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Zubeen Garg Biography Facts
Zubeen Garg has been appeared in channels as follow: Zee Music Company, T-Series, Times Music, Live Tech, Shemaroo Filmi Gaane, The Viral Fever.
Born 18 November, 1972 (52 years old).
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Career of the Zubeen Garg started in 1992 .
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Indian musician and actor
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Zubeen Borthakur |
| Born | 18 November 1972 Tura, Meghalaya |
| Origin | Jorhat, Assam |
| Genres | Indian folk music Indian classical music Filmi music Pop music Rock music Bihu Sufi music Borgeet |
| Occupation | Singer music director composer lyricist music producer instrumentalist actor film director film producer script writer |
| Instruments | tabla keyboard harmonium drum dhol guitar mandolin |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | NK Production, Universal Music Group, Times Music, T-Series, Zee Music Company, Eros Now, Saregama |
Zubeen Garg is an Indian singer, music director, composer, lyricist, music producer, actor, film director, film producer, script writer and philanthropist. His contributions are mostly attributed in Jollywood, Tollywood and Bollywood films and music. He predominantly sings in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi Languages, but has also sung many songs in other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Tiwa. He is also an instrumentalist and plays 12 instruments including dhol, drums, guitar, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard , tabla and various percussion instruments.
Personal life
Garg was born in Tura, Meghalaya to Mohini Borthakur and Ily Borthakur. He was named after the music composer Zubin Mehta. His father Mohini Borthakur is a lyricist and poet under the name Kapil Thakur. Garg pursued a degree in Bachelor of Science but dropped out to concentrate in his singing career.
Garg's younger sister Jongki Borthakur was an actress and singer who died in a car accident in February 2002 in Sonitpur district while they were going to perform stage show along with her co-artists.
Garg married Garima Saikia, a fashion designer from Golaghat, Assam on 4 February 2002.
Career
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Garg entered into professional music with his debut Assamese album Anamika, which was released in 1992. He later released many other albums and film songs.
In 1995, Garg moved to Mumbai to work in the Bollywood music industry where he recorded few Hindi albums and films songs like Chandni Raat, Yuhi Kabhi, Fiza and Kaante. In 2004 he sung "Aane wala pal" from the movie Plan, "Sapne saare" and "khwabon ki" from the movie Mudda-The Issue, "Mango agar dil se toh Khuda" from the movie Chupke Se, "Holi re" from the movie Mumbai se Aiya Mera Dost and "Jo Pyar tumne" from the movie Jaal:The trap.
He got the biggest break in Bollywood from the movie Gangster where he sang the song "Ya ali". The movie and the song was one of the most popular hits of 2006. The song brought him the best playback singer Global Indian Film Awards in 2006. His next Hindi album Zindagi was released in 2007 which was highly appreciated. His discography songs in various Indian languages.
In 2003 he debuted in Bengali music industry where he sung two songs in the movie Mon. In the next year he sung three songs in the movie Shudhu Tumi and also was the music director in the film.
In 2005 he sung "O bondhure" and "Lagena Bhalo" in the film Premi .In 2008 he got a big break in the movies Mon Mane Na, Love story, Chirodini Tumi Je Amar and Golmaal. His 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 became very popular.
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.
He is a football fan and has played matches to collect funds for flood affected people.
Garg was the main non-political figure of the Anti-CAA protest in Assam.