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Indian playback singer (1926–2011)

Bhupen HazarikaBR (Assamese:[bʱupɛnɦazɔɹika]^ⓘ; 8 September 1926 – 5 Nov 2011), widely known as Sudha Kontho, was an Indian playback singer, songwriter, and politician strip Assam.

He has written songs mainly in the Assamese voice, which are marked by humankind and universal brotherhood. His songs have been translated into spend time at languages, most notably in Magadhan and in Hindi.^[3][4]

His songs, homespun on the themes of organized amity, universal justice and understanding affinity, are especially popular among blue blood the gentry people of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh.

He is besides acknowledged to have introduced authority culture and folk music enterprise Assam and Northeast India earn Hindi cinema at the state level. He received the State-owned Film Award for Best Penalization Direction in 1975, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma Shri (1977), and Padma Bhushan (2001),^[5]Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992), the highest award for pictures in India and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008), the uppermost award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

He was posthumously awarded both the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2012,^[6] and the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 2019.^[7][8] Hazarika also held the phase of the Chairman of prestige Sangeet Natak Akademi from Dec 1998 to December 2003.^[9]

Biography

Early life

Hazarika was born on 8 Sep 1926 to Nilakanta and Shantipriya Hazarika in Sadiya, an inside town of Assam on honesty bank of river Brahmaputra.^[10] Surmount father was originally from Nazira, a town located in Sivasagar district.

The eldest of clear up children, Bhupen Hazarika (as ablebodied as his siblings) was splayed to the musical influence recognize his mother, who exposed him to lullabies and traditional Penalization of Assam.^[11] His father worked to the Bharalumukh region watch Guwahati in 1929,^[10] in look into of better prospects, where Bhupen Hazarika spent his early minority.

In 1932, his father spanking moved to Dhubri,^[12] and donation 1935 to Tezpur.^[10] It was in Tezpur that Bhupen Hazarika, then 10-years-of-age, was discovered harsh Jyotiprasad Agarwala, the noted Indian lyricist, playwright and the be in first place Assamese filmmaker, and Bishnu Prasad Rabha, renowned Assamese artist distinguished revolutionary poet, where he herb a Borgeet (the traditional pure Assamese devotional songs written inured to Srimanta Sankardeva and Sri Sri Madhabdeva), taught by his curb at a public function.

Hobble 1936, Bhupen Hazarika accompanied them to Kolkata where he documented his first song at high-mindedness Aurora Studio for the Selona Company.^[10] His association with justness icons of Assamese culture be equal Tezpur was the beginning prime his artistic growth and certificate.

Subsequently, Hazarika sang two songs in Agarwala's film Indramalati (1939): Kaxote Kolosi Loi and Biswo Bijoyi Naujawan at the programme of 12. A revolutionary forwardness was rooted during his girlhood. Its expression was, no obviously true, “Agnijugar firingathi mai” (I line the spark of the table of fire) which was turgid at 14 years of monarch age^[12] and he was go well on his way to seemly a lyricist, composer and singer.^[13]

Education and career

Hazarika studied at Sonaram High School at Guwahati, Dhubri Government High School^[10] and matriculated from Tezpur High School limit 1940.

He completed his Inbetween Arts from Cotton College purchase 1942, and his BA (1944) and MA (1946) in National Science from Banaras Hindu Lincoln. For a brief period, unquestionable worked at All India Wireless, Guwahati when he won well-ordered scholarship from Columbia University talented set sail for New Royalty in 1949. There he due a PhD (1952) on consummate thesis "Proposals for Preparing India's Basic Education to use Audio-Visual Techniques in Adult Education".

Block out New York, Bhupen Hazarika befriended Paul Robeson, a prominent laical rights activist, who influenced him.^[12] He used music as dignity “instrument of social change” multitude the path of Paul Singer who once told him meditate his guitar - “Guitar practical not a musical instrument, cut off is a social instrument.”^[14] Circlet song Bistirno Parore which silt based on the tune, figurativeness and theme of Robeson's Ol' Man River.

This song crack translated in various Indian languages, including Bengali and Hindi tell off sung by the artist living soul, and is still popular. Instruct inspired from some other transalpine ones, he also composed a sprinkling other songs in Indian languages. He was exposed to illustriousness Spiritual, and the multi-lingual account of We are in picture Same Boat Brother^[15] became exceptional regular feature in his echelon performance.

At Columbia University, take action met Priyamvada Patel, whom soil married in 1950. Tez Hazarika, their only child, was resident in 1952,^[16] and he complementary to India in 1953.

His famous songs include (in Assamese):

1. Bistirno Parore (বিস্তীৰ্ণ পাৰৰে)
2. Moi Eti Jajabor (মই এটি যাযাবৰ)
3. Ganga Blockade Maa (গংগা মোৰ মা)
4. Bimurto Mur Nixati Jen (বিমূৰ্ত মোৰ নিশাটি যেন)
5. Manuhe Manuhor Babey (মানুহে মানুহৰ বাবে)
6. Snehe Aamar Xoto Shrabonor (স্নেহে আমাৰ শত শ্ৰাৱণৰ)
7. Gupute Gupute Kimaan Khelim (গুপুতে গুপুতে কিমান খেলিম)
8. Buku Hom Hom Kore (বুকু হম্‌ হম্‌ কৰে)
9. Sagar sangamat (সাগৰ সংগমত)
10. Shillongore Godhuli (শ্বিলঙৰে গধূলি)

IPTA years

Hazarika began close association with the left Indian People's Theatre Association in a minute after returning from the Furtive in 1953^[12] and became illustriousness Secretary of the Reception Council of the Third All State Conference of IPTA, held pin down Guwahati in 1955.

Professional life

After completing his MA, he temporarily worked at the All Bharat Radio station at Guwahati^[16] previously embarking for his doctoral studies at Columbia University. Soon end completing his education, he became a teacher at the Guwahati University.^[12] But after a occasional years, he left the association and went to Kolkata he established himself as capital successful music director and songstress.

During that period, Hazarika undemanding several award-winning Assamese films specified as Shakuntala, Pratidhwani etc. have a word with composed evergreen music for go to regularly Assamese films. He was too considered as a new tendency setter in Bengali music. Bhupen Hazarika composed music for cinema from Bangladesh to which got international acclaim.

He was select the President of the Asam Sahitya Sabha in 1993.^[17] Escort 1967, Hazarika got elected significance a member of Assam Collection from Naoboicha constituency.^[18]

Social Struggle

From ahead of time in his life, he was at the forefront of graceful social battle against the rooted forces of casteism that sneered at a member of high-mindedness Kaibarta community making it by reason of a musician of note most important kept him away from nobility upper-caste Brahmin woman he confidential loved.

Eventually, when the energetic Hazarika did marry, it was to a Brahmin woman, fillet revenge of sorts against regular caste-ridden society.^[19]

Later life

He was foreign to Kalpana Lajmi in leadership early 1970s by his ancy friend and India's top concoction planter Hemendra Prasad Barooah resource Kolkata.^[20] Her first feature membrane Ek Pal with music assess by Hazarika was produced saturate Barooah.^[21] Subsequently, Lajmi began helpful him professionally and personally dig the end of his life.^[22][23][24] In the period after nobility release of Ek Pal (1986) until his death, Bhupen Hazarika mainly concentrated on Hindi pictures, most of which were headed by Kalpana Lajmi.

Ek Pal (1986), Rudaali (1993) and Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence (2001) are major films suffer defeat this period. Many of coronet earlier songs were re-written pressure Hindi and used as played-back songs in these films. These songs tried to cater side the Hindi film milieu station their social activist lyrics were browbeaten into the lowest general denominator.^[25] He served as idea MLA (Independent) during 1967–72 nondescript the Assam Legislative Assembly liberate yourself from Naoboicha Constituency.^[26] He contested introduction a Bharatiya Janata Party entrant in the 2004 Lok Sabha elections from the Guwahati circumstances, persuaded by Chandan Mitra close to Kalpana Lajmi^[27] which he vanished to the Indian National Coitus candidate Kirip Chaliha.

Death

Hazarika was hospitalized in the intensive warning unit of Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Association in Mumbai on 30 June 2011.^[28][29] He remained there rationalize the rest of his empire, and died of multi-organ omission on 5 November 2011.^[30][31][32] body lay in state disdain Judges Field in Guwahati extort cremated on 9 November 2011 near the Brahmaputra River urgency a plot of land approving by Gauhati University.

His entombment was attended by an considered half a million people.^[33][34]

Legacy champion influences

As a singer, Hazarika was known for his baritone voice; as a lyricist, he was known for poetic compositions unacceptable parables which touched on themes ranging from romance to community and political commentary; and style a composer, for his large of folk music.^[35] In topping poll conducted in Bangladesh, jurisdiction song, Manush Manusher Jonno (Humans are for humanity)' was uncouth to be the second cap favorite number after the Official anthem of Bangladesh.^[36] Some go his most famous compositions were adaptations of American Black Metaphysical that he had learned use up Paul Robeson, whom he locked away befriended during his years forecast New York City in say publicly early 1950s.^[37] His famous concert "Bistirno Parore" is heavily non-natural by Ol' Man River voiced by Paul Robeson.

During enthrone lifetime, a full-length documentary act biopic film on his poised titled Moi Eti Zazabor('I gen up a Wanderer') jointly directed past as a consequence o Late Waesqurni Bora and Arnab Jan Deka was launched compromise 1986 at his Nizarapar house in Guwahati city. Music be this biopic film has back number scored by 5-time International Unlimited Music Awards winner only Asamiya musician, songwriter, composer and songster Jim Ankan Deka, who additionally worked as Chief Assistant Jumpedup of this film.^[38] During excellence next two decades, the extensive directors Late Bora and Deka shot him live for illustriousness film during his various commence performances all over India, owing to well as many private moments in his domestic and communal life.

Arnab Jan Deka besides extensively interviewed him regarding consummate life and its creative aspects for the film, which esoteric been recorded during their seam travel to different metropolises move remote corners of Assam folk tale rest of India. The single has been under production by reason of 1986 with film negative remoteness of more than 16 midday currently preserved in different fell laboratories in Bombay (Mumbai), Calcutta (Kolkata) and Madras (Chennai).

Blue blood the gentry film was targeted for common release during the lifetime allowance Dr Bhupen Hazarika in 2008. But the production was inert after sudden demise of work out of the co-directors Waesqurni Bora in November 2008. Eventually, abaft the death of Dr Hazarika, the film's subject, the lingering co-director Arnab Jan Deka anticipation currently carrying out necessary workshop canon to finish the film executive the earliest and release bring about public consumption in several articulation versions including English, Assamese, Asiatic and Hindi, with support dismiss Late Waesqurni Bora's widowed spouse Nazma Begum and Dr Hazarika's bereaved family members including circlet wife Priyam Hazarika and Tej Hazarika.

Meanwhile, two books revelation the unforgettable experiences of leadership making of this milestone biopic film had been authored shy its co-director Arnab Jan Deka titled Anya Ek Zazabor very last Mor Sinaki Bhupenda, first catch which had been officially floating in February 1993 by Make a fuss G P Sippy, then Principal of Film Federation of Bharat and producer of world-record possessor Hindi film Sholay at swell public function organised by Dr Bhupen Hazarika himself.

Awards be proof against honors

National and state honors

Other glory and recognition

• All India Critic Gathering Award for best performing tribe artist (1979)
• In 1979 and 1980 he won the Ritwik Ghatak Award as best music supervisor for two theatre plays, Mohua Sundari, and Nagini Kanyar Kahini
• Bengal Journalist's Association Indira Gandhi Smriti Puraskar in (1987)
• First Indian submit win Best Music for prestige film Rudaali at the Aggregation Pacific International Film Festival hassle Japan (1993)
• Honorary Degree from Tezpur University (2001)
• 10th Kalakar Award yen for Lifetime Achievement in the crop 2002, Kolkata.
• In February 2009, magnanimity All Assam Students Union erected a life size statue disseminate Hazarika on the banks warm Digholi Pukhuri in Guwahati.^[45]
• A uncut docu-feature biopic film on diadem life titled Moi Eti Zazabor('I am a Wanderer') jointly sure by Late Waesqurni Bora fairy story Arnab Jan Deka has antique under production since 1986
• In 2010, Assam Cricket Association renamed picture Barshapara Cricket Stadium as Dr.

  Bhupen Hazarika Cricket Stadium.

• Muktijoddha Padak— Awarded as a "Friend disturb the Freedom Struggle" award offspring Bangladesh Government (posthumously, 2011)^[46]
• Asom Sahitya Sabha has honored him touch the title "Biswa Ratna".
• Hazarika was honored with commemorative postage stamps by India Post in 2013^[47] and 2016.^[48]
• The longest road break in of India, Dhola-Sadiya bridge survey built over the river Lohit, which is a tributary eradicate the Brahmaputra.

  It links Dhola and Sadiya both are be thankful for Tinsukia district of Assam legal action named after him.^[49]

• On 8 Sep 2022, Google honored Hazarika get a Google Doodle to put a label on his 96th birth anniversary.^[50] Justness doodle, featuring Hazarika playing say publicly harmonium, was created by Mumbai-based guest artist Rutuja Mali.

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