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My Take
Bhupen Hazarika fascinates me because he refused to be just one thing. Singer, songwriter, filmmaker, writer, politician, all rolled into one Assamese voice that carried humanity and brotherhood across borders. I love that he wrote chiefly in Assamese, a regional language, yet his songs traveled into Bengali and Hindi and beyond. That is the rare artist who lifts a local culture onto a national, even universal stage rather than abandoning it for a bigger audience. The nickname Sudha Kantha, the nectar-voiced one, says it all. To me he is proof that rootedness and reach are not opposites but partners.
Overview
Bhupen Hazarika BR (Assamese: [bʱupɛn ɦazɔɹika] ; 8 September 1926 – 5 November 2011), widely known as Sudha Kantha, was an Indian singer, songwriter, writer, filmmaker and politician from Assam. He wrote songs mainly in the Assamese language, which are marked by humanity and universal brotherhood. His songs have been translated into many languages, most notably in Bengali and Hindi.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Bhupen Hazarika
- Name (Japanese)
- ブーペン・ハザリカ
- Reading
- ぶーぺん・はざりか
- Born
- September 8, 1926 – November 5, 2011
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Virgo / Tiger
- Origin
- Assam, India
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / film director / singer / composer / writer
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Cotton University
Awards & achievements
- Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
- Dadasaheb Phalke Award
- Padma Bhushan
- National Film Award for Best Music Direction
- Padma Shri in arts
- Padma Vibhushan
- Fellow of the Sangeet Natak Akademi
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.