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Dr. Bhupen Hazarika is a stalwart in the annals of India's cultural heritage today.
A multifaceted genius, he is a good poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and film-maker of the very highest repute. He is the only living pioneer of Assam.s film industry in the Northeast, and has been therefore, rightly hailed as the uncrowned king of North-Eastern India.s cultural world.
Education
Bhupen Hazarika was born in 1926, in Sadiya, Assam. An extremely academically prolific person, he did his Inter (Arts) in Guwahati in 1942, and went on to Banaras Hindu University to complete his B. A. in 1944 and his M. A. in Political Science in 1946.
Soon after, he left for New York, USA where he lived for five years and received his doctorate (PhD) in Mass Communication from Columbia University. He also received the Lisle Fellowship from Chicago University, USA to study the use of educational project development through cinema.
Achievement in Cinema
Bhupen Hazarika is ranked amongst the leading film makers of the nation.
He is probably the only living pioneer who is solely responsible for placing the fledging Assamese cinema on the all India and on the world cinema map. He has been the only person in the past 40 years to propagate the better cinema movement and has integrated all the seven north-eastern states, including tribal culture, through the medium of cinema. His remarkable popularity brought him to the legislative Assembly as an Independent member between 1967 to 1972, where he was solely responsible for installing the first state owned film studio of its kind ever, in India in Guwahati, Assam.
Bhupen Hazarika began his career in films as a child actor in the second talkie film to be made in the pioneering years of 1939 in the film .Indramalati..
A prodigious genius he wrote and sang his first song at the age of 10 after which there has been no looking back.
He has produced and directed, composed music and sang for the Assamese language films .Era Batar Sur. in 1956, .Shakuntala. in 1960, .Pratidhwani. in 1964, .Lotighoti. in 1967, .Chick Mick Bijuli. in 1971, .Mon Projapati. in 1978, .Swikarokti. in 1986, .Siraj. in 1988. He also directed, composed music and sang for .Mahut Bandhure. in 1958. He produced, directed, and composed music for Arunachal Pradesh.s first Hindi feature film in colour .Mera Dharam Meri Maa. in 1977. He directed a colour ducumentary for the Arunachal Pradesh Government on Tribal folk songs and dances entitled .For Whom The Sun Shines. in 1974.
He produced and directed a documentary .Emuthi Saular Kahini. based on the co- operative movement for the Govt. of Assam entirely in the format of lyrics. He produced and directed a half-hour documentary for Calcutta Doordarshan Kendra in 1977 on the folk songs and dances of north east India entitled .Through Melody and Rhythm.. He produced and composed music for five reeler colour documentary to promote tourism for the Govt. of Assam in 1981. He produced and composed music for the internationally famous award winning Hindi feature film .Ek Pal. in 1986, directed by Kalpana Lajmi, starring Shabana Azmi, Nasiruddin Shah, Faroque Shaikh. He produced and composed the music for the extremely popular television serial .Lohit Kinare. directed by Kalpana Lajmi, based on famous short stories of Assam for the prime time National Network in 1988. He has been the Executive Producer, Music Composer for the recent award winning film in Hindi .Rudaali. starring Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Amjad Khan and Rakhi.
He has won the President.s National Award for the best film maker thrice : for .Shakuntala., .Pratidhwani., and .Loti Ghoti. in 1960, 1964 and 1967 respectively. He won the Arunachal Pradesh Government.s Gold Medal in 1977 for his outstanding contribution towards Tribal Welfare, and Upliftment of Tribal Culture through cinema and music. He also won the National Award as best music composer in India in 1977 for the Assamese film .Chameli Memsaab..
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika has been the Chairman, Eastern Region on the Appellate Body of the Central Board of Film Censors, Government of India for 9 years consecutively till 1990.
He is on the Script Committee of the National Film Development Corporation, Eastern India.
He is the director on the national level on the Board of Directors of National Film Development Corporation, Government of India.
He was the Executive Council Member of the Children Film Society (N.CYP) headed by Mrs. Jaya Bachchan. He is the member of the Board of Trustees for the Poor Artists Welfare Fund, Government of India. He was the Chairman of the Jury of the National Film Awards in 1985 and was a jury member several times from 1958 to 1990. He is at present also on the Governing Council for policy making decisions for the Film and Television Institute, Government of India , Pune.
The Information and Broadcasting Ministry, Government of India bestowed the honour of Producer Emeritus on him.
Bhupen Hazarika was also a member of P. C. Joshi Committee appointed by the Information Ministry for revitalising software programming through television for the coming 21st century.
He has rendered music, written lyrics and sung for numerous Assamese, Bengali and Hindi films from 1930s to the 1990s. Bhupen Hazarika has scored music and sung for the highest number of Assamese films made in the past 40 years.
He has directed music in outstanding Bengali films, such as .Jiban Trishna., .Jonakir Alo., .Mahut Bandhure., .Kari o Komal., .Asamapta., .Ekhane Pinjar., .Dampati., .Chameli Memsaab., .Dui., .Bechara., and Hindi films like .Arop., .Ek Pal., and .Rudaali.. He has in 1995 given music for Sai Paranjype.s Hindi feature film .Papiha. and Bimal Dutt.s Hindi feature film .Pratimurti..
In 1996 he has composed music for Plus Channel.s Hindi feature film .Mil Gayee Manzil Mujhe. directed by Lekh Tandon starring Meenakshi Sheshadri.
In 1996 he has also composed for Plus Channel.s Hindi feature film .Saaz. directed by Sai Paranjype starring Shabana Azmi.
In 1996 he has composed music for Pan Pictures Hindi feature film .Darmiyaan. starring Kiron Kher and Tabu directed and written by Kalpana Lajmi.
In 1998 he has composed music for Hindi feature film .Gajagamini. Written and Directed by eminent painter Mr. M. F. Hussain.
He had produced a 52 episodes tele-serial titled .Dawn. for telecast on Star TV. The serial casts Shahbaaz Khan, Mona Ambegaonkar, Deepa Lagoo, Tom Alter and others.
He has also produced another 18 part documentary entitled . Glimpses of the Misty East. on the socio economic and cultural progress in North Eastern India from 1947 to 1997 , assigned to him by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Govt of India for celebration of Fifty years of India.s Independence.
In 2000 he has composed music for Hindi feature film .Daman. Written and Directed by Ms. Kalpana Lajmi.
In 2003 he composed music for Hindi feature film "Kyon" Directed by Ms. Kalpana Lajmi.
Achievements in Music and Culture
He is considered today the last of the great mass singers and the only great ballad singer alive in India. Involved in the Indian movement from his very childhood, till today he writes and composes masterpieces teeming with social consciousness which are in striking contrast to his famous love songs. Besides being associated with films, Bhupen Hazarika has won the hearts of the entire Indian people through his discs through which he has rendered some of his finest compositions.
For Bhupen Hazarika music has always been his first love. He met Paul Robson with whom he became closely associated between 1949 and 1955 in USA. It was during this period he was awarded a Gold Medallion in New York as the best interpreter of India.s folk songs by Eleanor Roosevelt.
Bhupen Hazarika sings in numerous languages but writes his lyrics and poems in his home language, Assamese. Bhupen Hazarika has rightly been hailed as India.s Cultural Ambassador abroad for placing the folk music of Eastern India on the map of world folk music.
He has travelled widely as a Delegate to Conferences on Mass Communication, Poetry, Music, Performing Arts and Cinema from the Belgium Congo to Samarkand, from the Mississipi to Danube, to Europe, Canada, South-East Asia, Japan, USA, UK and Australia.
He represented India in Berlin at the World Conference of Composers who used songs as an instrument in social change. He was given the honour of inaugurating the World Seminar in Congress Hall with his own songs on the liberation of Bangladesh.
Bhupen Hazarika.s popularity is so tremendous as a performing artist that for the last 50 years he has been the biggest crowd puller and was honoured for the Golden Jubilee of his singing career in 1991. Achievements in Literature
Bhupen Hazarika has been conferred the highest the highest honour by making him the president of Sahitya Sabha in 1993.
He is one of the leading author / poets of Assam and has to his credit more than one thousand lyrics and more than fifteen major books on short stories, essays, travelogues, poems and children.s rhymes.
He is an extremely popular journalist and editor for the past two decades of the popular monthlies .Amar Pratinidhi. and .Pratidhwani.
Honours Conferred The country bestowed its greatest honour on him, the Padamshree in 1977 for his outstanding contribution to the field of culture in India.
In 1977 he won two awards in West Bengal. The Bangla Chalachitra Prasar Samity and the Bangla Chalchitra Purashkar Samity for being the best music director for the film .Dampati.. In 1978 he won two awards from Bangladesh as rhe best music director for the film .Simana Periye. from the Bangladesh Journalists Association and the Bangladesh film industry.
The Gramophone Company of India bestowed on him the Gold Disc for his outstanding contribution towards Indian Music in 1978.
In 1979 and 1980 he won the Ritwick Ghatak Award as best music directors for two theatre plays .Mohua Sundari. and .Nagini Kanyar Kahini..
In 1979 he won the All India Critic Association Award for the best performing folk artist in India.
In 1987 he was conferred the National Citizen.s Award at New Delhi for his outstanding excellence in music.
The Government of Assam bestowed its highest award the .Shankar Dev Award. in 1987 for his contribution to Assam.s culture.
In 1987 he won Assam.s .Man of the Year. award.
Sangeet Natak Academy - New Delhi awarded him in 1987 for his outstanding contribution towards Indian music.
The Bengal Journalist.s Association honoured him with the .Indira Gandhi Smriti Purashkar. in 1987.
In 1992, the Government of West Bengal honoured him with the award for his contribution to the World of Arts.
In 1993, he was honoured India.s Oscar .The Dadasaheb Phalke Award. for his lifetime.s contribution to development of Indian cinema.
In 1993, he was conferred as the first Indian Music Director for best music Internationally for the film .Rudaali. at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival at Japan.
In 1999, he has been appointed by the Honourable President of India as the Chairman of Sangeet Natak Akademi for a period of five years.
In 2000, he has been appointed by the Government of India as the Trustee of Indira Gandhi Centre of Arts for a period of ten years.
He has been appointed by the Government of India as the trustee of ICCR, for a period of 3 years.
In 2001, he was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Bhushan, one of the highest civilian award and he was given the Lata Mangeshkar Award for his overall contribution in music by the Madhya Pradesh Government.
In November 2001, he was honoured with the Doctor of Philosophy (Honoris Causa) from the Tezpur University.
In 2003, Dr. Bhupen Hazarika has been appointed the member of the Prasar Bharati Board, Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, Government of India.
Bhupen Hazarika is one of the only forces in India today who is a true exponent of National Integration, expressed wonderfully through a variety of media.
"It was a multi-organ failure. The end came around 4.30 pm," Jayanta Narayan Saha, in-charge of media relations at the Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital here, told PTI. A golden voice of Indian music fell silent Saturday when legendary singer-composer Bhupen Hazarikadied of multiple organ failure at a Mumbai hospital, plunging millions of fans across the country, especially those in eastern India, into gloom. He was 86.
The 86-year-old Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner was undergoing treatment at the hospital since June 29, after he complained of breathlessness. Since then he was confined to the hospital bed.
He had an infection and was on medical support and dialysis.
Hazarika's health deteriorated on October 23, after he developed pneumonia. He had to undergo a minor surgery whereby doctors placed a food pipe into his system.
The balladeer who composed his own lyrics and music last lent his voice to the film "Gandhi To Hitler", where he sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan 'Vaishnav jan'.
Hazarika was regarded as one of the greatest living cultural communicators of South Asia. He had been a poet, journalist, singer, lyricist, musician, filmmaker and writer.
The Padma Bhushan awardee had celebrated his birthday this year in the ICU of the hospital on September 8 when he cut a cake and fans sang his favourite numbers.
Hazarika, who was on the ventilator for four months and had been in and out of hospital, passed away at 4.37 p.m. at Kokilaben Hospital in India's entertainment capital. His long time companion, filmmaker Kalpana Lajmi, his nephews and some well wishers from his home state of Assam were at his side when he died.
His body will be flown to Guwahati Monday and kept at Judges Field for two days for the public to pay homage.
The Assam government has taken the responsibility to fly the body from Mumbai to Guwahati and organise the last rites.
Known for his haunting, resounding melodies like "Dil hoom hoom kare" and "Ganga behti ho kyon", Hazarika was a Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner. His lyrics and voice lent a special flavour to several Bollywood songs and put the spotlight on music from Assam.
His death cast a pall of gloom on his millions of fans. Many in Assam were grief stricken as news of his death spread.
Bhupen Hazarika, the 'bard of Brahmaputra' whose ability to weave magic out of traditional Assamese music gave us songs like Dil Hoom Hoom Kare and O Ganga Behti Ho, swayed and inspired millions across generations with the power and passion of his voice.
A poet, music composer, singer,
With his death, the country has lost not only one of its few balladeers but also one of its greatest cultural icons, cherished in Dhaka as much as in Guwahati.
Born in 1926 in Sadiya into a family of teachers, the academically-talented Hazarika completed his basic education from Guwahati in 1942, BA from Banaras Hindu University in 1944 and MA (Pol Sc) in 1946. He did his PhD in Mass Communication from Columbia University. He also received the Lisle Fellowship from Chicago University, US to study the use of educational project development through cinema.
During his stay in the US, he met the legendary black singer Paul Robeson, whose famous number 'Old man river' was successfully transformed to the megahit 'Bistirno parore' ('O Ganga behti ho' in Hindi), a virtual anthem for generations of pro-Left activists.
In an interview to a national daily many years ago, he attributed his singing to tribal music.
"As a child, I grew up listening to tribal music - its rhythm saw me developing an inclination towards singing. Perhaps, I inherited my singing skills from my mother, who sang lullabies to me. In fact, I have used one of my mother's lullabies in 'Rudali'," the Dadasaheb Phalke winner had said.
He sang his first song 'Biswa nijoy nojowan' (in the second Assamese film "Indramalati") in 1939 at the age of 12.
Remembering Bhupen Hazarika
At the age of 12, Hazarika sang his first song 'Biswa Bijoy No Jowan' for an Assamese film 'Indramalati'. Music was his passion and music made his life.
Hazarika held an iconic stature in West Bengal, Assam and the neighbouring country of Bangaldesh.
His voice could awaken tired souls out of eternal slumber. He is also known for his poetic compositions that covered a variety of subjects ranging from politics to society and from love to eroticism.
His involvement with the Assamese film industry dates back to the industries' inception. His soulful compositions for Hindi films `Rudali`, `Chingaari`, `Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence` gave a new dimension to Bollywood music. His song `Dil Hoom Hoom Kare` is a legend.
Listening to his songs in a dimply lit room could help one detoxify his mind and body. Such is the power of his music. The Brahmaputra and the Ganges too will certainly miss the veteran artist who immotralised these divine water bodies through his compositions.
He was awarded the National Award in 1975 for for `Chameli Memsaab`. He also won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1992. The legendary composer was conferred the Indian Music Director award for best music Internationally for the film `Rudaali` at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival 1993 held in Japan.
Hazarika was a multi-talented personality. He was a poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and filmmaker. He was a self- proclaimed wanderer who brought tradition of Assamese music to a platform where the world could listen.
Hazarika took inspiration from legendary black singer Pual Robenson to compose his magnum opus `O Ganga behti ho kyon`.
Hazarika had once spoken about his love for tribal music. "As a child, I grew up listening to tribal music - its rhythm saw me developing an inclination towards singing. Perhaps, I inherited my singing skills from my mother, who sang lullabies to me. In fact, I have used one of my mother's lullabies in Rudali," a daily once quoted him.
Though Hazarika held cult status in the northeastern states of India, he was also very popular among the intellectual class across India. He wrote over 1000 lyrics and covered a wide range of topics that included short stories, essays, travelogues, poems and children's rhymes.`
`Era Batar Sur`, `Shakuntala`, `Loti ghoti`, `Pratidhwani`, `Chick Mick Bijul`, `Swikarokti` and Siraj` are some of the Assamese films that were directed by him. He lent his voice and composed songs for the film.
Master painter MF Husain, who had teamed up with Hazarika for `Gaja Gamini` had told the composer , "You paint through your songs. But I can't sing with my paintbrush. It's up to you to fill this lacuna in my artistry. That's why I've taken you."
Hazarika featured in his first music video -'Our Northeast, Our Star' with Shantanu Moitra and Swanand Kirkire. The veretan also sang Mahatma Gandhi's favourite bhajan `Vaishnav Jan To` for the film `Gandhi To Hitler`.
He had moved to Mumbai to work as an artist with Indian People's Theatre Movement (IPTA) with music composer Salil Chowdhury, actor Balraj Sahni and a few other intellectuals.
Talking about his love for the city of Mumbai, Hazarika had once said, "The generous city and its people have welcomed me, accepted me, and given me my second home since so many years. I admire its people for its willingness to allow people from the rest of India to earn a living and prosper, irrespective of caste, creed or colour."
He won President's medal for his films `Shakuntala` (1960), Pratidhwani (1964) and Lotighoti (1967). He was chosen as a member of the Assam Legislative Assembly from 1967-72 . He was also awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1987. He was the chairman of the Sangeet Natak Akademi from 1999-2004.
Hazarika's death has left a vacuum that can perhaps be never filled. He bid goodbye to the world, by music lovers shall never let him go off their hearts for he is immortal.
Bhupen Hazarika
| Bhupen Hazarik | |
|---|---|
 Bhupen Hazarika (right) along with Hartmut König (left) at Berlin Festival of Political Songsin 1972 | |
| Born | 8 September 1926 Sadiya, Assam, British India |
| Died | 5th November 2011 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India[1] |
| Cause of death | multiple organ failure |
| Occupation | Singer, Musician, Poet,Filmmaker, Lyricist |
| Awards | Padmashri |
| Website | |
| http://bhupenhazarika.com/bio/index.php | |
Bhupen Hazarika (Assamese: ভূপেন হাজৰিকা) (8 September 1926 – 5th November 2011) was an Indian singer, composer, lyricist, music director, and filmmaker from Assam, a state in thenorth-eastern part of India.
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[edit]Personal life and education
Hazarika was born in Sadiya, Assam. A child prodigy, he sang his first song in the second Assamese film, Jyoti Prasad Agarwala's Indramalati(Biswa Bijoy No Jowan), in 1939 when he was 12 years old.
He completed his Intermediate Arts from Cotton College in 1942, and went on to Banaras Hindu University to complete his B.A. in 1944 and his M.A. in Political Science in 1946. He earned a Ph.D. from Columbia University in New York in 1952, submitting a dissertation titled "Proposals for Preparing India's Basic Education to Use Audio-Visual Techniques in Adult Education". He was the president of the "Asom Sahitya Sabha" in 1993.
He was not well for quite some time and was hospitalized in Kokila Ben Hosiptal in Mumbai. He died on 5th Nov. 2011 at 4.23pm in the same hospital.
[edit]Career
As a singer, he is known for his deep baritone voice and crisp diction;[2] as a lyricist, he is known for poetic compositions and parables that touch on a wide range of themes ranging from the erotic to social and political commentary; and as a composer for his use of folk music with a touch of the contemporary. He also participated, first as a child artist, and later as a director, in the nascent Assamese film industry. He is immensely popular in the states of Assam, West Bengal as well as in neighbouring Bangladesh. In addition to his native Assamese, Hazarika has sung in many other Indic languages, including Bengali and Hindi, many of these the translations of originally Assamese-composed songs. He passed away on Nov 5 2011.
[edit]Filmography
| Year | Film | Credited as | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playback singer | Composer | Director | Producer | Writer | Actor | ||
| 1939 | Indramalati | Yes | |||||
| 1948 | Siraj | Yes | |||||
| 1955 | Pioli Phukan | Yes | |||||
| 1956 | Era Bator Sur | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1958 | Mahut Bandhu Re | Yes | |||||
| 1961 | Shakuntala Sur | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1964 | Pratidhwani | Yes | |||||
| 1964 | Ka Swariti | Yes | |||||
| 1966 | Lati-Ghati | Yes | |||||
| 1969 | Chik Mik Bijuli | Yes | |||||
| 1973 | Titash Ekti Nadir Naam | Yes | |||||
| 1973 | Aarop | Yes | |||||
| 1974 | For Whom the Sun Shines | Yes | |||||
| 1975 | Chameli Memsaab | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1976 | Roop Konwar Jyoti Parsad Aru Joymoti | Yes | |||||
| 1976 | Mera Dharam Meri Maa | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1977 | Through Melody and Rhythm | Yes | |||||
| 1977 | Shimana Perye | Yes | |||||
| 1979 | Mon-Prajapati | Yes | |||||
| 1979 | Debdas | Yes | |||||
| 1982 | Aparoopa | Yes | |||||
| 1986 | Swikarokti | Yes | |||||
| 1986 | Ek Pal | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1988 | Siraj | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1993 | Rudaali | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1993 | Pratimurti | Yes | |||||
| 1997 | Do Rahain | Yes | |||||
| 1997 | Darmiyaan: In Between | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 1998 | Saaz | Yes | |||||
| 2000 | Gaja Gamini | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2001 | Daman: A Victim of Marital Violence | Yes | Yes | ||||
| 2003 | Kyon? | Yes | |||||
| 2006 | Chingaari | Yes | Yes | ||||
[edit]Awards
- National Award as the Best Regional Film (1975)
- Padma Bhushan (2001)
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992)
- Asom Ratna (2009)
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (2009)
- Conferred as the first Indian Music Director for best music Internationally for the film Rudaali at the Asia Pacific International Film Festival at Japan in 1993.
- All India Critic Association Award for best performing folk artist (1979)
In February 2009, the All Assam Students Union felicitated Dr. Hazarika by erecting a life size statue in the heart of Guwahati. It was unveiled by Dr. Hazarika himself.
[edit]Death
Dr. Bhupen Hazarika passed[3] away in Mumbai on Nov 5, 2011.Hazarika breathed his last at Mumbai's Kokilaben Dhiru Bhai Ambani Hospital at 4.30 pm. Hazarika died of multi-organ failure. He was admitted in the ICU on June 30.At his last moment, Kalpana Lajmi was by his side. Hazarika's sudden demise was irreparable loss for Bollywood and Assamese folk museum.<> Music maestro Bhupen Hazarika passed away at a Mumbai hospital on Saturday,a hospital spokesperson said.[4] Bhupen Hazarika, the 'bard of Brahmaputra' whose ability to weave magic out of traditional Assamese music gave us songs like 'Dil hoom hoom kare' and 'O Ganga behti ho', swayed and inspired millions across generations with the power and passion of his voice.[5]
[edit]Legacy
Hazarika has been known to create a great impression on both Assamese and Indian cinema, literature and music.[6] He has immense repute, touching on reverence in his native Assam, the other north-east states and the neighbouring state of West Bengal. He had created memorable national award winning Assamese films in the otherwise nascent Assamese film industry which somewhat revived it. His notable contributions to literature also made him the president of the Asom Sahitya Sabha. In music his balladic voice coupled with the themes of social consciousness as well as love have made his songs immortal. He is considered as one of he greatest contributor to Assamese culture after Sankardev and Jyoti Prasad Agarwala.
[edit]References
- ^ "Acclaimed singer Bhupen Hazarika dies at 85". CNN-IBN. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 5 November 2011.
- ^ Published by Eastern Fare (2011-09-08). "Assamese Maestro Turns 86 ~ EF News International". Efi-news.com. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
- ^ "Music Legend Bhupen Hazarika passes away". Bollywood Life. Retrieved 05 November 2011.
- ^ "Bhupen Hazarika is no more.". Indiavision news. Nov 5, 2011.
- ^ "Bhupen Hazarika, the wanderer who inspired millions". Indiavision news. Nov. 5, 2011.
- ^ Music (2011-09-08). "Indian Maestro Turns 86 | IMPress". Ipaimpress.com. Retrieved 2011-11-05.
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