Bhupen Hazarika Death Anniversary: Remembering ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’

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Friday marks the tenth loss of life anniversary of Bhupen Hazarika, fondly known as Sudhakantha, one of probably the most revered music artists of the nation. Popularly often known as the Bard of Brahmaputra, Hazarika was born on September 8, 1926, within the Sadiya city of Assam. The Bharat Ratna recipient handed away on November 5, 2011 at Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital in Mumbai attributable to outdated age illnesses on the age of 85.

Hazarika was born right into a household of artists and was the eldest amongst his 10 siblings. He acquired his singing expertise from his mom who launched him to Assamese people music. With music surrounding him since his early childhood days, it was no shock that Hazarika turned out to be a musical prodigy and created his first authentic piece of artwork on the age of 13.

Hazarika wrote his first track when he was a youngster and attracted the eye of famous Assamese lyricist Jyotiprasad Agarwala and artist Bishnu Prasad Rabha. With skilled and inventive steerage, Hazarika’s expertise solely grew higher.

Hazarika earned his BA diploma in 1944 and MA diploma in political science in 1946 from the Banaras Hindu University. He went on to obtain his doctoral diploma in Columbia University, New York, United States in 1952, earlier than he pursued his musical profession.

Studying in New York within the early 50s, Hazarika befriended Paul Robeson, a famend civil rights activist, whose affect impressed him to compose the well-known track Bistirno Parore, primarily based on the imagery and theme of Robeson’s Ol’ Man River which highlighted the rampant racial discrimination within the nation. The track grew to become one of the defining moments of Hazarika’s profession and remains to be thought-about as one of his epical compositions, which has been translated in varied Indian languages.

Hazarika expanded his artistic profession and likewise directed award-winning Assamese movies like Shakuntala Sur (1961) and Pratidhwani (1964). Hazarika additionally labored in Hindi cinema, some of his main contributions embrace composing music for movies similar to Arop, Ek Pal, and Rudaali. He was awarded the Best Music Director National Award for Rudaali in 1993 and held the place of chairman on the Sangeet Natak Akademi from 1998 to 2003.

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