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Bhupen Hazarika Music Composer

Know about the music composer Bhupen Hazarika in detail. Bhupen Hazarika was an composer, playback singer, music director, lyricist, musician, folk artist, poet and filmmaker from Assam, widely known as Sudhakantha. His songs, written and sung mainly in the Assamese language by himself, are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood and have been translated and sung in many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi. His songs, based on the themes of communal amity, universal justice and empathy, have become popular among the people of Assam, besides West Bengal and Bangladesh. He is also acknowledged to have introduced the culture and folk music of Assam and Northeast India to Hindi cinema at the national level. He received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1975. Recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award , Padmashri , and Padmabhushan , Hazarika was awarded with Dada Saheb Phalke Award , Highest award of India for cinema, by the Government of India, and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship , the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's The National Academy for Music, Dance and Drama. He was posthumously awarded the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award, in 2012. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 2019. Hazarika also held the position of the Chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi from December 1998 to December 2003. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award, in 2019.

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Music Composer: Bhupen Hazarika

Music Composer	Bhupen Hazarika
Date of Birth and Birth Place	8 September 1926,Sadiya, Assam, British India
Died	5 November 2011(2011-11-05) (aged 85),Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Nationality	Indian
Other names	Sudha kantha
Alma mater	Cotton University, Benaras Hindu University, Columbia University
Occupation	Musician, singer, poet, filmmaker, lyricist
Years active	1939-2010
Notable work	Rudaali,Darmiyaan: In Between,Gaja Gamini,Daman,Indramalati
Political party	Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)
Movement	Indian Peoples Theater Association
Spouse(s)	Priyamvada Patel
Children	Tej Bhupen Hazarika (b. 1952)
Parent(s)	Nilakanta Hazarika

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