Zubeen Garg: The soul touching singer

IT WAS ONLY during the last year (with the release of Gangster) that we had discovered Zubeen Garg, one of the finest singers in India. Yes, Zubeen is a big name in Bollywood now. He has lent his soul touching voice to some fantastic tracks like “Ya Ali”, “Jane Kya Chahe Man”, “Teri Tamanna”, “Piya Milan Ko Jana”, “Jaane Kya Hoga Rama Re”, “Subah Subah”, “Dilruba” etc. Almost all the numbers by him were hugely popular in the industry.

Zubeen might be a new name in Bollywood, but he had established himself as one of the greatest singers in Assam way back. Since the release of his first Assamese album (I believe “Anamika”, in 1991) Zubeen has been in the scene and given one fabulous track after another. Truly, Zubeen is an icon in Assam.

So far he has sung more than 7000 songs in various languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Nepali, Oriya, Punjabi and Marathi. He has about 40 albums in his name.

There is something really special about Zubeen. He not only sings from his soul but also presents it excellently. The way he modulates (alap) his voice, it’s simply superb. There is hardly any singer in Bollywood who sings alap as proficiently as Zubeen does.

He is also a very good actor. He has already acted in several Assamese films. He had even directed a film himself “Tumi Mur Mathu Mur”. He also acted in “Dinabandhu”, the award winning Assamese film.

Zubeen is going to act and direct a Hindi film called “Chakra” soon. Zubeen’s debut pop album “Zindegi” has just hit the market.

Zubeen has his own website - www.zubeen.com.