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Zubeen adds spice to friend's caf

By a staff reporter

Oct. 7: Popular singer-composer Zubeen Garg returned to centrestage today after his allegedly demeaning references to two of the state's most revered cultural icons — Jyotiprasad Agarwalla and Parbati Prasad Barua — landed him in controversy.

Garg today shared a luncheon with Pallavi Deka and Navajyoti Bharali, winners of a lucky draw organised by newly-opened restaurant-caf Ice and Spice as part of its promotional campaign.

"The people have accepted that I genuinely did not mean to insult either Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwalla or Parbati Prasad Barua. It is only the so-called intellectuals who are still making a hullabaloo over it," he said.

Known for his melodious compositions, Garg had struck a discordant note when he stated that he "admired Bishnu Rabha but not Jyotiprasad Agarwalla and Parbati Prasad Barua" before performing at the Bhabendra Nath Saikia Memorial Cultural Nite, organised as part of Gauhati University's "varsity week" on September 25.

His remark sparked public anger with students of the university burning his effigy and demanding an apology from the singer for his disparaging comment.

Three days later, Garg told mediapersons that he made "a mistake in framing the sentence". He also asked his fans to forgive him.

"I am happy that the people have forgiven me. Even the university students have forgiven my faux pas," the singer, who took time off to endorse the restaurant-caf, added.

Deka and Bharali won the luncheon date with Garg after a lucky draw organised by Ice and Spice for customers who spent Rs 100 and above for meals at the restaurant between September 26 and October 6.

"I borrowed this trendy concept of celebrity endorsement of restaurants that has become popular in cities outside the state. The possibility of winning a date with Zubeen Garg was a sure-shot winner. Zubeen, too, was ready to help in the promotional campaign," said Ranjeev Lal Barua, the owner of the restaurant-cafe that opened last month near Rabindra Bhawan.

The 30-year-old singer, who is in the city for his younger sister's wedding, said he was happy to be able to take time off to help his friend promote his restaurant in a unique manner.

Garg and the lucky couple had a whale of a time over an Indian and Chinese meal hosted by the trendy multicuisine restaurant-caf.

Assam.org Zubeen Garg draw accolades -- NRAs of UK By admin - Date: 2005-01-04 10:39:26 House of Lords in the Royal Court Palace of Westminster hosted the Global Assamese convention to focus on Assam and its heritage on Friday 17 December, 2004. This meeting will act as a curtain raiser to the North East NRI convention to be held at Assam Engineering Institute Field, Chandmari Field, Guwahati on 11 to 12 January 2005 organised by NECCI (North East Chamber of Commerce & Industry). FROM L: Mira Bora, Garima Garg, Dr. Dharani Bora, Rini Kakati, Zubeen Garg and Utpal Borah from Philladelphia, USA celebrated Christmas party at China Town in Leicester Square. Lord Adom of Blackburn, Baroness Flather, Lord Nazir of Rotherham and Lady Helen have organised this meeting and invited today's Youth Icon, Zubeen Garg from Assam. There was a display of Assamese arts and crafts by Garima Garg which was appreciated by the dignitaries. Mr. Satyabrata Pal, Deputy High Commissioner of India, Mr. R. Bagchi, Minister of Co-ordination for High Commissioner of India, Mr. Ajay Sharma, Director of India Tourism, Mr. Amit Roy, well- known journalist from The Daily Telegraph, Mrs. Paula Chatterjee, another journalist from Asian Voice, Mr. Chewang Phusog, Minister for High Commissioner of India and Policy Adviser of Asian Affairs, Mr. Atma Singh spoke about the richness of North East India specially Assam and the importance of showcasing the cultural diversity of Assam in UK as well as bringing together the investor of both countries. Utpal Borah from Philladelphia, USA came all the way to see Zubeen's Concert in UK. The cultural function was held the next day on Saturday 18 December, 2004 at Copland Technology Centre in Wembley. The main attraction of this evening was today's Youth Icon, Zubeen Garg and his band. Mrs. Malabika Barua greeted Zubeen with a typical Assamese Gamosa. The function was organised by Rini Kakati in collaboration with Asian communities in London. Zubeen started his performance by his great song "Majuli Majuli" dedicated to our cherished island. He also sang in Hindi, Bengali and Assamese song. Zubeen mesmerised the audience with his popular Bihu songs and the audience joined in and dance. The vote of thanks was offered by Mr. Rajinder Chopra, President of Hindu Samaj. He said that music has no boundaries and added that Zubeen's voice and music is second to none. In her welcome speech, Rini Kakati thanked the staff and the audience for their invaluable co-orperation and assistance specially to the crew of Zee TV for their full coverage of the programme. Rini Kakati on AssamNet

nice piece of information.
one question.... may be a little irrelevant but how come his sirname is garg or has he has changed his name as people do in film industry

Originally posted by: indus

nice piece of information.
one question.... may be a little irrelevant but how come his sirname is garg or has he has changed his name as people do in film industry

indus ji,

Do not have a honest reply to your question whether he has changed his name or not but the topics is very relevant to me and all other (IF) members it may not have any musical interest of your choice. But thanks for your courtesy.

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It's raining offers for 'Ya Ali' singer New Delhi | June 11, 2006 12:15:06 PM IST He shot into fame with the foot-tapping Bollywood chartbuster "Ya Ali". And now, Zubeen Garg, the singer-composer from Assam, is flooded with offers, including Feroz Khan's remake of his 1980s action-thriller "Qurbani". "I have just finished singing two songs for 'Qurbani II'," says Zubeen. "I am excited at the success of 'Ya Ali'. It was a wonderful song by Pritam (the music director)," Zubeen told IANS over phone from his adopted home Mumbai, where he owns a studio, Sound & Silence. Zubeen's foray into Bollywood is, however, not new. He has lent his mellifluous voice for songs in "Fiza", "Kaante", "Mudda" and "Brides Wanted". "I was somehow not noticed in my earlier songs - 'Mere Vatan' from 'Fiza' and 'Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re' from 'Kaante' - though the two films were big hits," he says. Zubeen is now busy with two important projects - his own Hindi movie "Chakra" and a new Hindi music album. Other films in which he will be heard include "Pyar Ke Side Effects", "Woh Lamhe" and "Dekho Mil Gaya". "I am working out the perfect cast for Chakra. It will be surely an offbeat film," says the 33-year-old singer. He has just finished his maiden Hindi film score in Sanjay Jha's "Strings", which stars Adam Bedi, (Kabir Bedi's son) Sandhya Mridul and Tannishtha Chatterjee and is set for a July release. "The music in 'Strings' is a mixture of tradition and modernity. The six songs are of different breeds - there's one inspired by a centuries-old Assamese prayer and one redone from a revolutionary poem," Zubeen says. "I have also reworked on the famous song by eminent music composer and director, late Pankaj Mallick - 'Piya Milan Ko Jana'. The lyrics (by Deepak Sneh) are different but I have retained the tune. "It was great to be part of the 'Strings' team. Sanjay (Jha) is a friend. And the whole idea about making the movie was conceived by him at my home," he claims. "Strings" is a crossover film about a guy from Britain falling in love with a priest's daughter during his visit to the Kumbh Mela at Nasik. Three other Assamese singers - Saswati Phukan (of "Kaliyon ka chaman' and "Kaanta laga" fame), Angarang Mahanta, Brishti Saikia - have also lent their voices in the film. Zubeen broke into the professional music scene in 1992 with his first Assamese album - "Anamika" that sold like hot cakes. Since then, he has nearly 40 albums to his name. He has also composed music for over 20 Assamese and a couple of Bengali movies. Apart from playing the guitar, mandolin and percussions, Zubeen is an accomplished keyboard player. He has sung in various regional languages including Tamil, Telugu, Punjabi, Oriya, Marathi and Nepali, besides Assamese and Bengali. He acted, co-produced and scored the music in the Assamese film "Dinabandhu", which won the national award in 2005 for its score. Zubeen has now set his eyes overseas. He is leaving for the US where he is slated to perform this month and then in August he will fly to the Gulf for a performance in Dubai.

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Deuka - famous songs of Parboti Prasad Barua, by Zubeen.

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Guwahati, Thursday, August 19, 2004
EDITORIAL
MESSAGE FOR TODAY
Why should people go out and pay money to see bad films when they can stay at home and see bad television for nothing?
— SAMUEL GOLDWYN

Assamese filmsAwards and accolades are always welcomed by the members of the society. People from all walks of life never fail to reciprocate as and when someone from among them bags awards, which, literally, is the recognition by the people who matter, of the expertise one shows in his or her field of activities. Therefore, the recent awards bestowed on the Assamese films at the 51st National Film Awards have created a nearly euphoric situation in the State. Tarali Sarma was adjudged the Best Female Playback Singer, the Swarna Kamal for Jahnu Baruah for his children's film Tora, a Rajat Kamal for Akashitoraar Kathare, directed by Manju Bora and produced by Sangeeta Tamuli, in the category of Best Feature Film in Regional Languages, another Rajat Kamal for debut director Sanjib Sabhapandit for his Juye Poora Shoon, as the Best Film on Environment Conservation and Preservation.

Jahnu Baruah has been a frontrunner as far as good, aesthetically appealing, cinematically artistic movie-making in Assamese language is concerned. He has delivered several top class films in recent times, receiving awards and accolades world over. Interestingly, though several of his films projected children in pivotal roles and their mental as well as social standings (Konikar Ramdhenu is a pointer to this), only Tora has been categorized as a children's film. Jahnu Baruah's expertise in dealing with the complex psychological world of children is a known fact. Given the scenario, Jahnu's bagging the Swarna Kamal is just another welcome recognition of his calibre as a true filmmaker. Manju Bora, as a filmmaker of the so-called 'parallel stream', has been in the notice for a long time now, since she was able to attract 'special mention of the jury' for her directorial debut Baibhab in the year 1999. Akashitoraar Kathare is an interesting piece of work in the silverscreen, with the lady protagonist researching on the hard work and sacrifices made by the womenfolk in almost all societies from time immemorial for upholding the cultural ethos, morals and values of life, and her ironical personal life wherein she faces the ignominy of being reduced to nobody amidst the male-dominated socio-cultural arena. And for Sanjib Sabhapandit, a national award in his first venture should always invariably work as a never-ending source of inspiration to continue a commendable approach towards filmmaking. But it is Tarali's achievement which ought to get much more attention because this is the first time an award in playback singing has come to the State. Neither Dr Bhupen Hazarika, nor the phenomenon Zubeen Garg were able to set examples. All these are extremely praiseworthy ventures, given the scenario of working against all odds, bogged by financial as well as infrastructural limitations, lack of a conducive environment, et al.

The euphoria pacified, statistics take over. It is only after a long period of time that Assamese films took the limelight at the national awards. The last time an Assamese film bagged awards was way back in 1996 when Bidyut Chakravarty-directed Raag Biraag bagged the Swarna Kamal (Indira Gandhi Award) for being the Best Film by a Debut Director, Mrinal Kanti Das for Best Cinematography for Raag Biraag and Adajya, and A Srikar Prasad for editing for Raag Biraag. The last time an Assamese film got mentioned at the National Awards was nearly four years back in 2001 when directors duo Dilip Doley and Narayan Seal received 'special mention by the jury' for their Paanoi-Jonki. Ironically, the last four years has been termed as the 'Golden Age of the Assamese cinema revisited'. Beginning from Joubane Amoni Kore in 2000, a total of 68 films were released till July this year. As many as 19 films were released in the year 2002. Nearly 20 other Assamese films are in various stages of their production. And it took almost eight years since Raag Biraag for an Assamese film to get award at the national level! This is more tragic because in Assam, a filmmaker of late Dr Bhabendra Nath Saikia's calibre had to look for producers to help him make a film. Man like Jahnu Baruah has to search for someone who would extend financial support to him to make films. And this is real than reel. Many of these highly-talented bunch of filmmakers, more often than not, rue the fact that Assamese people are not aware (insensitive will be a too harsh term) of what good films are all about. The society's preoccupation, many times obsession, with the mainstream, formula-oriented, larger-than-life entertainers in the silverscreen has resulted in the loss for the more aware, sensitive, aesthetically-organized filmmakers in the state. It is the masses, along with the film and cultural fraternity, who should act as the platform for this talented batch of men and women to blossom in their respective fields bringing in more awards, accolades and recognition.

this guy really rocked in that song....

i was talking about my question being irrelevant and not your topic.... 😉

this guy really rocked in that song....