Bhupen Hazarika

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Bhupen Hazarika was a renowned Indian playback singer, composer, lyricist, and filmmaker from Assam, celebrated for his socially conscious songs and contributions to Assamese and Indian music and cinema.

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instanceOf composer
film director
film producer
human
lyricist
playback singer
politician
university teacher
academicDegree Bachelor of Arts
Master of Arts
PhD
awardReceived Assam Ratna NERFINISHED
Dadasaheb Phalke Award NERFINISHED
National Film Award for Best Music Direction NERFINISHED
Padma Bhushan
Padma Shri
Padma Vibhushan NERFINISHED
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award NERFINISHED
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship NERFINISHED
birthName Bhupendra Kumar Hazarika NERFINISHED
burialPlace Jalukbari, Guwahati, Assam, India NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath multiple organ failure
child Tez Hazarika NERFINISHED
commemoratedBy Google Doodle NERFINISHED
composedForFilm Darmiyaan NERFINISHED
Ek Pal NERFINISHED
Rudaali NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship India
dateOfBirth 1926-09-08
dateOfDeath 2011-11-05
directedFilm Chik Mik Bijuli NERFINISHED
Era Bator Sur NERFINISHED
Loti Ghoti NERFINISHED
Pratidhwani NERFINISHED
Shakuntala NERFINISHED
doctoralAdvisor Edward C. Carterette NERFINISHED
doctoralThesis Proposals for Preparing India’s Basic Education to use Audio-Visual Techniques in Adult Education NERFINISHED
educatedAt Banaras Hindu University NERFINISHED
Columbia University
ethnicGroup Assamese people NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork cinema
music
poetry
genre film music
folk music
patriotic song
hasHonorificTitle Bard of Brahmaputra NERFINISHED
Sudhakantha NERFINISHED
hasMonument Bhupen Hazarika Setu NERFINISHED
influenced Assamese popular music
influencedBy Paul Robeson NERFINISHED
knownFor Assamese music
Bengali music
Hindi film songs
socially conscious songs
languagesSpokenWritten Assamese
Bengali
English
Hindi
memberOfPoliticalParty Bharatiya Janata Party NERFINISHED
movement Indian independence movement (cultural front) NERFINISHED
name Bhupen Hazarika NERFINISHED
notableWork Bistirno Parore NERFINISHED
Dil Hoom Hoom Kare NERFINISHED
Ganga Behti Ho Kyon NERFINISHED
Manuhe Manuhor Babe NERFINISHED
Moi Eti Jajabor NERFINISHED
occupation film director
film producer
lyricist
music composer
playback singer
poet
politician
placeOfBirth Sadiya, Assam, British India NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Mumbai, Maharashtra, India NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi
Member of Assam Legislative Assembly
religion Hinduism
residence Guwahati NERFINISHED
Kolkata NERFINISHED
Mumbai NERFINISHED
spouse Priyam Hazarika NERFINISHED
workLocation Assam NERFINISHED
Kolkata NERFINISHED
Mumbai NERFINISHED

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