kopalot
*Kanyadaan
* Tumi Mor Matho MorAwards
* Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) (2006)- Best playback singer (Male) for the song "Ya Ali".
* Max Stardust Awards (2007)- New Musical Sensation (Male) for the song "Ya Ali".
* Nominated for Film Fare Awards (2007)- Best Play Back Singer.Filmography
Lyricist
* "Strings - bound by faith " (
July 14 ,2006 )Music Director
* "Strings - bound by faith " (
July 14 ,2006 )Playback Singer
External links
* [http://www.zubeen.com Zubeen Garg's Official Website]
* [http://www.zubeen.com/wordpress Zubeen Garg's Official Blog]
* [http://www.zubeen.org A site by the fan of Zubeen Garg]
* [http://koushikhazarika.tripod.com/zubeen_garg.html WE R ZUBEEN LOVER]
* [http://www.esnips.com/web/ZubeensHindiSongs D"LODE ZUBEEN GARG"S HINDI MP3 FREE ]
* [http://www.zubeenshindisongs.blogspot.com Listen Hindi Muvie Songs of Zubeen...Online]Notes
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