Zubeen Garg

Zubeen Garg

music department, actor, composer

Zubeen Garg was born on Nov 18, 1972 in India. Zubeen Garg's big-screen debut came with Fiza directed by Khalid Mohamed in 2000. Zubeen Garg is known for Kanchanjangha directed by Zubeen Garg, Zubeen Garg stars as Anirban and Pabitra Rabha as . Zubeen Garg has got 10 awards and 8 nominations so far. The most recent award Zubeen Garg achieved is Prag Cine Awards. The upcoming new movie Zubeen Garg plays is Ratnakar which will be released on Oct 11, 2019.

Zubeen Garg (born Zubeen Borthakur; 18 November 1972) 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 Assamese, Bengali and Bollywood music and films. He is also an instrumentalist and plays 12 instruments including dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla and various percussion instruments.Garg entered into the professional music when his debut album Anamika was released in 1992 at the age of 19. He later released albums including Maya, Asha and Pakhi. In 1995 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.He finally got the biggest break in Bollywood in the film Gangster.The song Ya Ali of Gangster movie was one of the most popular hit of 2006. The song brought him the best playback singer Global Indian Film Awards(GIFA) in 2006.Zubeen Garg has recorded/sung in more than 32,000 songs in almost 40 Indian languages.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 Xixu in memory of his late sister Jonkey.

  • Birthday

    Nov 18, 1972
  • Place of Birth

    Jorhat, Assam, India

Known For

Awards

10 wins & 8 nominations

Prag Cine Awards
2021
Best Actor - Popular
Winner - Prag Cine Award
2021
Best Playback Singer - Male
Winner - Prag Cine Award
2021
Best Music Direction
Winner - Prag Cine Award
2021
Best Film - Popular
Winner - Prag Cine Award
National Film Awards, India
2009
Best Music Director for a Non-Feature Film
Winner - Non-Feature Films Award
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