Zubeen Garg

Zubeen Garg
Zubeen Garg performing at Gauhati Medical College Hospital, Guwahati.
Background information
Also known as	Goldie
Born	Jorhat, Assam, India
Genres	Playback singing, Assamese folk, Bihu, Indian folk, Indian pop, rock
Occupation(s)	Singer, composer, songwriter, musician, Music director, actor
Instruments	Vocals, bandar, tabla, keyboard, dhol, guitar
Years active	1992–present
Labels	Universal Music Group, EYE creation, Times Music

Zubeen Garg is an Indian singer, music director, composer, songwriter and actor. His contributions are mostly attributed in Assamese, Bengali and Bollywood. He has sung many songs in other languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Bodo, Karbi, Nepali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Goalparia and English. He also plays dhols, dotora, guitar, mandolin, keyboard and various percussion instruments.

Zubeen's debut album Anamika was released in 1992.

Garg is from the Upper Assam city Jorhat. His birth name is Jibon Borthakur. He was named after the composer Zubin Mehta and uses his gotra name, Garg, as his surname.

Garg's father Mohini Borthakur is also a poet and lyricist writing under the name Kapil Thakur. His mother Ily Borthakur was a dancer, actress and singer. His younger sister Jonkey Borthakur was an actress and singer who died in a car accident in 2002 near Tezpur while they were going to perform stage show along with her co-artists. There after Garg made an album known as Shishu in memory of his late sister Jonkey. His other sister Palme is a Bharata Natyam dancer. Zubeen married Garima Saikia on 4 February 2002, who is a fashion designer.

Garg entered into the professional music when his debut Assamese album Anamika was released in 1992. He later released albums including Maya, Asha and Pakhi. In the late 90's Garg moved to Mumbai to work in the Bollywood music industry where he recorded few Hindi albums and films like Chandni Raat, Yuhi Kabhi, Fiza and Kaante, and the song "Ya Ali" from the movie Gangster.

As an actor

Garg also has acted in few Assamese films. He played the lead role in Mon Jai, which won the best Assamese Film in the 56th National Award.

Year	Movie	Language	Role
2016	Chakra	Hindi
2015	Gaane Ki Aane	Assamese	Nilabh Jonak Baruah
2015	Ahetuk	Assamese	Special Appearance In the Song "Ahetuk"
2014	Rodor Sithi	Assamese	Baba
2014	Suma Porokhote	Assamese	Special Appearance In the Song "Suma Porokhote"
2012	Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare(As The River Flows)	Assamese/Hindi
2008	Mon Jai	Assamese	Manab
2007	Big Brother	Hindi	Special Appearance In the Song "Jag Lal Lal"
2006	Strings - Bound by Faith	Hindi	Special Appearance In the Song "Mantra (Om)"
2006	Gangster	Hindi	Special Apperannce In the Song "Ya Ali"
2004	Dinobandhu	Assamese	Bipul
2000	Tumi Mur Matho Mur	Assamese	Hrishi

As a music director

Year	Movie	Language
2016	Dil Toh Deewana Ha	Hindi
2014	Rodor Sithi	Assamese
2012	Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Xhipare/As The River Flows	Assamese/Hindi
2010	Mon Niye	Bengali
2010	Kache Acho Tumi
2008	Mon Jai	Assamese
2006	Strings- Bound By Faith	Hindi
2006	Aami Axomiya	Assamese
2006	Adhinayak	Assamese
2005	Shudhu Tumi	Bengali
2004	Dinabandhoo	Assamese
2004	Rang	Assamese
2004	Barud	Assamese
2004	Maya	Assamese
2003	Juman-Suman	Assamese
2003	Bidhata	Assamese
2003	Priya Milan	Assamese
2003	Agishakshi	Assamese
2002	Jiban Nadir Duti Par	Assamese
2002	Kanyadaan	Assamese
2001	Nayak	Assamese
2000	Hiya Diya Niya	Assamese

Discography

Main article: List of songs recorded by Zubeen Garg

Selected Filmography

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Awards and honours

Zubeen Garg has received the following recognitions for his successful song 'Ya Ali' from Gangster:

Year	Awards(s)	Category	Result	Source
2007	Filmfare Awards	Best Male Playback Singer	Nominated
2007	Global Indian Film Awards	Best Male Playback Singer	Won
2007	IIFA Awards	Best Male Playback	Nominated

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