Bhupen Hazarika

                  (1942 – 2011) 

Hindi , English , Bengali , Oriya , Assamese



                Bhupen hazarika (1926–2011) was associate degree indian author , musician , singer , author and film-maker from province. his songs , written and sung in the main within the assamese language by himself , square measure marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and are translated and sung in several languages , most notably in bengali and hindi. his songs , supported the themes of communal amity , universal justice and fellow feeling , became common among the folks of province , besides west bengal and bangladesh. he's additionally acknowledged to own introduced the culture and popular music of province and northeast india to hindi cinema at the national level. 

Life

                      Hazarika was born on eight september 1926 to nilakanta and shantipriya hazarika in sadiya , assam. his father was originally from nazira , a city settled in sivasagar district. the eldest of 10 kids , bhupen hazarika (as additionally his siblings) was exposed to the musical influence of his mother , world health organization exposed him to lullabies and ancient music of state. his father captive to the bharalumukh region of guwahati in 1929 , in search of higher prospects , wherever bhupen hazarika spent his babyhood. in 1932 his father additional captive to dhubri , and in 1935 to tezpur. it had been in tezpur that bhupen hazarika , then ten years older , was discovered by jyoti prasad agarwala , the noted assamese writer , writer and therefore the initial assames film maker and bishnu prasad rabha , notable assamese creative person and revolutionary writer , wherever heherb a borgeet (the ancient assamese pious songs written by srimanta sankardeva and sri sri madhabdeva) , tutored by his mother at a public perform. in 1936 , bhupen hazarika attended them to city wherever he recorded his initial song at the aurora studio for the selona company. his association with the icons of assamese culture at tezpur was the start of his creative growth and credentials. Afterward , hazarika herb 2 songs in agarwala's film indramalati (1939): kaxote kolosi loi and biswo bijoyi naujawan at the age of twelve. he wrote his initial song , agnijugor firingoti moi at the age of 13 and he was well on his thanks to changing into a writer , musician and singer.

             After finishing his ma he concisely worked at the all asian country station at guwahati before embarking for his academic degree studies at columbia university.

               Soon once finishing his education, he became an educator at the gauhati university.

             He was non appointive the president of the asam sahitya sabha in 1993.

             He met kalpana lajmi within the 1970s and that they created the film ek pal (' at the net film database) (1986). later on , lajmi began aiding him professionally and in person until the tip of his life.

              In the amount once the discharge of ek pal (1986) till his death , bhupen hazarika primarily targeting hindi films , most of that were directed by kalpana lajmi. ek pal (1986) , rudaali (1993) and daman: a victim of marital status violence (2001) square measure major films this era. several of his earlier songs were re-written in hindi and used as played-back songs in these films. these songs tried to cater to the hindi film environment and their social activist lyrics were hangdog into the bottom common divisor.

              He served as associate in nursing mla (independent) throughout 1967-72 within the province legislature from nauboicha body.

               He oppose as a bharatiya janata party candidate within the 2004 lok sabha elections from the guwahati body , that he lost to the opposition candidate kirip chaliha.

Career

                He studied at sonaram high school at guwahati , dhubri government high school and matriculated from tezpur high college in 1940. he completed his intermediate arts from cotton faculty in 1942 , and his ba (1944) and ma (1946) in politics from banaras hindu university. for a quick amount he worked in the least india radio, guwahati once he won a scholarship from columbia and set sail for brand new house of york in 1949. there heat tained a ph scale.d. (1952) on his thesis "proposals for getting ready india's basic education to use audio-visual techniques in adult education".

             In the big apple he befriended paul Robeson , world health organization influenced him. his song bistirno parore is predicated on the imagination and theme of robeson's ol' man stream. this song is translated innumerous indian languages , together with bengali and hindi (by the creative person himself) , and continues to be in style. being galvanized from another foreign ones , he conjointly composed many different songs in indian languages. he was exposed to the non secular , and also the multi-lingual version of we tend to square measure within the same boat brother became an everyday feature in his stage performance. at university , he met priyamvada pate l, whom he married in 1950. tez hazarika , their solely kid , was born in 1952 , and he came back to bharat in 1953.

Songs 

2011 : Gandhi to hitler 

2006 : Chingaari

2001 : Daman: a victim of manrital violence

2000 : Raja garmini

1997 : Darmiyaan: in between

1993 : Rudaali

1988 : Siraj

1986 : Ek pal

1979 : Debdas

1976 : Mera dharan meri maa

1975 : Chemeli memsaab

1973 : Titash ekti nadir naam

1961 : Shakuntala sur

1956 : Mahut bandhu re

1955 : Pioli phukan

1948 : Siraj

1939 : Indramalati

Awards And Honors 

9th National Film Awards : 

1961 : Best feature film in assamese 

23rd National Film Awards : 

1979 : Gold medal from the state government of arunachal pradesh for "outstanding contribution towards tribal welfare , and uplift of tribal culture through cinema and music." 

1979 : All india critic association award for best performing folk artist

1977 : Padma shri - the fourth highest civilian award in the india

1975 : Best feature film in assamese

Ritwik Ghatak Award : 

2001 : Padma bhushan - the third highest civilian award in the india 

2001 : Honorary degree from tezpur university

1993 : First indian to win best music for the film rudaali at the asia pacific international film festival in japan

1992 : Dadasaheb phalke award

1987 : Sangeet natak akademi award

1987 : Bengal journalist's association indira gandhi smriti puraskar

1980 : Best music director 

1979 : Best music director

10th Kalakar Award : 

Asom sahitya sabha has honoured him with the title "biswa ratna". 

2012 : Padma vibhushan - second highest civilian award in india

2011 : Muktijoddha padak - the highest civilian award by bangladesh government

2009 : The all assam students union erected a life size statue of hazarika on the banks of digholi pukhuri in guwahati.

2009 : Asom ratna - the highest civilian award in the state of assam , india

2008 : Sangeet natak akademi fellowship

2002 : Lifetime achievement in , kolkata.

Death

                      Hazarika was hospitalized within the kokilaben dhirubhai ambani hospital and medical analysis institute in city in 2011. he was admitted to the medical aid unit on thirty 2011. he died of multi-organ failure on five november 2011. his body lay in state at judges field in guwahati and cremated on nine november 2011 close to the brahmaputra during a plot of land given by gauhati university.