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{{Short description|Indian musician and actor (1972–2025)}}
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| birth_place = [[Tura, Meghalaya]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|9|19|1972|11|18}}
| death_place = [[Singapore]]
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| genre = {{hlist| ([[Borgeet]], [[Ojapali]] etc)|[[Indian folk music|Indian folk]] ([[Bihu]], [[Kamrupi lokgeet|Kamrupi]], [[Goalpariya Lokogeet|Goalparia]], [[Tokari geet|Tokari]] etc)|[[Indian pop music|Indian pop]]|[[Hindustani classical music|Hindustani classical]]|[[Sufi music|sufi]]|[[filmi]]|[[Rock music|rock]]|[[blues]]}}
| discography = {{hlist|[[Zubeen Garg discography|Discography]]|[[#Filmography|filmography]]|[[#Bibliography|bibliography]]}}
| years_active = 1992–2025
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'''Zubeen Garg''' ({{IPA|as|zubin ɡaɹɡ}}; 18 November 1972 – 19 September 2025) was a legendary Indian musician, composer, singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, actor, director, filmmaker, poet and [[philanthropist]] who achieved god like status. He is also known as Humming king. He primarily worked and sang in the [[Assamese language|Assamese]], [[Bengali language|Bengali]], and [[Hindi]]-language films and music industries.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bengali/movies/news/Zubeen-Garg-on-a-different-track/articleshow/7791874.cms|title=Zubeen Garg on a different track|last=Ganguly|first=Ruman|date=26 March 2011|work=[[Indiatimes]]|access-date=2 July 2012|archive-date=8 March 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308021824/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-03-26/news-interviews/29191918_1_zubeen-garg-bengali-films-bengali-version|url-status=live}}</ref> He also sang in 40 other languages and [[dialect]]s, including [[Bishnupriya Manipuri language|Bishnupriya Manipuri]], [[Adi languages|Adi]], [[Boro language (India)|Boro]], [[Dimasa language|Dimasa]], [[English language|English]], [[Goalpariya dialects|Goalpariya]], [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]], [[Kannada]], [[Karbi language|Karbi]], [[Malayalam language|Malayalam]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], [[Mising language|Mising]], [[Rabha language|Rabha]], [[Garo language|Garo]], [[Nepali language|Nepali]], [[Bhojpuri language|Bhojpuri]], [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Sadri language|Sadri]], [[Sanskrit]], [[Sindhi language|Sindhi]], [[Tamil language|Tamil]], [[Telugu language|Telugu]], [[Tiwa language (India)|Tiwa]] and [[Urdu language|Urdu]].<ref>{{Cite news|title=Zubeen's arrived|url=https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/sunday-edition/zubeens-arrived.html|access-date=10 January 2021|work=The Pioneer|language=en|date=26 May 2013|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404000432/https://www.dailypioneer.com/2013/sunday-edition/zubeens-arrived.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Happy Birthday to Zubeen Garg, Assam's singing Legend and heartthrob of millions of fans turns 50 today |url=https://pragnews.com/Happy-Birthday-to-Zubeen-Garg-Assam-s-singing-Legend-and-heartthrob-of-millions-of-fans-turns-fifty-today |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=pragnews.com |language=en |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327154132/https://pragnews.com/Happy-Birthday-to-Zubeen-Garg-Assam-s-singing-Legend-and-heartthrob-of-millions-of-fans-turns-fifty-today |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Singer Zubeen Garg hospitalised after head injury |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/singer-zubeen-garg-hospitalised-in-assam-after-head-injury-8041184/ |work=The Indian Express |date=20 July 2022 |access-date=12 February 2023 |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327154132/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/music/singer-zubeen-garg-hospitalised-in-assam-after-head-injury-8041184/ |url-status=live}}</ref>

Garg was a [[multi-instrumentalist]] and played many instruments including [[anandalahari]], [[dhol]], [[dotara]], [[drum]]s, [[guitar]], [[harmonica]], [[Pump organ|harmonium]], [[mandolin]], [[Electronic keyboard|keyboard]], [[tabla]], and various [[percussion instrument]]s.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.assamspider.com/resources/2469-Profile-Zubin-Garg-Singer-Music-composer.aspx|title=Profile of Zubeen Garg – Singer, Music composer of Assam|work=assamspider.com|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=4 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170704073945/http://www.assamspider.com/resources/2469-Profile-Zubin-Garg-Singer-Music-composer.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was regarded as one of the most influential musicians in Assam, and was reportedly the highest-paid singer in Assam.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 April 2017 |title=Barred from singing in Hindi, Assam singer leaves Bihu stage |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/guwahati/zubeen-garg-noonmati-bihu-sanmilan-stopped-from-singing-hindi-song-assam-top-singer-quits-bihu-stage-with-an-abuse-4614435/ |url-access=limited |access-date=19 December 2020 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404063814/https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/guwahati/zubeen-garg-noonmati-bihu-sanmilan-stopped-from-singing-hindi-song-assam-top-singer-quits-bihu-stage-with-an-abuse-4614435/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=19 September 2025 |title=Zubeen Garg, Assamese superstar and voice of a generation, dies in Singapore scuba diving accident |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/zubeen-garg-assamese-singer-dies-in-singapore-during-seizure-while-swimming-accident-10259381/ |access-date=19 September 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en }}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref> Over a career spanning 33 years, he recorded over 40,000 songs.{{efn|Credited to multiple sources which claim he recorded over 38,000 or 40,000 songs.<ref>{{cite web |title=Zubeen Garg: The Song That Stayed Home |url=https://www.indiatodayne.in/opinion/story/zubeen-garg-the-song-that-stayed-home-1283507-2025-09-27 |website=India Today NE |access-date=29 January 2026}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands of fans bid adieu to Zubeen at Guwahati stadium |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/singer-zubeen-gargs-body-arrives-at-guwahati-airport-thousands-gather-to-get-last-glimpse/article70076293.ece |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=21 September 2025 |language=en-IN |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921172437/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/singer-zubeen-gargs-body-arrives-at-guwahati-airport-thousands-gather-to-get-last-glimpse/article70076293.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Deb |first1=Abhijit |title=From 'Anamika' to 'Ya Ali': Zubeen Garg, a man of many emotions, bids farewell |url=https://www.thestatesman.com/entertainment/from-anamika-to-ya-ali-zubeen-garg-a-man-of-many-emotions-bids-farewell-1503488612.html |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[The Statesman (India)|The Statesman]] |date=19 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":13">{{Citation |title=He is a young man who has preserved 35,000 songs of Zubeen Garg from 'Anamika' to 'Maya' | date=18 November 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WdwhYtMoJuc |language=en |access-date=20 November 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title='After singing 35,000 songs, I don't need to take the Best Singer award' |date=13 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWoPZknc0w |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313173241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWoPZknc0w |url-status=live }}</ref>}}

==Early life and family==
Zubeen was born on 18 November 1972,<ref name="Birthday">{{cite news |last1=Borkotoky |first1=Tonmoy |title=Zubeen Garg turns 48; fans shower him with birthday wishes |url=https://www.newslivetv.com/assam/zubeen-garg-turns-48-fans-shower-him-with-birthday-wishes/ |access-date=20 November 2019 |work=News Live TV |date=18 November 2019 |archive-date=11 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201011231758/https://newslivetv.com/zubeen-garg-turns-48-fans-shower-him-with-birthday-wishes/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Rockstar with a humane heart – Zubeen Garg turns 48 today |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/rockstar-with-a-humane-heart-zubeen-garg-turns-48-today-512140 |access-date=18 November 2020 |work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)]] |date=18 November 2020 |language=en |archive-date=18 November 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201118051439/https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/rockstar-with-a-humane-heart-zubeen-garg-turns-48-today-512140 |url-status=live }}</ref> into an [[Assamese Brahmin]] family in [[Tura, Meghalaya]], to Mohini Mohon Borthakur and Ily Borthakur.<ref name="Apr2022">{{cite news |last1=Parashar |first1=Utpal |date=29 July 2019 |title='These Brahmins should be killed,' says Assam singer Zubeen Garg; cases filed |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/these-brahmins-should-be-killed-says-assam-singer-zubeen-garg-cases-filed/story-QgaKOmiMcqiCEhzOc8K29O.html |work=Hindustan Times |access-date=12 April 2022 |archive-date=15 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220115111218/https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/these-brahmins-should-be-killed-says-assam-singer-zubeen-garg-cases-filed/story-QgaKOmiMcqiCEhzOc8K29O.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sharma |first1=Dristi |title=How Singer Zubeen Garg Got His Name |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/how-singer-zubeen-garg-got-his-name-9307155 |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title='Ya Ali' singer Zubeen Garg provided security after ULFA threat |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/ya-ali-singer-zubeen-garg-provided-security-after-ulfa-threat/ |url-access=subscription |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=22 April 2013 |language=en |archive-date=27 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241227233959/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/entertainment-others/ya-ali-singer-zubeen-garg-provided-security-after-ulfa-threat/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Why Jibon Borthakur Chose to Become Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/why-zubeen-borthakur-chose-to-become-zubeen-garg-10481588 |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[Pratidin Time]] |date=20 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005162156/https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/why-zubeen-borthakur-chose-to-become-zubeen-garg-10481588 |url-status=live }}</ref> His first name was chosen in homage to [[Zubin Mehta]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zubeen Garg, Popular Assamese Singer Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.indiaonline.in/about/personalities/singers/zubeen-garg |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=www.indiaonline.in |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820091745/https://www.indiaonline.in/about/personalities/singers/zubeen-garg |url-status=live }}</ref> His given last name was initially "Borthakur" but later instead of continuing with it, he chose "Garg", the title of his [[Brahmin]] [[gotra]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Why Jibon Borthakur Chose to Become Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/why-zubeen-borthakur-chose-to-become-zubeen-garg-10481588 |website=[[Pratidin Time]] |access-date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005162156/https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/why-zubeen-borthakur-chose-to-become-zubeen-garg-10481588 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Zubeen's father was a [[magistrate]],<ref name=":1" /> and is also known as a lyricist and poet under the pen name Kapil Thakur.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} As a magistrate, his father was frequently transferred due to which Zubeen spent parts of his childhood moving with the family.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Barman |first=Rini |date=14 May 2017 |title=The Language of Music |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/the-language-of-music-4654378/ |work=The Indian Express |access-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515190432/https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/art-and-culture/the-language-of-music-4654378/ |archive-date=15 May 2017}}</ref> His mother, Ily Borthakur, was a singer.<ref name=":1"/><ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title='I am still not a big name' |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/07sd2.htm |date=7 August 2006 |website=Rediff |access-date=21 September 2025 |archive-date=3 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403222807/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/07sd2.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His sister Jonkie Borthakur, a singer and actress, died in a car accident in February 2002 in [[Sonitpur district]]. She was travelling to perform a stage show along with her co-artists. Zubeen's 2002 album ''Xixhu'' is dedicated to her.<ref name="Jongki">{{cite news | url=http://www.nenanews.com/NEE%20Feb.7-21,%2002/oh11.htm | title=Jongki Barthakur dies in car mishap | work=North East News Agency | date=21 February 2002 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130313031027/http://www.nenanews.com/NEE%20Feb.7-21,%2002/oh11.htm |archive-date=13 March 2013 | url-status=usurped |access-date=19 January 2013}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> His younger sister Palme Borthakur{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} is an assistant professor of geography at the [[University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya]] and [[Royal Global University]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Palme Borthakur |url=https://www.rgu.ac/faculty-palme-borthakur |access-date=4 March 2026 |website=www.rgu.ac}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Palme Borthakur |url=https://ustm.ac.in/32359-2/ |access-date=4 March 2026 |website=USTM |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Education===
Garg pursued his primary education at Carmel School, [[Jorhat]], and later attended Karimganj High School and Bijni Bandhab High School. He passed his matriculation exam (class 10th) from Tamulpur Higher Secondary School, [[Nalbari]] in 1989. In the same year, he returned to Bongal Pukhuri, [[Jorhat]], for his higher secondary education in science at the [[Jagannath Barooah University|Jagannath Barooah College]].<ref>{{cite book|last=Saikia|first=Montu|title=Zubeen Garg: Jibanar Para Ganaloi|publisher=Chandra Prakash|location=Guwahati|year=2009|page=114|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452684|language=Assamese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Expression of profound grief and mourning on the demise of Zubeen Garg |url=https://jbu.ac.in/index.php/main/e-notice/2372-expression-of-profound-grief-and-mourning |website=Jagannath Barooah University |date=19 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2025 |title=From Jorhat's Roots to Assam's Soul: Remembering Zubeen Garg's Formative Years |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/from-jorhats-roots-to-assams-soul-remembering-zubeen-gargs-formative-years-10481803 |access-date=21 September 2025 |website=Pratidin Time |language=en-US |archive-date=8 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008195720/https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/from-jorhats-roots-to-assams-soul-remembering-zubeen-gargs-formative-years-10481803 |url-status=live }}</ref> After that, he went to pursue [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[B. Borooah College]] in 1991 after passing his HS Final Exam, but [[Dropping out|dropped out]] to concentrate on his singing career.<ref>{{cite web |title=USTM confers Hon. D.Litt. degree to Zubeen Garg at 10th convocation |url=https://ustm.ac.in/event/ustm-confers-hon-d-litt-degree-to-zubeen-garg-at-10th-convocation/ |website=USTM |access-date=16 September 2025 |archive-date=19 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919143205/https://ustm.ac.in/event/ustm-confers-hon-d-litt-degree-to-zubeen-garg-at-10th-convocation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Rajkumar |first=Ankan |date=10 October 2019 |title=Zubeen's 'Kanchanjangha': A rebel without a cause |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/assam/zubeens-kanchanjangha-a-rebel-without-a-cause.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Introduction to music===
Garg started to sing from the age of three.<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |title=Zubeen is a born singer – Times of India |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-is-a-born-singer/articleshow/2480292.cms |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=The Times of India |date=23 October 2007 |language=en |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024140702/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-is-a-born-singer/articleshow/2480292.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> His first [[guru]] was his mother from whom he learnt to sing and he learnt playing the [[tabla]] from Pandit Robin Banerjee for 11 years.<ref name=":0" /> Guru Ramani Rai introduced him to Assamese folk music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Tribune, Chandigarh, India – The Tribune Lifestyle |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120725/ttlife1.htm |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=www.tribuneindia.com |archive-date=27 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230327154203/https://www.tribuneindia.com/2012/20120725/ttlife1.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> Garg had been composing songs since his school days.{{Citation needed|date=September 2025}}

==Singing career==
===Beginning of singing career (1992–1995)===
Garg made his debut in 1992 with his Assamese solo album, ''Anamika'' under the record label NK Production. In the same year, he had won a gold medal for his western solo performance in a youth festival.<ref>{{cite web |title=A tribute to Assam's soul, Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/a-tribute-to-assams-soul-zubeen-garg |website=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] |access-date=24 September 2025 |language=en |date=24 September 2025|last=Nishat|first=Sabir}}</ref><ref name="futuresounds">{{cite web | url=http://www.futuresounds.in/store/anamika/ | title=About Zubeen's debut album Anamika(অনামিকা) at futuresounds.com | publisher=futuresounds.com | access-date=4 September 2015 | archive-date=5 October 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005084005/http://www.futuresounds.in/store/anamika/ | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=20 July 2022 |title=Ya Ali singer Zubeen Garg hospitalised in Dibrugarh after head injury |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/music/singer-zubeen-garg-hospitalised-in-dibrugarh-after-head-injury-101658304241201.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=[[Hindustan Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> His first recorded songs were "Tumi Janu Pariba Hun"<ref>{{Citation |work=Hungama |title=Tumi Jana Pariba Sun |url=https://www.hungama.com/song/tumi-jana-pariba-sun/2391720/ |language=en |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205171604/https://www.hungama.com/song/tumi-jana-pariba-sun/2391720/ |url-status=live }}</ref> and "Tumi Junaki Hubakh"<ref>{{Citation |work=Hungama |title=Tumi Junaki Subhash |url=https://www.hungama.com/song/tumi-junaki-subhash/2391722/ |language=en |access-date=5 December 2022 |archive-date=5 December 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205171603/https://www.hungama.com/song/tumi-junaki-subhash/2391722/ |url-status=live }}</ref> for the album ''Ritu,'' but it was not released until 1993''.'' He released many other albums such as ''Xopunor Xur'' (1992), ''Junaki Mon'' (1993), ''Maya'' (1994), ''Asha'' (1995) and more.<ref>{{Citation |title=Xopunor Xur - Zubeen Garg - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn |date=6 November 2023 |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/xopunor-xur/0VAyq8SQg0Q_ |access-date=21 September 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Junaki Mon - Zubeen Garg, Jonki - Download or Listen Free - JioSaavn |date=18 July 2009 |url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/album/junaki-mon/ovJnC-NY70c_ |access-date=21 September 2025 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Maya (Original) by Zubeen Garg on Apple Music |date=8 May 2021 |url=https://music.apple.com/ca/album/maya-original/1580812170 |access-date=21 September 2025 |language=en-CA}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Asha • Future Sounds |url=https://www.futuresounds.in/store/asha/ |access-date=21 September 2025 |website=Future Sounds |language=en-US |archive-date=13 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240413001123/https://www.futuresounds.in/store/asha/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Before he moved to Mumbai in 1995, he released his first [[Bihu]] album ''Ujan Piriti'' which was a commercial success.<ref>{{cite book|last=Saikia|first=Montu|title=Zubeen Garg: Jibanar Para Ganaloi|publisher=Chandra Prakash|location=Guwahati|year=2009|page=97|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452684|language=Assamese}}</ref>

===Bollywood singing career (1995–2024)===
In the mid-1990s, Garg moved to [[Mumbai]] to work in the [[Bollywood]] music industry where he debuted his first Indipop solo album ''Chandni Raat''.<ref>{{Citation |title=Chandni Raat by Zubeen Garg |date=9 October 2015 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/chandni-raat/1048576498 |language=en-US |access-date=24 October 2022 |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024073042/https://music.apple.com/us/album/chandni-raat/1048576498 |url-status=live }}</ref> Later, he recorded Hindi albums and remixes including ''Chanda'' (1996), ''Shradhaanjali Vol. 1'' (1996), ''Shradhaanjali Vol. 2 and 3'' (1997), ''Jalwa'' (1998), ''Yuhi Kabhi'' (1998), ''Jadoo'' (1999), ''Sparsh'' (2000), and others.<ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2025 |title=Who Was Singer Zubeen Garg? All About His Popular Songs, Family, Achievements |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/who-was-singer-zubeen-garg-who-died-at-52-all-about-his-popular-songs-family-achievements-article-152855099 |access-date=22 September 2025 |work=Times Now |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920172000/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment-news/bollywood/who-was-singer-zubeen-garg-who-died-at-52-all-about-his-popular-songs-family-achievements-article-152855099 |url-status=live }}</ref>

He sang for films including ''[[Gaddaar (1995 film)|Gaddaar (1995)]]'', ''[[Dil Se..|Dil Se (1998)]]'', ''[[Doli Saja Ke Rakhna|Doli Saja Ke Rakhna (1998)]]'', ''[[Fiza|Fiza (2000)]]'', ''[[Kaante|Kaante (2002)]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/biography/zubeen-garg/792|title=About Zubeen Garg|website=bollywoodmdb.com|access-date=30 April 2017|archive-date=27 January 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180127083834/http://www.bollywoodmdb.com/celebrities/biography/zubeen-garg/792|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2003, he sang "Sapne Saare" and "Khwabon Ki" from the movie ''[[Mudda – The Issue|Mudda-The Issue]]'', "Maango Agar Dil Se Toh Khuda" from the movie ''[[Chupke Se]]'', "Holi Re" from the movie [[Mumbai Se Aaya Mera Dost|''Mumbai se Aiya Mera Dost'']] and "Jo Pyar Tumne" from the movie ''[[Jaal: The Trap]]''.<ref>{{Citation|last=Array|title=Jo Pyar Tumne (Jaal – The Trap / Soundtrack Version) (Full Song) – KK, K. S. Chithra – Download or Listen Free – JioSaavn|date=14 August 2008|url=https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/jo-pyar-tumne-jaal---the-trap--soundtrack-version/MQcBSA1RBgI|access-date=8 March 2020|archive-date=20 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220181601/https://www.jiosaavn.com/song/jo-pyar-tumne-jaal---the-trap--soundtrack-version/MQcBSA1RBgI|url-status=live}}</ref>

Garg got his biggest breakthrough in Bollywood from the movie ''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]'' where he sang the song ''"''Ya Ali".<ref>{{cite web|title=Music Hits 2000–2009 |url=http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |website=Boxofficeindia.com |access-date=30 April 2017 |date=22 January 2009 |url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090122120910/http://www.boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=286&catName=MjAwMC0yMDA5 |archive-date=22 January 2009 }}</ref> The song won him the best playback singer [[2nd Global Indian Film Awards|Global Indian Film Awards]] (GIFA) in 2006.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Yang |first1=Angela |author1-link=Angela Yang |title=Zubeen Garg, singer of 'Ya Ali,' dies in scuba diving incident |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/zubeen-garg-singer-ya-ali-dies-scuba-diving-incident-rcna232815 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[NBC News]] |date=21 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250926235209/https://www.nbcnews.com/world/india/zubeen-garg-singer-ya-ali-dies-scuba-diving-incident-rcna232815 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Tanisha |title=When Zubeen Garg Reacted To Why Pritam And He Didn't Deliver "Another Ya Ali " |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/when-zubeen-garg-reacted-to-why-pritam-and-he-didnt-deliver-another-ya-ali-9307786 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2025 |archive-date=4 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251004130008/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/when-zubeen-garg-reacted-to-why-pritam-and-he-didnt-deliver-another-ya-ali-9307786 |url-status=live }}</ref> His next Hindi album ''[[Zindagi (album)|Zindagi]]'' was released in 2007.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zubeen Garg launches new album |url=https://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/zubeen-garg-launches-new-album |access-date=12 February 2023 |website=www.radioandmusic.com |language=en |archive-date=12 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230212211611/https://www.radioandmusic.com/content/editorial/news/zubeen-garg-launches-new-album |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2007, he collaborated with [[Ustad]] [[Sultan Khan (musician)|Sultan Khan]] to sing ''"Jag Lal Lal Lal"'' for the movie ''[[Big Brother (2007 film)|Big Brother]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Jag Lal Lal Lal (Ustad Sultan Khan and Zubeen Garg Version) by Sultan Khan & Zubeen Garg on Apple Music |url=https://music.apple.com/in/song/jag-lal-lal-lal-ustad-sultan-khan-and-zubeen-garg-version/1547274646 |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=26 September 2025 |date=30 January 2007}}</ref>

===Bengali singing career (1997–2025)===
Apart from singing in the Bollywood and [[Assamese cinema|Assamese film]] and [[Music of Assam|music industries]], he debuted in the Bengali music industry in 2003 where he sang two songs in the movie ''Mon''. In the next year, he sang three songs in the movie ''[[Shudhu Tumi]]'' and was the film's music director. In 2005 he sang "O Bondhure''"'' and "Lagena Bhalo" in the film ''[[Premi]]''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Pait Chowdhury |first1=Madhumanti |title="Zubeen Garg Lived Life King-Sized": Composer Jeet Gannguli To NDTV |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-lived-life-kingsize-composer-jeet-gannguli-to-ndtv-9307960 |access-date=24 September 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2025 |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920140151/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-lived-life-kingsize-composer-jeet-gannguli-to-ndtv-9307960 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Chakraborty |first1=Anurupa |title=Zubeen Garg Top 5 Songs: গোটা বাংলাকে কাঁদিয়েছেন, জুবিন গর্গের এই ৫টি গান আজও প্রিয় দর্শকের.. |url=https://bengali.indianexpress.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-death-singer-top-5-songs-fan-remembered-10479600 |access-date=24 September 2025 |work=[[Indian Express|Indian Express Baengali]] |date=19 September 2025 |language=bn}}</ref> In 2008, he recorded several Bengali songs like "Mon mane Na" from the movie [[Mon Mane Na (2008 film)|''Mon Mane Na'']], "Piya re Piya re" from the movie ''[[Chirodini Tumi Je Amar|Chirodini Tumi je Amaar]]'', and "Mon Jete Chay Shudhu" from the movie ''[[Love Story (2008 film)|Love story]]''.

==Acting career==

Apart from singing, Garg also made his debut as an actor and director for the film ''[[Tumi Mor Matho Mor]],'' which was released in early 2000 under NK Production. He acted some films like ''Prem Aru Prem'' (2002), ''Dinabandhu'' (2004), ''[[Mon Jaai]]'' (2008), ''Bhal Pabo Najanilu'' (2013), ''[[Gaane Ki Aane]]'' (2016), ''[[Mission China]]'' (2017), ''[[Priyaar Priyo]]'' (2017), ''The Underworld'' (2018), ''[[Kanchanjangha]]'' (2019), ''Rajneeti'' (2022), ''[[Dr. Bezbaruah 2]]'' (2023), ''[[Roi Roi Binale]]'' (2025) and more.<ref>{{Cite news
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==Artistry==

=== Musical styles ===
Garg's music has been described as soulful, rooted in folk rather than classical traditions. His work spanned genres from folk to pop, often intertwined with [[Sufi music|Sufi]] tunes.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beyond entertainment: Zubeen Garg and spirituality of soulful music |url=https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2025/09/beyond-entertainment-zubeen-garg-and-spirituality-of-soulful-music.html |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=The Week |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005171928/https://www.theweek.in/leisure/society/2025/09/beyond-entertainment-zubeen-garg-and-spirituality-of-soulful-music.html |url-status=live }}</ref> His early musical style was marked by a fusion of [[Rock music|rock]], [[Indian classical music]], and [[Music of Assam|Assamese folk]] elements that helped broaden the Assamese music, parallelling the Sufi trend that emerged in [[Bollywood]] during the early 2000s.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=The Hindu : Metro Plus Chennai / Cinema : For the sound of music |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351381400.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080308131647/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2007/11/03/stories/2007110351381400.htm |archive-date=8 March 2008 |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=www.hindu.com |url-status=dead }}</ref> Since the release of his breakthrough album ''Anamika'' in 1992, he was recognised as a trendsetter in Assam for blending Western and regional influences while also contributing to the revival of traditional Assamese music.<ref>{{Cite journal |title=Development of modern music in Assam: Guwahati (GMC), a mosaic of cultural fusion and diffusion. |url=https://www.ijariit.com/manuscripts/v4i6/V4I6-1321.pdf |journal=International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology |issn=2454-132X |archive-date=20 May 2025 |access-date=7 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250520002340/https://www.ijariit.com/manuscripts/v4i6/V4I6-1321.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> Over the years, he has collaborated with nearly 250 tribal communities across [[Assam]] learning and preserving more than five thousand traditional folk songs.<ref name=":3" /> He has often described himself primarily as a folk singer.<ref name=":2" />

A multilingual [[vocalist]], Garg recorded in [[Assamese language|Assamese]], Bengali, Hindi, English, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Punjabi, and several tribal dialects of Northeast India. His musical versatility was reflected in his ability to perform a wide range of styles from romantic and devotional to [[Bihu]]-tuned and modern songs. He has sung many ''Bihu songs, [[Borgeet]]'', ''[[Kamrupi lokgeet|lukogeets]]'', tribal folk songs like ''[[Oi Nitom|oi ni:toms]]'' of the [[Mising People|Misings]], and ''[[Dhikr|Zikir]]'' (Sufi devotional songs).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Understanding Zubeen Garg: When grief met sorrow in anguished Assam |url=https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2025/09/24/understanding-zubeen-garg-when-grief-met-sorrow-in-anguished-assam.html |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=The Week |language=en |archive-date=24 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250924133650/https://www.theweek.in/news/entertainment/2025/09/24/understanding-zubeen-garg-when-grief-met-sorrow-in-anguished-assam.html |url-status=live |date=24 September 2025|last=Baruah|first=Sanjib Kr}}</ref>

Several of Garg's albums, such as ''Xixhu'' and ''Mukti'', expressed themes of dissent and opposition toward the socio-political elite. Over time, he faced criticism for what some perceive as moral ambiguity, social irresponsibility, and an excessive inclination toward Western musical styles. In response to debates concerning the definition of folk music in Assam, Garg said, "I made my songs in the way in which I feel comfortable. Art is all about freedom."<ref name=":1" />

Garg gained national recognition in [[Bollywood]] with the 2006 song "Ya Ali" from ''Gangster'', composed by [[Pritam]]. Despite the song's success, Garg did not fully transition into mainstream Bollywood playback singing. In an interview with PTI, he said: <blockquote>Bollywood music is changing with a slow pace. No doubt that new genres are coming to play but at the same time we are clinging to the formula of previous hit numbers. Even I was getting typecast after 'Ya Ali' in 2006, so I rejected many offers. I had a bad name in the industry for that. But I don't think about it because I am not in a hurry to take up projects.<ref>{{Cite news |title=When Zubeen Garg spoke about rejecting offers after Ya Ali became a superhit, "I had a bad name in the industry for that, Bollywood is..." |url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/entertainment/when-zubeen-garg-spoke-about-rejecting-offers-after-ya-ali-became-a-superhit-i-had-a-bad-name-in-the-industry-for-that-bollywood-is-article-13562485.html?|date=20 September 2025}}</ref> </blockquote>

=== Cinematic styles ===
Beyond music, Garg explored filmmaking as an extension of his artistic vision. He wrote, directed, and starred many Assamese Films. He preferred realism and political themes over conventional song-and-dance narratives. His cinematic themes often centered on Assamese identity, youth idealism, conflict, and social change, consistent with his musical activism.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |title=Beats of a Bong connection |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/beats-of-a-bong-connection/cid/1552258 |access-date=7 October 2025 |publisher=The Telegraph Online |archive-date=29 November 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241129231721/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/beats-of-a-bong-connection/cid/1552258 |url-status=live }}</ref> When asked about shifting his focus from music to films—particularly while writing and directing his film ''Chakra''—He explained that he viewed the two art forms as interconnected: <blockquote>I had been in terms with films since long as my mother, Illy Borthakur, was an Assamese actress, so I think I am quite experienced now to move into films or direct one, also I want to create a different personality of mine; neither as a performer nor as a singer but as an all-rounder.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 April 2008 |title=I am a super-confident person: Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.oneindia.com/2008/04/22/i-am-a-super-confident-person-zubeen-garg-1208849715.html |access-date=7 October 2025 |work=One India |language=en |archive-date=9 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209212841/https://www.oneindia.com/2008/04/22/i-am-a-super-confident-person-zubeen-garg-1208849715.html |url-status=live }}</ref></blockquote>In another interview, when asked if singers can act, he answered:<blockquote> [[Kishore Kumar]] has shown us that it is possible. I prefer serious roles, though I like to dance in music videos. These days, composers are turning singers. That is a problem for us. None of them can pull it off, except [[Himesh Reshammiya|Himesh]] [Reshammiya].<ref name=":4" /></blockquote>

===Influences===
Garg grew up listening to his father's collection of old classics, including country, rock, and blues and said he was a fan of ethnic music.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zubeen Garg: Voice of inspiration |url=https://www.khaleejtimes.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-voice-of-inspiration |access-date=17 October 2025 |website=Khaleej Times |language=en}}</ref> He has been inspired by many artists from Assam, Bollywood and beyond. He has mentioned [[Bhupen Hazarika]], [[Bishnu Prasad Rabha]] and poet [[Hiren Bhattacharya]] as major influences from Assam.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=Tribute to Zubeen Garg, rebel artist of Assam {{!}} Peoples Democracy |url=https://peoplesdemocracy.in/2025/1005_pd/tribute-zubeen-garg-rebel-artist-assam |access-date=17 October 2025 |website=peoplesdemocracy.in}}</ref> He also admired singers like [[Kishore Kumar]], [[Asha Bhosle]], [[Mohammed Rafi]], [[Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan]] and [[Begum Akhtar]], and composers [[S. D. Burman]], [[R. D. Burman]], [[A. R. Rahman]] and [[Ilaiyaraaja]]. Among his western influences, he admired [[Sting (musician)|Sting]], [[Pink Floyd]], [[Kenny G]] and expressed his desire for composing a song for them.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Week |url=http://www.the-week.com/25jan02/currentevents_article10.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041230013855/http://www.the-week.com/25jan02/currentevents_article10.htm |archive-date=30 December 2004 |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=www.the-week.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=rediff.com: The voice behind Gangster's Ya Ali |url=http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/07sd5.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230712103958/http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/aug/07sd5.htm |archive-date=12 July 2023 |access-date=7 October 2025 |website=specials.rediff.com}}</ref>

Garg had mentioned [[Charlie Chaplin]] as one his favourite icons.<ref>{{cite book|last=Saikia|first=Montu|title=Zubeen Garg: Jibanar Para Ganaloi|publisher=Chandra Prakash|location=Guwahati|year=2009|page=112|url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452684|language=Assamese}}</ref> He once had a tattoo of Chaplin with the phrase "I can fall but never fail"<ref name=":5" />

==Public image==
Garg was known for his bold and outspoken statements. His remarks on social, religious, and cultural issues drew both support and criticism, often making public remarks on politicians and ministers. On one occasion, he publicly made a humorous statement on chief minister [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]], who had been photographed [[leaping]] on stage like him, questioning why Sarma was "imitating" him and said "that's my style, and you can't copy my style" <ref>{{cite news |title=Assam seeks justice for its Zubeen |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/assam-seeks-justice-for-its-zubeen/ |work=The Tribune |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025 |archive-date=28 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250928191820/https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/comment/assam-seeks-justice-for-its-zubeen/ |url-status=live |last=Hazarika|first=Sanjoy|author-link=Sanjoy Hazarika}}</ref> He also spoke openly about [[alcohol beverage|alcohol use]], once saying that some of his songs were made while he was drunk.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg once said 'most of my biggest songs were made when I was drunk called himself the George Best of music |url=https://news.abplive.com/entertainment/celebrities/zubeen-garg-once-said-most-of-my-biggest-songs-were-made-when-i-was-drunk-called-himself-the-george-best-of-music-1801266 |work=ABP Live |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025}}</ref> Despite advice from well-wishers to avoid making controversial statements, Garg said he could not restrain his opinions. He is known for the phrase "Moi ghenta kaku khatir nokoru, you can't dictate me" (translated as: "I don't give a damn to anyone, you can't dictate me").<ref>{{cite news |title=Farewell Zubeen Garg: A larger-than-life persona, enigma and icon across generations |work=NDTV |date=23 September 2025 |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/farewell-zubeen-garg-a-larger-than-life-persona-enigma-and-icon-across-generations-9326687|agency=Press Trust of India}}</ref>

Garg was one of the non-political figures in the [[Citizenship (Amendment) Bill protests|Anti-CAA]] protests in Assam. His song ''"Politics Nokoriba Bandhu"'' (translated as ''"Don’t do politics, my friend"'') was released as an expression of his disillusionment with the state's corrupt politics. The song was widely adopted as an anthem of dissent during various protests against political corruption.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.news18.com/news/india/music-art-tie-them-as-zubeen-garg-and-a-host-of-assamese-artistes-lead-anti-caa-stir-from-the-front-2432069.html|title=Music, Art Tie Them as Zubeen Garg and a Host of Assamese Artistes Lead Anti-CAA Stir from the Front|website=News18|access-date=13 March 2020|date=21 December 2019|archive-date=14 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200114054315/https://www.news18.com/news/india/music-art-tie-them-as-zubeen-garg-and-a-host-of-assamese-artistes-lead-anti-caa-stir-from-the-front-2432069.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Aditi |title='Don't mess with Assam': Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/dont-mess-with-assam-zubeen-garg/article30404699.ece |access-date=13 March 2020 |work=@businessline |date=26 December 2019 |language=en |archive-date=17 April 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417192412/https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/blink/cover/dont-mess-with-assam-zubeen-garg/article30404699.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=CAA 'not forgotten': Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/caa-not-forgotten-zubeen-garg/cid/1801261 |access-date=24 October 2022 |website=www.telegraphindia.com |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024122510/https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/caa-not-forgotten-zubeen-garg/cid/1801261 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Controversies and criticism===
In 2015, Garg in a live performance at [[Khanapara]] of [[Guwahati]], wielded a gun threatening the audience not to leave otherwise he would shoot them. He said "I'll sing with this gun now. It's not fake, it's real. Don't go away or I'll shoot you." Later police arrived and found that it was a toy gun.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chatterjee |first1=Rituparna |title=Assamese Singer Points Toy Gun At Audience, Threatens To Shoot If They Leave His Show |url=https://www.huffpost.com/archive/in/entry/assamese-singer-zubeen-garg-points-toy-gun-at-audience-threaten_n_7009560 |access-date=14 October 2025 |work=[[HuffPost]] |date=6 April 2015 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Popular singer Zubeen Garg threatens to shoot audience if they leave his show {{!}} Popular singer Zubeen Garg threatens to shoot audience if they leave his show |url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/150406/entertainment-bollywood/article/popular-singer-zubeen-garg-points-toy-gun-audience-threatens |website=[[Deccan Chronicle]] |access-date=14 October 2025 |language=en |date=6 April 2015 |archive-date=13 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160213060057/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/150406/entertainment-bollywood/article/popular-singer-zubeen-garg-points-toy-gun-audience-threatens |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen stirs controversy - this time with gun |url=https://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/zubeen-stirs-controversy-this-time-with-gun-115040600475_1.html |access-date=14 October 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=6 April 2015 |language=en-us |archive-date=20 November 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151120011000/http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/zubeen-stirs-controversy-this-time-with-gun-115040600475_1.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2017, he was sentenced to three months in jail and fined ₹5,000 in connection with a 2013 assault case. The case involved allegations that he had slapped a minor, for smoking in public. The boy was the son of senior advocate Arup Chandra Borbora and grandson of former chief minister of Assam [[Golap Borbora]]. Garg was acquitted under Section 341 of the Indian Penal Code but found guilty under Sections 323 (voluntarily causing hurt) and 506 (criminal intimidation). His legal team accepted the judgement and announced plans to appeal before the Sessions Judge Court.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Free Press Journal |title=Singer Zubeen Garg sentenced to three months jail, Rs 5,000 fine |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/singer-zubeen-garg-sentenced-to-three-months-jail-rs-5000-fine-for-this-reason |access-date=4 October 2025 |archive-date=28 December 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241228002309/https://www.freepressjournal.in/cmcm/singer-zubeen-garg-sentenced-to-three-months-jail-rs-5000-fine-for-this-reason |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zubeen convicted, gets bail |website=Telegraph India |date=7 October 2017 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/north-east/zubeen-convicted-gets-bail/cid/1655824 |access-date=4 October 2025}}</ref>

In 2018, Garg publicly advised athlete [[Hima Das]] to consume [[beef]] rather than [[chicken]] or [[pigeon meat]], claiming that beef would help her gain greater strength for national and international competitions. He argued that when it comes to sports, factors such as religion, caste, and creed should be put aside in favour of what benefits athletic performance. The statement generated controversy within Assam.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ahmed |first1=Arshad |title='Zubeen was for all': Singer's death unites India's religiously torn Assam |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/zubeen-was-for-all-singers-death-unites-indias-religiously-torn-assam |access-date=14 October 2025 |work=[[Al Jazeera English|Al Jazeera]] |date=3 October 2025 |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005062415/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/10/3/zubeen-was-for-all-singers-death-unites-indias-religiously-torn-assam |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Assam: Zubeen tells Hima Das to consume beef for 'real strength'!| date=15 July 2018 |url=https://www.nenow.in/north-east-news/assam-zubeen-tells-hima-das-consume-beef-real-strength.html}}</ref>

In January 2019, a short audio clip circulated on social media in which Garg appeared to use "unparliamentary" language to criticise the posthumous conferral of the [[Bharat Ratna]] on [[Bhupen Hazarika]]. An FIR was filed at the Lanka Police Station in [[Hojai]] district by Satya Ranjan Borah (of the Assam Kisan Morcha, affiliated with the [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]]) alleging that the remarks defamed the Bharat Ratna, insulted Hazarika and hurt public sentiment. Garg acknowledged that the voice in the clip was his and published a social media post stating that his objection was not to Bhupen Hazarika personally, but to what he described as the political appropriation and timing of the award.<ref>{{cite news |title=FIR registered against Zubeen Garg for alleged 'unconstitutional' remark on Bharat Ratna |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/fir-registered-against-zubeen-garg-for-alleged-unconstitutional-remark-on-bharat-ratna-5556293/ |work=The Indian Express |date=26 January 2019 |access-date=5 October 2025 |archive-date=27 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220527043031/https://indianexpress.com/article/north-east-india/assam/fir-registered-against-zubeen-garg-for-alleged-unconstitutional-remark-on-bharat-ratna-5556293/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

In 2019, the artist faced a controversy when he said, "I am [[Brahmin]], but I have snapped my ''[[Upanayana|lagun]]'' (a sacred thread worn by Brahmins) in the movie. I had removed the thread earlier, and still don't wear it. These Brahmins should be killed".<ref>{{cite web | title=Assam singer Zubeen Garg says,'These Brahmins should be killed'; case registered | date=30 July 2019 | url=https://www.oneindia.com/india/assam-singer-zubeen-garg-says-these-brahmins-should-be-killed-case-registered-2926237.html | access-date=20 September 2025 | archive-date=1 August 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190801090953/https://www.oneindia.com/india/assam-singer-zubeen-garg-says-these-brahmins-should-be-killed-case-registered-2926237.html | url-status=live }}</ref> But, later he clarified that he did not mean that way. He said-'' "I told it jokingly, so people have misinterpreted it. I meant that-the system of high caste-low caste should be eliminated. I believe in that concept. In that attempt, the word 'Bamun' was a slip of tongue. Therefore, I apologise in front of Brahmin Society since that was not my intent. I am a brahmin boy too. People have seen-what I have been doing all these years. I have worked for all sections of people."'' Additionally, Garg said- ''"I was also exhausted at that time as I was continuously performing for the last 3-4 nights. That might be also a reason. I am sorry. This won't happen in the future.''<ref name="Prag News">{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2sTTsZQ7rg |title=Zubeen-Brahmin controversy: Zubeen Garg seeks apology for the brahmin controversy |access-date=5 October 2025 |archive-date=8 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008083955/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2sTTsZQ7rg |url-status=live }}</ref>

In April 2024, during [[Bihu]] concert, he said to the crowd that [[Krishna]] was not a God but a man.<ref>{{cite news |last2=Raj |first2=Suhasini |last1=Walker |first1=Mark |author2-link=Suhasini Raj |title=Zubeen Garg, Singer Who Charmed India With a Bollywood Hit, Dies at 52 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/world/asia/zubeen-garg-dead.html |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=22 September 2025 |archive-date=23 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250923005306/https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/22/world/asia/zubeen-garg-dead.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He was subsequently banned from [[Majuli District]] Satra Mahasabha.<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam: Zubeen Garg Faces Ban From Majuli District Satra Mahasabha |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-zubeen-garg-faces-ban-from-majuli-district-satra-mahasabha |work=Sentinel Assam |date=26 April 2024 |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426180129/https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/assam-zubeen-garg-faces-ban-from-majuli-district-satra-mahasabha |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Philanthropy===
Garg ran a charity, the Kalaguru Artiste Foundation, which donates money for various causes. He urged people to donate clothes, medicines and contributions when devastating floods hit Assam.<ref>{{cite news |title=Beyond Bollywood |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20181105-beyond-bollywood-1374988-2018-10-27 |access-date=18 September 2019 |work=India Today |date=5 November 2018 |language=en |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102154758/https://www.indiatoday.in/magazine/nation/story/20181105-beyond-bollywood-1374988-2018-10-27 |url-status=live }}</ref> He took on the issue over corruption in [[Assam Public Service Commission|APSC]] recruitment in his movie [[Kanchanjangha]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/zubeen-s-next-film-kanchenjunga-to-be-based-on-apsc-scam|title=Zubeen's next film 'Kanchenjunga' to be based on APSC scam|website=G Plus|language=en|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=9 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190209092909/http://www.guwahatiplus.com/daily-news/zubeen-s-next-film-kanchenjunga-to-be-based-on-apsc-scam|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/singing-sensation-zubeen-garg-and-team-visits-dhemaji-for-kanchanjangha-promotion/|title=Singing sensation Zubeen Garg and Team visits Dhemaji for Kanchanjangha Promotion|date=29 October 2018|website=The Sentinel|language=en-US|access-date=18 September 2019|archive-date=31 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190831065523/https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/singing-sensation-zubeen-garg-and-team-visits-dhemaji-for-kanchanjangha-promotion/|url-status=live}}</ref>

He was a [[Association football|football]] fan and has played matches to collect funds for flood-affected people.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sports/2015-10-05/Soccer-for-charity-in-Assam/179263|title=Soccer for charity in Assam|website=The Hans India|date=5 October 2015|access-date=14 May 2019|archive-date=14 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190514063145/https://www.thehansindia.com/posts/index/Sports/2015-10-05/Soccer-for-charity-in-Assam/179263|url-status=live}}</ref>

In May 2021, during a [[COVID-19 pandemic in India#2021: Second wave|surge in COVID-19 cases]], Garg offered his two-storey house in [[Guwahati]] to be converted into a COVID Care Centre. This act aimed to address the rising demand for beds for patients at the time.<ref>{{Cite web |date=6 May 2021 |title=Zubeen Garg offers his house to convert as Covid care centre |url=https://assamtribune.com/guwahati/zubeen-garg-offers-his-house-to-convert-as-covid-care-centre-1091844 |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=The Assam Tribune |language=en}}</ref>

==Personal life==
[[File:Zubin with wife Garima Garg.jpg|thumb|Zubeen with his wife Garima.]]Garg met his wife, Garima Saikia, a [[fashion designer]] from [[Golaghat]], after she wrote him a letter expressing admiration for his albums ''Anamika'' and ''Maya''.{{Citation needed|date=March 2026}} They got married on 4 February 2002.<ref>{{cite web| url=https://thenortheasttoday.com/assam-zubeen-to-celebrate-his-birthday-by-releasing-music-album-of-mission-china/| title=Assam: Zubeen Garg to celebrate his birthday by releasing music album of 'Mission China'!| work=The North East Today| date=18 November 2016| access-date=8 September 2017| archive-date=23 May 2017| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170523122714/http://thenortheasttoday.com/assam-zubeen-to-celebrate-his-birthday-by-releasing-music-album-of-mission-china/| url-status=live}}</ref>

He considered himself [[irreligious]] and said that he did not have any [[caste system in Hinduism|caste]] or [[god]].<ref>{{cite news |title=I Don't Have Any Caste, Religion Or God: Zubeen Garg |url=https://m.guwahatiplus.com/article/i-don-t-have-any-caste-religion-or-god-zubeen-garg/5862/amp#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17141538671889&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com |work=Guwahati Plus |date=29 July 2019 |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-date=26 April 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240426180152/https://m.guwahatiplus.com/article/i-don-t-have-any-caste-religion-or-god-zubeen-garg/5862/amp#amp_tf=From%20%251%24s&aoh=17141538671889&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Phukan |first1=Sandeep |last2=Karmakar |first2=Rahul |date=29 September 2025 |title=Zubeen Garg: The atheist who became god |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-garg-the-atheist-who-became-god/article70105627.ece |work=The Hindu |access-date=1 October 2025 |archive-date=30 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250930210040/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-garg-the-atheist-who-became-god/article70105627.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

== Death ==
On 19 September 2025, Garg died in [[Singapore]], at the age of 52. He died while swimming in a sea without a life jacket<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 September 2025 |title=Not scuba diving, singer Zubeen Garg was swimming without life jacket: Assam CM |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/not-scuba-diving-zubeen-garg-was-swimming-without-life-jacket-assam-cm-10261615/ |access-date=21 September 2025 |website=The Indian Express |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921095105/https://indianexpress.com/article/india/not-scuba-diving-zubeen-garg-was-swimming-without-life-jacket-assam-cm-10261615/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Zubeen Garg Death in Singapore: What We Know So Far |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/zubeen-garg-death-in-singapore-everything-we-know-so-far-3737714 |access-date=21 September 2025 |website=Deccan Herald |language=en |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921142448/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/zubeen-garg-death-in-singapore-everything-we-know-so-far-3737714 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg's cause of death revealed: Death certificate states singer died due to 'drowning' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-gargs-cause-of-death-revealed-death-certificate-states-singer-died-due-to-drowning/articleshow/124030064.cms |access-date=22 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921233749/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-gargs-cause-of-death-revealed-death-certificate-states-singer-died-due-to-drowning/articleshow/124030064.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> off the coast of [[Saint John's Island]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 October 2025 |title=A beloved Indian singer drowned in Singapore. Now fans want answers |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewn9gdjwdgo |work=BBC |archive-date=10 October 2025 |access-date=11 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251010173058/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cewn9gdjwdgo |url-status=live }}</ref> He was administered [[CPR]] and rushed to [[Singapore General Hospital]], where he was pronounced dead in the [[intensive care unit]] around 2:30 pm [[Indian Standard Time|IST]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Assamese cultural icon Zubeen Garg passes away |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/assams-popular-singer-zubeen-garg-dies-while-scuba-diving-in-singapore/article70069446.ece |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 September 2025 |language=en-IN |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920033416/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/assams-popular-singer-zubeen-garg-dies-while-scuba-diving-in-singapore/article70069446.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Sengupta |first1=Bhaswati |title=Zubeen Garg Passes Away: Remembering Singer's Timeless Bollywood Hits |url=https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/bollywood/zubeen-garg-passes-away-remembering-singers-timeless-bollywood-hits-ws-l-9583825.html |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=[[CNN-News18|News18]] |date=19 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=19 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919123515/https://www.news18.com/photogallery/movies/bollywood/zubeen-garg-passes-away-remembering-singers-timeless-bollywood-hits-ws-l-9583825.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Funeral===
The cremation ground, spanning 3.3 acres of government-allotted land in [[Kamarkuchi N. C.|Kamarkuchi]], Sonapur NC village near [[Guwahati]], was volunteered by local villagers; it accommodates up to 5,000 mourners. Garg's body lay in state at the [[Arjuna Bhogeswar Baruah Sports Complex]], Guwahati, until the morning of 23 September for the public to pay tributes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg's body to be kept at Guwahati sports complex before cremation |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/zubeen-gargs-mortal-remains-to-be-kept-at-sarusajai-till-monday-assam-cm/cid/2124200 |work=The Telegraph |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg to be cremated with full state honours near Guwahati on September 23 |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-near-guwahati-on-september-23/cid/2124279 |work=The Telegraph |date=22 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam CM: Family's wish to perform Zubeen Garg's last rites near Guwahati prioritised; memorials planned in both Guwahati and Jorhat |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-near-guwahati-on-september-23/cid/2124279 |work=The Telegraph |date=22 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref>

Garg was cremated with full state honours on 23 September with a [[21-gun salute]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Dey |first1=Abhishek |title=Zubeen Garg: Fans gather in large numbers to mourn iconic Indian singer |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8exxep4n00o |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[BBC]] |date=23 September 2025 |archive-date=23 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250923051948/https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8exxep4n00o |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Burke |first1=Kieran |title=Mourners in India celebrate the life of Zubeen Garg – DW – 09/23/2025 |url=https://www.dw.com/en/mourners-in-india-celebrate-the-life-of-zubeen-garg/a-74108148 |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=23 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=24 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250924002334/https://www.dw.com/en/mourners-in-india-celebrate-the-life-of-zubeen-garg/a-74108148 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 September 2025, Garg's ashes were brought to [[Jorhat]] for the traditional 13th-day ''Adyashraddha'' ceremony on 1 October. It was attended by his family and thousands of fans. The Assam government announced plans to construct a memorial in Jorhat to honour his legacy, in addition to a memorial in Guwahati. The ashes remained at a public venue in Jorhat for a few days, allowing fans and well-wishers to pay their final tributes.<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam's oldest stadium in Jorhat to host Zubeen Garg's Shraddha on October 1 |url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/assams-oldest-stadium-in-jorhat-to-host-zubeen-gargs-shraddha-on-october-1-1592790 |newspaper=Assam Tribune |date=1 October 2025 |archive-date=28 September 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250928113042/https://assamtribune.com/assam/assams-oldest-stadium-in-jorhat-to-host-zubeen-gargs-shraddha-on-october-1-1592790 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands gather at Jorhat Stadium for Zubeen Garg's 13th-day Adyashraddha |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/thousands-gather-at-jorhat-stadium-for-zubeen-gargs-13th-day-adyashraddha |newspaper=Sentinel Assam |date=1 October 2025 |archive-date=2 October 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251002125417/https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/thousands-gather-at-jorhat-stadium-for-zubeen-gargs-13th-day-adyashraddha |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Thousands pay emotional tribute to Zubeen Garg amid rain at Jorhat |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/jorhat/thousands-pay-emotional-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-amid-rain-at-jorhat-10519076 |newspaper=Pratidin Time |date=4 October 2025 |archive-date=5 October 2025 |access-date=3 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005162105/https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/jorhat/thousands-pay-emotional-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-amid-rain-at-jorhat-10519076 |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 29 October 2025, Garg's ashes were immersed in the [[Brahmaputra River]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg's ashes immersed in Brahmaputra |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-gargs-ashes-immersed-in-brahmaputra/article70216703.ece |work=The Hindu |issn=0971-751X |agency=PTI |date=29 October 2025 |access-date=30 October 2025}}</ref>

===Tributes===
Garg's death prompted widespread tributes across India. Many high-profile individuals, including Prime Minister [[Narendra Modi]], leader of the opposition [[Rahul Gandhi]], and the Chief Minister of Assam, [[Himanta Biswa Sarma]], expressed their condolences.<ref>{{cite news |title=Condolences pour in over death of singer Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/music/condolences-pour-in-over-death-of-singer-zubeen-garg/article70069962.ece |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=19 September 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=19 September 2025 |title=Singer Zubeen Garg passes away at 52: PM Modi expresses grief; Rahul Gandhi, Kharge pay tribute |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/assam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-mourns-zubeen-gargs-death-calls-him-assams-favourite-rockstar/articleshow/123996813.cms |access-date=19 September 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257 |archive-date=19 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250919104955/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/assam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-mourns-zubeen-gargs-death-calls-him-assams-favourite-rockstar/articleshow/123996813.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> As a tribute, the Government of Assam declared a three-day state mourning from 20 to 22 September and later it was extended to 23 September to cover the day of his funeral and cremation.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg cremation: Mourning period extended by one day |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-to-be-cremated-with-full-state-honours-near-guwahati-on-september-23/cid/2124279 |work=The Telegraph |date=22 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam declares three-day State mourning over singer Zubeen Garg's death |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-garg-death-singapore-assam-state-mourning-three-days/article70073216.ece |access-date=20 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=20 September 2025 |language=en-IN |archive-date=20 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250920093851/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-garg-death-singapore-assam-state-mourning-three-days/article70073216.ece |url-status=live }}</ref> West Bengal Chief Minister [[Mamata Banerjee]] also expressed grief, describing Garg as her "dear brother" and praising his "mellifluous voice and indomitable spirit," adding that his songs will remain "immortal forever."<ref>{{cite news |title=Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee mourns singer Zubeen Garg's death |url=https://theprint.in/india/bengal-cm-mamata-banerjee-mourns-singer-zubeen-gargs-death/2747044/ |work=ThePrint |agency=PTI |date=19 September 2025 |access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref>

In addition to political leaders, numerous figures from the Indian film and music industries expressed grief over Garg's death. Fellow Assamese singer [[Papon (singer)|Papon]] described the loss as comparable to losing a brother, calling Garg "the voice of a generation." Music director [[Pritam Chakraborty]], who had collaborated with him on ''Gangster'' (2006), stated that he was "shocked and devastated" and conveyed condolences to Garg's family.

Musician [[A. R. Rahman]], veteran singer [[Hariharan (singer)|Hariharan]], composer [[Jeet Ganguly]], lyricist [[Sameer Anjaan]], rapper [[Badshah (rapper)|Badshah]], pop band [[A Band of Boys]], [[Viva (band)|Viva]], singers [[Alisha Chinai]], [[Mahalakshmi Iyer]], [[Shaan (singer)|Shaan]], [[Amaal Mallik]], [[Debojit Saha]], [[Kalpana Patowary]], [[Neha Bhasin]], [[Raageshwari Loomba Swaroop]], [[Shilpa Rao]], [[Sunidhi Chauhan]], [[Sagarika]], [[Shreya Ghoshal]], [[Tarali Sarma]], [[Vishal Mishra (composer)|Vishal Mishra]], [[Vishal Dadlani]], and actors [[Dev (Bengali actor)|Dev]], [[Jatin Bora]], [[Prosenjit Chatterjee]] and [[Ravi Sarma]] also shared tributes on social media, recalling Garg's cross‑genre contributions from Assamese folk to Bollywood.<ref>{{cite news |last1=P |first1=Devadasan K. |title=Zubeen Garg's final journey: India bids tearful goodbye |url=https://gulfnews.com/entertainment/zubeen-gargs-final-journey-india-bids-tearful-goodbye-1.500277469 |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[Gulf News]] |date=21 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Khan |first1=Lubna |title=Hariharan Pays Tribute After 'True Soul' Zubeen Garg's Death: 'He Belonged To People' |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/regional-cinema/hariharan-pays-tribute-after-true-soul-zubeen-gargs-death-he-belonged-to-people-aa-9588636.html |access-date=23 September 2025 |work=[[CNN-News18|News18]] |date=22 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhattacharya |first1=Tanisha |title=Zubeen Garg Death: Tributes From Shaan, Papon And Others - "Devastated And Shocked" |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-death-tributes-from-pritam-armaan-malik-and-others-devastated-and-shocked-9307008 |access-date=22 September 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=19 September 2025 |archive-date=28 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250928140329/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/zubeen-garg-death-tributes-from-pritam-armaan-malik-and-others-devastated-and-shocked-9307008 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="sangbadpratidin">{{cite news |title='ভাইকে হারালাম', জুবিনের মৃত্যুতে বাকরুদ্ধ পাপন, শোকপ্রকাশ প্রীতম ও দেবের |trans-title='Lost a brother': Papon speechless, tributes from Pritam and Dev after Zubeen's death |url=https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/cinema/zubeen-garg-death-pritam-papon-dev-jeet-ganguly-are-devastated-by-news/ |work=Sangbad Pratidin |date=19 September 2025 |access-date=23 September 2025 |language=bn |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921063703/https://www.sangbadpratidin.in/entertainment/cinema/zubeen-garg-death-pritam-papon-dev-jeet-ganguly-are-devastated-by-news/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Assamese actor [[Adil Hussain]] called the news "shocking and heartbreaking," emphasising Garg's cultural importance in Assamese music and cinema.<ref name="sangbadpratidin" />
On 21 September 2025, at the trailer launch of ''[[Raghu Dakat]]'', a 30‑second silence was observed at Netaji Indoor Stadium in Kolkata in Garg's memory.<ref>{{cite news |title=Raghu Dakat trailer launch, Dev's 20 years in Tollywood: Event pays tribute to Zubeen Garg with silence |url=https://bengali.abplive.com/entertainment/himanta-biswa-sarma-shared-raghu-dakat-trailer-launch-video-as-they-paid-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-entertainment-news-bollywood-1153347 |work=ABP Ananda |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=23 September 2025 |language=bn |archive-date=8 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008195705/https://bengali.abplive.com/entertainment/himanta-biswa-sarma-shared-raghu-dakat-trailer-launch-video-as-they-paid-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-entertainment-news-bollywood-1153347 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Bollywood actor [[Aamir Khan]] wrote "A true legend, his voice touched millions, and his music shaped generations."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Sehgal |first1=Chirag |title=Aamir Khan Pays Emotional Tribute To Zubeen Garg: 'We Are Deeply Saddened' |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/bollywood/aamir-khan-pays-emotional-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-we-are-deeply-saddened-ws-l-9597147.html |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[CNN-News18|News18]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250926030700/https://www.news18.com/movies/bollywood/aamir-khan-pays-emotional-tribute-to-zubeen-garg-we-are-deeply-saddened-ws-l-9597147.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Singh |first1=Simran |title=Aamir Khan becomes emotional on Zubeen Garg's demise, pens heartfelt note for 'Ya Ali' singer: 'His voice will remain unmatched' |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-aamir-khan-becomes-emotional-on-zubeen-garg-s-demise-pens-heartfelt-note-for-ya-ali-singer-his-voice-will-remain-unmatched-3181698 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[Daily News and Analysis|DNA India]] |agency=[[Indo-Asian News Service|IANS]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250926045241/https://www.dnaindia.com/bollywood/report-aamir-khan-becomes-emotional-on-zubeen-garg-s-demise-pens-heartfelt-note-for-ya-ali-singer-his-voice-will-remain-unmatched-3181698 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Randeep Hooda]] wrote "Legends never die, they live on through their art."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Das |first1=Hrijoy |title=Zubeen Garg funeral Highlights: Singer cremated with full state honours, 21-gun salute |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/music/story/zubeen-garg-funeral-2791728-2025-09-23 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[India Today]] |date=23 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Randeep Hooda |author-link=Randeep Hooda |user=RandeepHooda |number=1970050534208946451 |title=#ZubeenGarg will always be with us through his songs.}}</ref> [[Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha|MP]] [[Kangana Ranaut]] who debuted in Bollywood with the movie ''[[Gangster: A Love Story]]'', for which Garg sang the song ''"Ya Ali"'', paid her heartfelt tribute and wrote "#Zubeenda No one like you!"<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mazumdar |first1=Shreyanka |title='No One Like You': Kangana Ranaut On Zubeen Garg, Singer Of Ya Ali From Her Debut Film |url=https://www.news18.com/movies/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-remembers-ya-ali-singer-zubeen-garg-no-one-like-you-aa-ws-l-9596313.html |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[CNN-News18|News18]] |date=25 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=25 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250925144917/https://www.news18.com/movies/bollywood/kangana-ranaut-remembers-ya-ali-singer-zubeen-garg-no-one-like-you-aa-ws-l-9596313.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Kangana Ranaut Remembers Zubeen Garg, Shares Gangster Poster With Emotional Tribute |url=https://zeenews.india.com/people/kangana-ranaut-remembers-zubeen-garg-shares-gangster-poster-with-emotional-tribute-2964621.html |website=[[Zee News]] |access-date=26 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Film critic [[Utpal Borpujari]] recalled Garg's benevolence saying "There are countless stories of how he helped those who needed medical treatment and children at orphanages."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bhowal |first1=Tiasa |title=Sorry Zubeen da, I misunderstood you |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/society/story/zubeen-garg-songs-sorry-zubeen-da-i-misunderstood-you-2793735-2025-09-26 |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=[[India Today]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250926121325/https://www.indiatoday.in/lifestyle/society/story/zubeen-garg-songs-sorry-zubeen-da-i-misunderstood-you-2793735-2025-09-26 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Writer and activist [[Taslima Nasrin]] posted in social media [[Twitter|X]] saying "Unlike many Bengali artists, he never tried to act like a refined gentleman. He was never arrogant."<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Taslima Nasrin |author-link=Taslima Nasrin |user=taslimanasreen |number=1971285080061641130 |title=Fifteen lakh people of Assam walked the streets of Guwahati with Zubeen Garg's coffin, weeping, wiping their tears as they went.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Taslima Nasrin on Zubeen Garg: 'জুবিন বাঙালি শিল্পীদের মতো ভদ্রলোক সাজার চেষ্টা করেননি', বিস্ফোরক পোস্ট তসলিমার |url=https://bangla.aajtak.in/desh/story/explosive-post-by-taslima-nasrin-on-zubeen-garg-he-didnt-try-to-pose-as-a-gentleman-like-bengali-artists-1282391-2025-09-25 |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[Aaj Tak|AajTak Bangla]] |date=25 September 2025 |language=bn}}</ref>

[[Alisha Chinai]] said "He was not politically correct. He hated Bombay, you know, he hated the Bollywood scene. He said what he felt, and that was something I really admired about him. But when I look back, I feel like I wish I had sat and talked to him a little more. He came and he left. He came like the wind and left like the wind."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Murtuza |title='He Arrived Two Hours Late Like A Real Star': Alisha Chinai Talks About Working With Zubeen Garg On Song Dil Tu Hi Bataa - Exclusive |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/he-arrived-two-hours-late-like-a-real-star-alisha-chinai-talks-about-working-with-zubeen-garg-on-song-dil-tu-hi-bataa-exclusive |access-date=3 November 2025 |work=[[The Free Press Journal]] |date=29 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

Garg had expressed in a 2019 concert at [[B. Borooah College]], Guwahati, that his song "[[Mayabini Ratir Bukut|Mayabini Raatir Bukut]]" should be played when he died. Following his death, the song was performed not only at his funeral but also widely across Assam, in homes, and public events, becoming a collective anthem of ''shraddhanjali'' (tribute).<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Das |first=Yudhajit Shankar |date=22 September 2025 |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/zubeen-garg-funeral-song-mayabini-ratir-bukut-song-anthem-procession-guwahati-fans-grief-2791423-2025-09-22 |title=Zubeen Garg funeral: The phenomenon called Zubeen Garg and how Mayabini became an anthem |magazine=India Today |access-date=23 September 2025}}</ref>

===Investigation and aftermath===
The [[death certificate]] issued by the Singapore authorities listed the [[cause of death]] as [[drowning]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg's cause of death revealed: Death certificate states singer died due to drowning |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-gargs-cause-of-death-revealed-death-certificate-states-singer-died-due-to-drowning/articleshow/124030064.cms |work=The Times of India |date=20 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025 |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921233749/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/zubeen-gargs-cause-of-death-revealed-death-certificate-states-singer-died-due-to-drowning/articleshow/124030064.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Several [[First information report|FIRs]] were filed against his manager and the festival organiser alleging negligence and lack of safety measures, including reports that Garg had declined to wear a [[life jacket]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg death: Assam Police file FIR against event organiser, controversy angle to be probed |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/zubeen-garg-death-assam-police-file-fir-against-event-organiser-controversy-angle-to-be-probed-101758350955318.html|work=Hindustan Times |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=No life jacket? Controversy angle under scanner in Zubeen Garg death probe so far |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/no-life-jacket-controversy-angle-under-scanner-zubeen-garg-death-probe-so-far-101758362390294.html|work=Hindustan Times |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025}}</ref> His wife later appealed for withdrawal of cases against his manager.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Withdraw FIRs against Siddhartha, says Garima |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/withdraw-firs-against-siddhartha-says-garima/articleshow/124019732.cms |work=The Times of India |date=21 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025 |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921073917/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/withdraw-firs-against-siddhartha-says-garima/articleshow/124019732.cms |url-status=live }}</ref> Following public demand, the Assam government ordered a second [[post-mortem]] in [[GMCH]] with the consent of Garg's family members.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Kalita |first=Kangkan |title=Second post-mortem on Garg on Tuesday after demands from people, says Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/story/second-post-mortem-on-zubeen-garg-on-tuesday-after-demands-from-people-says-assam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-2791537-2025-09-22 |work=[[India Today]] |date=22 September 2025 |access-date=22 September 2025 |archive-date=22 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250922162147/https://www.indiatoday.in/entertainment/story/second-post-mortem-on-zubeen-garg-on-tuesday-after-demands-from-people-says-assam-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-2791537-2025-09-22 |url-status=live }}</ref> The official post-mortem report of Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) has confirmed that Zubeen Garg's death was "not caused by poisoning."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ray |first=Sanjoy |date=14 October 2025 |title=No poison found in Zubeen Garg's 2nd autopsy; GMCH confirms death by drowning |url=https://assamtribune.com/assam/no-poison-found-in-zubeen-gargs-2nd-autopsy-gmch-confirms-death-by-drowning-1594434 |work=[[Assam Tribune]] |access-date=14 October 2025}}</ref>

A [[Special Investigation Team (India)|Special Investigation Team]] (SIT) was formed to probe the investigation following public demand and Assamese artists' pressure.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Purkayastha |first1=Biswa Kalyan |title=Assam: SIT formed to probe Zubeen Garg's death; Congress demands CBI inquiry |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/assam-sit-formed-to-probe-zubeen-garg-s-death-congress-demands-cbi-inquiry-101758724645343.html |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |date=24 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Karmakar |first1=Sumir |title=Assam Police form SIT to probe Zubeen Garg's death following suspicion of foul play |url=https://www.deccanherald.com/india/assam/assam-police-form-sit-to-probe-zubeen-gargs-death-following-suspicion-of-foul-play-3741754 |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |date=24 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Son |first1=Mallika |title=Assam CM Himanta Sarma Orders SIT Probe Into Singer Zubeen Garg's Death |url=https://www.news18.com/india/assam-cm-himanta-sarma-orders-sit-probe-into-singer-zubeen-gargs-death-ws-l-9594331.html |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[CNN-News18|News18]] |date=24 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> The SIT was led by [[Special director general of police|Special DGP]] [[Indian Police Service|IPS]] M. P. Gupta of [[Criminal Investigation Department (India)|CID]] and was assisted by nine other police officers.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Varma |first1=Ananya |title=Assam Police Form 10-Member SIT To Probe 'Suspicious' Demise Of Zubeen Garg |url=https://www.timesnownews.com/india/assam-police-form-10-member-sit-to-probe-suspicious-demise-of-zubeen-garg-article-152888057 |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[Times Now]] |date=24 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=24 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250924185251/https://www.timesnownews.com/india/assam-police-form-10-member-sit-to-probe-suspicious-demise-of-zubeen-garg-article-152888057 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Following CM's order Assam DGP forms10-member SIT to probe into Zubeen Garg's death- The Week |url=https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/09/24/cal55-as-zubeen-ld-sit.html |access-date=25 September 2025 |work=[[The Week (Indian magazine)|The Week]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=24 September 2025 |archive-date=8 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251008195658/https://www.theweek.in/wire-updates/national/2025/09/24/cal55-as-zubeen-ld-sit.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Following SIT's assistance, the CID registered a case (Case no 18 of 2025) under Section 61(2), 105, and 106(1) of [[Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023|BNS]] in connection with the suspicious death of Garg.<ref>{{cite news |title=SIT, CID raids organiser's home amid probe into singer Zubeen Garg's demise |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/sit-cid-raids-organiser-shyamkanu-mahantas-home-amid-probe-into-singer-zubeen-gargs-demise-101758894850541.html |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[Hindustan Times]] |agency=[[Asian News International|ANI]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref> Raids were carried out at the residences of festival organiser, Shyamkanu Mahanta and Garg's manager, Siddhartha Sharma, during which electronic records and documents were seized.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Maheshwari |first1=Khushi |title=Zubeen Garg Death: SIT Team Raids Houses Of Festival Organiser, His Manager |url=https://www.ndtvprofit.com/nation/zubeen-garg-death-sit-team-raids-houses-of-festival-organiser-his-manager |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=25 September 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Assam: SIT raids homes of singer Zubeen Garg's manager, event organiser |url=https://scroll.in/latest/1087010/assam-sit-raids-homes-of-singer-zubeen-gargs-manager-event-organiser |access-date=26 September 2025 |work=[[Scroll.in]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=26 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250926104908/https://scroll.in/latest/1087010/assam-sit-raids-homes-of-singer-zubeen-gargs-manager-event-organiser |url-status=live }}</ref> The SIT also questioned and detained musician Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, who had accompanied Garg during the diving trip in Singapore.<ref>{{cite news |title=Musician Shekharjyoti Goswami Arrested in Zubeen Garg Death Probe |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/breaking-shekharjyoti-goswami-arrested-by-sit-in-zubeen-garg-death-case |work=The Sentinel Assam |date=25 September 2025 |access-date=26 September 2025 |archive-date=25 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250925095410/https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/breaking-shekharjyoti-goswami-arrested-by-sit-in-zubeen-garg-death-case |url-status=live }}</ref> Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma remarked that if the SIT failed to produce conclusive results, the case would be handed over to the [[Central Bureau of Investigation]] (CBI).<ref>{{cite news |title=SIT questions musician in Zubeen Garg death case; CM warns probe may go to CBI if no results |url=https://m.economictimes.com/news/india/sit-questions-musician-in-zubeen-garg-death-case-cm-himanta-biswa-sarma-warns-probe-may-go-to-cbi-if-no-results/articleshow/124118501.cms |work=The Economic Times |date=23 September 2025 |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref> Witnessing public anger, the All Assam Lawyers’ Association urged their members not to represent persons accused in the case of the death of Garg.<ref>{{cite news |title=Lawyers urged not to represent accused in Zubeen Garg death case |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/lawyers-urged-not-to-represent-accused-in-zubeen-garg-death-case/article70098339.ece |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en-IN |archive-date=27 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927062402/https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/lawyers-urged-not-to-represent-accused-in-zubeen-garg-death-case/article70098339.ece |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg's death: Assam lawyers' association urged not to represent accused; CID issues notices to witnesses |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Sep/26/zubeen-gargs-death-assam-lawyers-association-urged-not-to-represent-accused-cid-issues-notices-to-witnesses |access-date=27 September 2025 |work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=26 September 2025 |language=en |archive-date=27 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250927062405/https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2025/Sep/26/zubeen-gargs-death-assam-lawyers-association-urged-not-to-represent-accused-cid-issues-notices-to-witnesses |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 1 October 2025, Singaporean authorities provided a copy of the autopsy report of Zubeen was given to the High Commission of India upon its request, as well as a report of their preliminary investigations. The investigations would take about three months before Singapore's State Coroner can determine if a coroner's inquiry is to be held.<ref>{{Cite news |date=17 October 2025 |title=Death of Indian singer Zubeen Garg in S'pore under probe; do not speculate, spread false news: Police |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/death-of-indian-singer-zubeen-garg-under-probe-do-not-to-speculate-spread-false-news-police |access-date=17 October 2025 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> The Indian SIT team separately detained and arrested Shyamkanu Mahanta and Siddharth Sharma on the same day to have their statements recorded.<ref name="PratidinTime2025">{{cite web | title=BREAKING: Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma Arrested, Brought To Guwahati | website=Pratidin Time | date=1 October 2025 | url=https://www.pratidintime.com/guwahati-news-breaking-latest/breaking-shyamkanu-mahanta-siddharth-sharma-arrested-brought-to-guwahati-10518028 | access-date=1 October 2025 | archive-date=5 October 2025 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251005162420/https://www.pratidintime.com/guwahati-news-breaking-latest/breaking-shyamkanu-mahanta-siddharth-sharma-arrested-brought-to-guwahati-10518028 | url-status=live }}</ref>

In connection to Garg's death, the SIT arrested total seven persons including Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Shekhar Jyoti Goswami, co-singer Amritprabha Mahanta, DSP Sandipan Garg, and Garg's personal security officers (PSO) Nandeswar Bora and Paresh Baishya.<ref>{{cite news |title=Assam: Zubeen Garg's PSOs arrested; 7 persons in custody so far |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/topheadlines/assam-zubeen-gargs-psos-arrested-7-persons-in-custody-so-far |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=[[The Sentinel (Guwahati)|The Sentinel]] |date=11 October 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Iqbal |first1=Murtuza |title=Zubeen Garg Death Case: Personal Security Officers Of Late Singer Arrested |url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/zubeen-garg-death-case-personal-security-officers-of-late-singer-arrested |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=[[The Free Press Journal]] |date=10 October 2025 |language=en |archive-date=10 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251010072125/https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/zubeen-garg-death-case-personal-security-officers-of-late-singer-arrested |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Singapore Police to provide evidence in Zubeen Garg case in 10 days: SIT |url=https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/singapore-police-to-provide-evidence-in-zubeen-garg-case-in-10-days-sit-125102400539_1.html |access-date=26 October 2025 |work=[[Business Standard]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India]] |date=24 October 2025}}</ref>

Shekhar Jyoti Goswami alleged that Garg's manager Siddharth Sharma and festival organiser Shyamkanu Mahanta may have [[poisoning|poisoned]] him. Goswami claimed that Sharma dismissed visible signs such as frothing from Garg's mouth and nose as acid reflux and delayed seeking medical assistance. He also alleged that Sharma had taken control of the [[yacht]] from its sailor and was heard saying "Jabo De, Jabo De" (translation: "Let him go, Let him go") as Garg was struggling in the water. Goswami emphasised that Garg was an expert swimmer who had trained both him and Sharma, making accidental drowning highly unlikely.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Zubeen Garg's bandmate claims his manager may have poisoned him |url=https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/zubeen-garg-s-bandmate-claims-his-manager-may-have-poisoned-him-2025-10-04-1011305 |website=India TV News |date=4 October 2025 |access-date=5 October 2025 |archive-date=6 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251006025911/https://www.indiatvnews.com/news/india/zubeen-garg-s-bandmate-claims-his-manager-may-have-poisoned-him-2025-10-04-1011305 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Accident or murder? Zubeen Garg's bandmate alleges manager, festival organiser may have poisoned him |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/accident-or-murder-zubeen-gargs-bandmate-shekhar-jyoti-goswami-alleges-manager-festival-organiser-may-have-poisoned-him-report/articleshow/124301735.cms |website=The Times of India |date=4 October 2025 |access-date=5 October 2025 |archive-date=4 October 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251004134620/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/accident-or-murder-zubeen-gargs-bandmate-shekhar-jyoti-goswami-alleges-manager-festival-organiser-may-have-poisoned-him-report/articleshow/124301735.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>

Chief Minister of Assam, Himanta Biswa Sarma repeatedly stated that "Zubeen Garg was murdered''Zu''and''urdered''" was stated that the SIT would submit the [[chargesheet]] before 17 December 2025.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Choudhury |first1=Ratnadip |title=Zubeen Garg Murdered, Chargesheet By December 17, Says Himanta Sarma |url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/zubeen-garg-murdered-chargesheet-by-december-17-says-himanta-sarma-9567209 |access-date=4 November 2025 |work=[[NDTV]] |date=3 November 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baruah |first1=Sukrita |title='I will not call it a mishap': Assam CM Himanta calls Zubeen Garg's death a 'murder' |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/assam-cm-himanta-zubeen-garg-death-murder-10343601/ |access-date=4 November 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=4 November 2025 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen death case: Post-mortem, toxicology reports from Singapore received by Assam Police |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-death-case-post-mortem-toxicology-reports-from-singapore-received-by-assam-police/article70228481.ece |access-date=4 November 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |agency=[[Press Trust of India|PTI]] |date=1 November 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

The SIT submitted 3,500-page charge sheet in the court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Guwahati on 12 December 2025. SIT have charged with murder against accused Shyamkanu Mahanta, Siddharth Sharma, Amritprava Mahanta, and Shekhar Jyoti Goswami. Sandipan Garg, Nandeswar Bora, and Paresh Baishya were also came under various charges.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg death case: Four accused charged with murder in SIT charge sheet |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/assam/zubeen-garg-death-case-sit-submits-charge-sheet-in-at-cjm-court-in-guwahati/article70387790.ece |url-access=subscription |access-date=31 December 2025 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=12 December 2025 |language=en-IN}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baruah |first1=Sukrita |title=Zubeen death: SIT chargesheets seven, murder charges pressed against four |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/zubeen-garg-death-case-assam-police-sit-files-chargesheet-guwahati-10416421/ |access-date=31 December 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |date=13 December 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

A coroner's enquiry into his death was opened on 14 January 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore to Open Coroner's Inquiry into Singer Zubeen Garg's Death on January 14 |url=https://dailypioneer.com/news/singapore-court-opens-coroner-inquiry-into-zubeens-death |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=dailypioneer.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore to open coroner's inquiry into death of Indian singer Zubeen Garg on Jan 14 |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/zubeen-garg-death-coroner-inquiry-jan-14-2026-5744946 |access-date=31 December 2025 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>

On 14 January 2026, [[the Straits Times]] reported that the [[Assistant Superintendent of Police]] (ASI) David Linn testified on the first day of the coroner's inquiry that Zubeen was intoxicated and refused a life vest before jumping off a yacht. He also added that as his friends tried to convince him to swim back to the yacht, Garg suddenly became motionless and began floating face down.<ref>{{Cite news |date=14 January 2026 |title=Indian singer Zubeen Garg swam without life vest, drowned near Lazarus Island: Coroner's court |url=https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/indian-singer-zubeen-garg-swam-without-life-vest-drowned-near-lazarus-island-coroners-court |access-date=16 January 2026 |work=The Straits Times |language=en |issn=0585-3923}}</ref> Toxicology analysis found a blood alcohol concentration of 333-milligrams per 100-milliliters of blood which can result in impaired coordination and reflexes.{{efn|For comparison, Singapore's legal drink driving limit is 80 milligrams per 100ml of blood.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Festive Drinking: How Much Alcohol Can I Have Before Driving? |url=https://www.mountelizabeth.com.sg/health-plus/article/festive-drinking-driving |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20251106234524/https://www.mountelizabeth.com.sg/health-plus/article/festive-drinking-driving |archive-date=6 November 2025 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=MEH |language=en |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Singapore signals tougher stance on drink driving with review of alcohol limits |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/singapore-signals-tougher-stance-drink-driving-review-alcohol-limits-5371921 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Indian singer Zubeen Garg drowned near Lazarus Island after declining life jacket: Coroner's court |url=https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapore/zubeen-garg-singapore-coroner-inquiry-drunk-drown-life-jacket-5857566 |access-date=16 January 2026 |website=CNA |language=en}}</ref>

==Legacy==

[[File:Zubeen EUphuism.JPG|thumb|Zubeen Garg performing at a concert in 2011]]
Garg was a regular performer at [[Bihu]] functions and other cultural festivals across Assam, often singing not only Assamese songs but also in Hindi, Bengali, and other languages. Internationally, he has represented Assamese and Indian music abroad. Notably, he performed in [[Trinidad and Tobago]], where he sang several of his Hindi and Assamese hits, becoming the first Assamese entertainer to headline a concert there.<ref>{{cite news |title=Zubeen Garg enthralls Trinidad audience |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/zubeen-garg-enthralls-trinidad-audience/story-sfcF1kZq2wnEi32VcF2ukO.html |work=Hindustan Times |date=17 August 2010 |access-date=20 September 2025 |archive-date=11 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220811140316/https://www.hindustantimes.com/music/zubeen-garg-enthralls-trinidad-audience/story-sfcF1kZq2wnEi32VcF2ukO.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Vishal Kalita of Guwahati's Hatigaon has reportedly collected an archive of over 35,000 [[cassette tape|cassettes]] and [[CDs]] of Garg's recordings.<ref>{{Cite news |title=35,000-song archive vows to keep Zubeen's voice alive |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/35000-songs-archive-vows-to-keep-zubeens-voice-alive/articleshow/124019744.cms |work=The Times of India |access-date=23 September 2025 |archive-date=21 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250921123750/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/35000-songs-archive-vows-to-keep-zubeens-voice-alive/articleshow/124019744.cms |url-status=live |last=Bhattacharjee|first=Tathagata|date=20 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Zubeen Garg felt like his 'birthday' on visit to fan's rare library before Singapore tour |url=https://assamtribune.com/guwahati/zubeen-garg-felt-like-his-birthday-on-visit-to-fans-rare-library-before-singapore-tour-1592584 |website=The Assam Tribune |date=26 September 2025 |access-date=26 September 2025|last=Borthakur|first=Rituraj}}</ref>

===Honorary statue===

On 2 December 2022, a 20-foot statue was unveiled by the singer during the Nazirating Tamuli Tourism Festival in [[Digboi]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 January 2023 |title=Zubeen Garg's Statue Unveiled in Digboi |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/zubeen-gargs-statue-unveiled-in-digboi-631273 |access-date=8 January 2023 |website=Sentinel Assam |language=en |archive-date=7 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230107092136/https://www.sentinelassam.com/north-east-india-news/assam-news/zubeen-gargs-statue-unveiled-in-digboi-631273 |url-status=live }}</ref> A Bamboo bridge built across the Na Dihing river by villagers of Tengapani and named after Zubeen Garg was inaugurated by the singer at Tengapani-Thepabari on 29 February 2020.<ref>{{Cite web |date=20 February 2020 |title='Zubeen Garg Bridge' in Kakopathar to be inaugurated by the star himself on 29 Feb |url=https://newslivetv.com/zubeen-garg-bridge-in-kakopathar-to-be-inaugurated-by-the-star-himself-on-29-feb/ |access-date=8 January 2023 |archive-date=8 January 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230108051351/https://newslivetv.com/zubeen-garg-bridge-in-kakopathar-to-be-inaugurated-by-the-star-himself-on-29-feb/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Ojha |first1=Manoj Kumar |date=29 May 2020 |title=Zubeen Garg to open namesake bridge in Assam |url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/zubeen-garg-to-open-namesake-bridge-in-assam/cid/1749568 |work=The Telegraph |access-date=27 April 2024 |archive-date=20 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231120140913/https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/zubeen-garg-to-open-namesake-bridge-in-assam/cid/1749568 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Discography==
{{Main|Zubeen Garg discography}}

===As a music director===
'''Assamese film'''
{{columns-list|colwidth=20em|
* [[Hiya Diya Niya]] (2000)
* [[Tumi Mur Mathu Mur]] (2000)
* Morome Morom Jane (2000)
* Daag (2001)
* Sesh Upahar (2001)
* [[Nayak (2001 Assamese film)|Nayak]] (2001)
* Prem Aru Prem (2002)
* [[Kanyadaan (2002 film)|Kanyadaan]] (2002)
* [[Jonaki Mon]] (2002)
* Jibon Nodir Duti Par (2002)
* Agnishakshi (2003)
* Priya Milan (2003)
* Bidhata (2003)
* Juman-Suman (2003)
* Barud (2004)
* Rong (2004)
* Dinabandhu (2004)
* [[Adhinayak]] (2006)
* Aami Asomiya (2006)
* [[Mon Jaai]] (2008)
* Ekhon Nedekha Nodir Hkhipare (2012)
* Rodor Sithi (2014)
* Gane Ki Aane (2016)
* Antarin (2017)
* [[Mission China]] (2017)
* [[Priyar Priyo]] (2017)
* The Underworld (2018)
* [[Kanchanjangha]] (2019)
* [[Ratnakar (film)|Ratnakar]] (2019)
* [[Pratighat]] (2019)
* [[Dr. Bezbaruah 2]] (2023)
* The Slam Book (2023)
* Raghav (2023)
* Sikar (2024)
* [[Bhaimon Da]] (2025)
* Rudra (2025)
* Joddha (2025)
* Homework (2025)
* [[Roi Roi Binale]] (2025)
}}

'''Bengali Film'''
* [[Shudhu Tumi]] (2004)
* Mon Niye (2010)
* Kachhe Achho Tumi (2010)
* Samsara (2019)

''' Hindi film'''
* Strings – Bound By Faith (2006)
* Dil Toh Deewana Hai (2016)
* Homework (2025)

==Filmography==

===As an actor===
====Films====

{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Role(s)
!Language
|-
|2000
|''[[Tumi Mur Matho Mur]]''
|Hrishi
| rowspan="3" |Assamese
|-
|2002
|''Prem Aru Prem''
|Special appearance in the song "Sokuwe Sokuwe"
|-
|2004
|''Dinabandhu''
|Bipul
|-
| rowspan="2" |2006
|''[[Gangster: A Love Story|Gangster]]''
|Special appearance in the song "Ya Ali"
| rowspan="3" |Hindi
|-
|''Strings''
|Special appearance in the song "Mantra (Om)"
|-
|2007
|''[[Big Brother (2007 film)|Big Brother]]''
|Special appearance in the song "Jag Lal Lal"
|-
|2008
|''[[Mon Jaai]]''
|Manab
| rowspan="21" |Assamese
|-
|2011
|''[[Raamdhenu]]''
|Special appearance in the song "Tupi"
|-
|2013
|''Bhal Pabo Najanilu''
|Indranil
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
|''Suma Porokhote''
|Special appearance in the song "Suma Porokhote"
|-
|''[[Rodor Sithi]]''
|
|-
|2015
|''[[Ahetuk]]''
|Special appearance in the song "Ahetuk"
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
|''[[Gaane Ki Aane]]''
|Nilabh Jonak Baruah
|-
|''Xat Nomboror Xondhanot''
|Sibu
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
|''[[Mission China]]''
|Colonel Goswami
|-
|''[[Tumi Aahibaane]]''
|Special appearance
|-
|''[[Priyaar Priyo]]''
|Priyobrot Kakoti & Bishnujyoti Bezbaruah
|-
|2018
|''[[The Underworld (film)|The Underworld]]''
|Don
|-
| rowspan="2" |2019
|''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
|Anirban
|-
|[[Pratighaat (2019 film)|''Pratighaat'']]
|Special appearance in the song "Pratighaat"
|-
|2022
|''Rajneeti – Part 1''
|Arindam
|-
|2023
|''[[Dr. Bezbaruah 2]]''
|DSP Mahadev Borbarua
|-
|rowspan="3" | 2024
|''[[Wide Angle (film)|Wide Angle]]''
|
|-
|''Sikaar ''<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg to star in action-thriller 'Sikaar' |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/zubeen-garg-to-star-in-action-thriller-sikaar/articleshow/90933338.cms |access-date=12 May 2022 |work=The Times of India |date=19 April 2022 |archive-date=12 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220512125850/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/music/news/zubeen-garg-to-star-in-action-thriller-sikaar/articleshow/90933338.cms |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Shankar
|-
|''Abhimannyu''
|Colonel Goswami
|-
|rowspan="3" |2025
|''Joddha''
|Special appearance in the song "Ei Mayabi Raati"
|-
|''[[Roi Roi Binale]]''
|Raul
|-
|style="background:#ffc;"|''Homework'' {{dagger}}<ref>{{cite news|title=After a long hiatus, Gayatri Mahanta is back on the silver screen, You can see in this movie – GAYATRI MAHANTA'S MOVIE HOMEWORK|url=https://www.etvbharat.com/as/!entertainment/actress-gayatri-mahanta-to-share-screen-with-son-in-upcoming-assamese-movie-homework-release-date-12th-september-assam-news-ass25081800985|work=ETV Bharat|date = 18 August 2025|access-date = 21 August 2025}}</ref>
|Special appearance in the song "Jantra"
|Assamese, Hindi
|}

====Television====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Serial(s)
!Role
!Language
|-
|2010–11
|''Anuradha''<ref name="daijiworld">{{Cite web|url=https://www.daijiworld.com/printArticles.aspx?sectionID=71524&sectionName=news|title=Singer Zubeen Garg's Ponytail Cut off by Fan|access-date=5 December 2020|website=www.daijiworld.com}}</ref>
|Anirudha
|Assamese
|}

====Music videos====
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Song(s)
!Album(s)
!Language
!Music Composer
!Lyrics
!Co-actor(s)
!Note/Ref(s)
|-
|1997
|"Meghor Boron"
|''Mukti''
|Assamese
|colspan="2"; style="text-align:center;|Zubeen Garg
|
|First Assamese Music Video
|-
|1998
|"Yuhi Kabhi Mila Karo"
|''Yuhi Kabhi''
|Hindi
|Miko
|Anant Joshi
|[[Bhumika Chawla]], Jonkey Borthakur
|His First Bollywood Music Video
|-
|rowspan="11" |2007
|"Zindagi Kahin Gum Hai"
|rowspan="2" |''[[Zindagi (album)|Zindagi]]''
|rowspan="2" |Hindi
|rowspan="2" |Alaap Dudul Saikia
|rowspan="2" |Ravi Basnet
|
|
|-
|"Jia Re Jia Re
|
|
|-
|"Mukha"
|rowspan="9" |Mukha
|rowspan="17" |Assamese
|rowspan="9" |Zubeen Garg
|rowspan="6" |Zubeen Garg
|
|-
|"Sweet Love"
|[[Rimpi Das]]
|
|-
|"Baby Buli Lahekoi"
|
|-
|"Sadiya"
|
|-
|"Dusakure Nilare"
|[[Rimpi Das]]
|
|-
|"Pamne Moi Ghurai"
|
|-
|"Aahe Ba Nahe"
|Diganta Bharati
|[[Nishita Goswami]]
|
|-
|"Tumi Suwa Jetiya"
|rowspan="2" |Zubeen Garg
|Gayatri Mahanta
|-
|"Maya Mathu Maya"
|Rimpi Das
|
|-
|rowspan="6" |2009
|"Rumaal"
|rowspan="6" |''Rumaal''
|rowspan="8" |Zubeen Garg
|rowspan="8" |Zubeen Garg
|
|
|-
|"Hai Hai Hai Mari Dila"
|
|
|-
|"Amanikha"
|
|
|-
|"Tumi Subhash"
|
|
|-
|"Tumar Mitha Sawoni"
|Megharanjani Medhi
|
|-
|"Duporot Muhanaat"
|
|
|-
|rowspan="2" |2012
|"Runjun"
|''Runjun''
|
|
|-
|"Gaan Diyaa"
|''Rock''
|
|This song is dedicated to Late [[Hiren Bhattacharya]]
|}

===As a director===
====Films====
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Language
!Note
|-
|2000
|''[[Tumi Mur Mathu Mur]]''
| rowspan="3" |Assamese
|
|-
|2017
|''[[Mission China]]''
|
|-
|2019
|''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
|
|}

===As a producer and screenwriter===
====Producer====
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Language
|-
|2004
|''Dinabandhu''
| rowspan="4" |Assamese
|-
|2017
|''[[Mission China]]''
|-
|2019
|''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
|-
|2025
|''[[Roi Roi Binale]]''
|}

====Screenwriter====
{| class="wikitable"
| style="background:#FFFFCC;"| {{dagger|alt=Films that have not yet been released}}
| Denotes films that have not yet been released
|}
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Film
!Language
|-
|2000
|''Tumi Mur Mathu Mur''
| rowspan="4" |Assamese
|-
|2017
|''[[Mission China]]''
|-
|2019
|''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
|-
|2025
|''[[Roi Roi Binale]]''
|-
|}

===As a judge===

{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!TV Channel
!Show(s)
!Language
!Notes
|-
|2002
|rowspan="2" |[[Zee TV]]
|rowspan="2" |''[[Sa Re Ga Ma Pa Hindi|Sa Re Ga Ma Pa]]''
|rowspan="2" |Hindi
|rowspan="2" |Guest judge
|-
|2004
|-
|2007–08
| rowspan="2" |[[Zee Bangla]]
| rowspan="2" |''Sa Re Ga Ma Pa L'il Champs''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Beats of a Bong connection|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/beats-of-a-bong-connection/cid/1552258|access-date=11 December 2020|website=www.telegraphindia.com|archive-date=6 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210506225346/https://www.telegraphindia.com/entertainment/beats-of-a-bong-connection/cid/1552258|url-status=live}}</ref>

| rowspan="2" |Bengali
|
|-
|2013
|Guest judge
|-
|2013–14
|[[Rengoni]]
|''Moi Zubeen Garg Hobo Bisaru''
|Assamese
|
|}

==Books==
He got Seuji-Seuji award for his poetry book in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assam: Seuji-Seuji Award conferred upon singer Zubeen Garg|url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/current-affairs/states/assam-seuji-seuji-award-conferred-upon-singer-zubeen-garg|access-date=19 December 2020|website=The Northeast Today|date=22 December 2017}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
!Year
!Book
!Language
|-
|2009
|''Xabda Anubhuti''
| rowspan="3" |Assamese
|-
|2018
|''Zubeenor Podyo''<ref>{{Cite web|title=With over Rs 4.5 crores in sales and 4 lakh visitors, 20th Northeast Book Fair breaks all past records|url=https://www.guwahatiplus.com/article-detail/with-over-rs-4-5-crores-in-sales-and-4-lakh-visitors-20th-northeast-book-fair-breaks-all-past-records|access-date=23 September 2020|website=G Plus|language=en|archive-date=31 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190131072942/http://www.guwahatiplus.com/article-detail/with-over-rs-4-5-crores-in-sales-and-4-lakh-visitors-20th-northeast-book-fair-breaks-all-past-records|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|2020
|''Zubeenor Podyo (2nd Edition)''
|}

==Awards and honours==
[[File:Zubeen Garg receiving National Award.jpg|thumb|Best Music Direction Award to Mr. Zubeen Garg for Non-feature Film Echoes Of Silence, at the 55th National Film Awards, 2009.]]
In 1996 Garg was selected as Best Indian pop album for his album "Chandni Raat" at Channel V Music Awards and Screen Awards which was nominated and lost to [[Daler Mehndi]]'s album ''[[Bolo Ta Ra Ra]]'' and [[Suchitra Krishnamoorthi]]'s album ''Dole Dole'' respectively.

In 2011 he was honoured as a guest artist of the year by the Assam Convention, at [[Oak Brook, Illinois]], United States.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Koch |first1=Lars-Christian |last2=Klotz |first2=Sebastian |last3=Bohlman |first3=Philip V |title=Sounding Cities : Auditory Transformations in Berlin, Chicago, and Kolkata |date=2018 |publisher=LIT |location=Zürich |isbn=978-3-643-90555-0 |pages=213 |language=English}}</ref>

On 27 May 2024 he was awarded an honorary [[Doctor of Letters|Doctor of Literature]] degree by the [[University of Science and Technology, Meghalaya]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hon. D.Litt. to Zubeen Garg and Lou Majaw at 10th USTM Convocation |work=USTM |url=https://ustm.ac.in/event/hon-d-litt-to-zubeen-garg-and-lou-majaw-at-10th-ustm-convocation/ |access-date=27 August 2024 |language=en-US |archive-date=27 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827145852/https://ustm.ac.in/event/hon-d-litt-to-zubeen-garg-and-lou-majaw-at-10th-ustm-convocation/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=27 August 2024 |title=USTM Holds 10th Convocation, Honors Zubeen Garg and Lou Majaw |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/north-east/meghalaya/ustm-holds-10th-convocation-honors-zubeen-garg-and-lou-majaw |access-date=27 August 2024 |website=Pratidin Time |language=en |archive-date=27 August 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240827145852/https://www.pratidintime.com/north-east/meghalaya/ustm-holds-10th-convocation-honors-zubeen-garg-and-lou-majaw |url-status=live }}</ref>

He has also received Best Music Direction Award for Non-feature Film Echoes Of Silence, at the 55th National Film Awards, 2009.<ref>{{cite web |title=Southern cinema scores big at National Awards |url=https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2009/Oct/21/southern-cinema-scores-big-at-national-awards-96783.html |website=[[The New Indian Express]] |access-date=23 October 2025 |language=en |date=16 May 2012}}</ref>

On 9 December 2025 he was posthumously awarded an honorary Doctor of Literature (D.Litt.) degree by [[Cotton University]] which was received by his sister, Palme Borthakur.<ref>{{Cite news |date=9 December 2025 |title=Cotton awards D.Litt. to Zubeen |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/cotton-awards-d-litt-to-zubeen/articleshow/125875383.cms |access-date=10 December 2025 |work=The Times of India |issn=0971-8257}}</ref> In 2026, a newly discovered plant species, ''[[Osbeckia zubeengargiana]]'', a flowering plant in the family [[Melastomataceae]] discovered in the grassland ecosystems of [[Manas National Park]] in the Indian state of Assam, was named after him.<ref name="phytotaxa">{{cite journal
|last1=Das
|first1=Barnali
|last2=Pulpra
|first2=Prashob
|last3=Nath
|first3=Namita
|title=Osbeckia zubeengargiana (Melastomataceae), a new species from Assam, Northeast India
|journal=Phytotaxa
|volume=747
|issue=1
|year=2026
|publisher=Magnolia Press
|doi=10.11646/phytotaxa.747.1.1
}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
! Year|| Award|| Movie/Theatre/Album|| Category|| Result
|-
|rowspan="2" |1996
|[[Screen Awards]]
|rowspan="2" |''Chandni Raat''
|rowspan="2" |Best Indian Pop Album
|{{nom}}
|-
|Channel V Music Awards
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2005
|[[BFJA Awards]]|| ''[[Shudhu Tumi]]''|| Best Music Director|| {{won}}
|-
|[[Prag Cine Awards|Prag Cine Awards 2005]]
|''Rong''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – "Chaya Dore Thaka Tumi"<ref>{{Cite web|date=7 March 2021|title=Northeast's Sensation Zubeen Garg: Early Life, Career, Awards & Controversies – Sentinelassam|url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/entertainment/Bharatpedia-of-northeasts-singing-sensation-zubeen-garg-527402|access-date=9 March 2021|website=www.sentinelassam.com|language=en|archive-date=17 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211017200643/https://www.sentinelassam.com/entertainment/Bharatpedia-of-northeasts-singing-sensation-zubeen-garg-527402|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|2006
|[[GIFA Awards|Global Indian Film Awards]]<ref name="GIFA List Of Winners">{{cite web|title=G.I.F.A. Awards 2006: winners|date=10 December 2006|url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2006/12/10/1918/index.html|website=[[Bollywood Hungama]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081121175701/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2006/12/10/1918/index.html|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=21 November 2008}}</ref>
| rowspan="6" |''[[Gangster (2006 film)|Gangster]]''
| rowspan="4" |Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Ya Ali"''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5" |2007
|[[Filmfare Awards]]{{citation needed|date=August 2022}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Zee Cine Awards]]
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[IIFA Awards]]<ref name=altfg>{{cite web |author=Andre Soares |url=http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-film-academy-awards-2007/ |title=Indian Film Academy Awards 2007 |publisher=Altfg.com |date=2 June 2007 |access-date=13 June 2012 |archive-date=8 February 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208180559/http://www.altfg.com/blog/awards/indian-film-academy-awards-2007/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Stardust Awards]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Stardust Awards Winners for 2006|url=http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/stardust-awards-winners-for-2006/|publisher=indicine.com|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=17 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180717184206/http://www.indicine.com/movies/bollywood/stardust-awards-winners-for-2006/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|New Musical Sensation (Male) – ''"Ya Ali"''
|{{won}}
|-
|[[Screen Awards]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=3 May 2022 |title=Screen Award for Best Male Playback Singer |url=https://bollywoodproduct.in/screen-award-for-best-male-playback-singer/ |access-date=2 July 2022 |website=Bollywood Product |language=en-US |archive-date=18 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231118075803/https://bollywoodproduct.in/screen-award-for-best-male-playback-singer/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|''Best Male Playback – "Ya Ali"''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2008
| rowspan="2" |Kalakaar Award
|''[[Zindagi (album)|Zindagi]]''
| rowspan="2" |Best Music Album
|{{won}}
|-
|''Tumi''
|{{won}}
|-
| 2009 ||[[55th National Film Awards]] || ''Echoes of Silence'' || [[National Film Award for Best Non-Feature Film Music Direction]] || {{won}}
|-
|2011
|Prag Cine Awards 2011
|''[[Jetuka Pator Dore]]''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Puwar Hahit"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2012
||[[Prag Cine Awards|Prag Cine Awards 2012]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Prag Cine Awards 2015 to be held in Assam |date=24 January 2015 |url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/prag-cine-awards-2015-to-be-held-in-assam-150124 |publisher=indiantelevision.com |access-date=24 April 2017 |archive-date=1 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170501001923/http://www.indiantelevision.com/television/tv-channels/news-broadcasting/prag-cine-awards-2015-to-be-held-in-assam-150124 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Prag Cine Award on March 21, 22|url=http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2815/city053|publisher=assamtribune.com|access-date=24 April 2017|archive-date=2 April 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402195918/http://www.assamtribune.com/scripts/detailsnew.asp?id=jan2815%2Fcity053|url-status=live}}</ref>
|''[[Raamdhenu]]''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Rang Dia Morom"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2013
|[[Prag Cine Awards 2013]]
|''Me and My Sister''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Thunuk Thanak"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|2014
|[[Prag Cine Awards 2014]]
|''Shinyor''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Kaalor Aasur"''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2015
| rowspan="2" |[[Prag Cine Awards North-East 2015|Prag Cine Awards 2015]]||''[[Ahetuk]]''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Ahetuk"''
|{{won}}
|-
|''[[Rodor Sithi]]''
|Best Music Direction
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2016
| rowspan="2" |Gup-Shup Music Awards
|''Boliya Krishna (Hengool Treatre)''
|Title Song of the Year – "''Boliya Krishna''"
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |''[[Gaane Ki Aane]]''
|Best Music Composer – ''"Janu Janu"''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |2017
| rowspan="2" |[[Prag Cine Awards North-East 2017|Prag Cine Awards 2017]]
|Best Music Direction
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Janu Janu"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Bhraymaman Mobile Theatre Awards
|''Kohinoor Theater''
|Red FM Best Playback Singer (Male) – "''Janam Janam"''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dalmia Bharat : First Mobile Theatre Awards presented by Dalmia Cement {{!}} MarketScreener|url=https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/DALMIA-BHARAT-LTD-9743873/news/Dalmia-Bharat-First-Mobile-Theatre-Awards-presented-by-Dalmia-Cement-24725283/|access-date=13 February 2021|website=www.marketscreener.com|date=10 July 2017|language=en|archive-date=25 April 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220425085849/https://www.marketscreener.com/quote/stock/DALMIA-BHARAT-LTD-9743873/news/Dalmia-Bharat-First-Mobile-Theatre-Awards-presented-by-Dalmia-Cement-24725283/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2018
| rowspan="4" |[[Prag Cine Awards|Prag Cine Awards 2018]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 May 2018 |title=Prag Cine Awards North-East 2018: Best director award for Utpal Barpujari |url=http://nenow.in/north-east-news/prag-cine-awards-north-east-2018-best-director-award-for-utpal-barpujari.html |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=NORTHEAST NOW |language=en-US |archive-date=24 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221024064459/https://nenow.in/north-east-news/prag-cine-awards-north-east-2018-best-director-award-for-utpal-barpujari.html |url-status=live }}</ref>|| rowspan="3" | ''[[Mission China]]'' || Best Actor (Popular) || {{won}}
|-
| Best Film (Popular) || {{won}}
|-
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Din Jwole Raati Jwole"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Priyaar Priyo]]''
|Best Actor
|{{nom}}
|-
|Bhraymaman Mobile Theatre Awards
|''Abahan Theater''
|Red FM Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Oo Maa"''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Assam's Mobile theater industry gets due recognition; Artists, writers and personalities awarded|url=https://www.thenortheasttoday.com/current-affairs/states/assams-mobile-theater-industry-gets-due-recognition-artists-writers-and-personalities-awarded|access-date=13 February 2021|website=TheNortheastToday – Read From North East (TNT)|date=22 June 2018|language=en}}{{Dead link|date=October 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
|2019
|Bhraymaman Mobile Theatre Awards
|''Deuta (Chiranjeeb Theatre)''
|Red FM Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"O Deuta"''<ref>{{Cite web|date=20 July 2019|title=Tapan Das Bags Best Theatre Actor Award|url=https://www.pratidintime.com/tapan-das-bags-best-theatre-actor-award/|access-date=13 February 2021|website=Pratidin Time|language=en-US|archive-date=2 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502130727/https://www.pratidintime.com/tapan-das-bags-best-theatre-actor-award/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="7" |2021
| rowspan="7" |[[Prag Cine Awards|Prag Cine Awards 2021]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=20th Prag Cine Awards on Jan 30 |url=https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/20th-prag-cine-awards-on-jan-30 |access-date=20 August 2022 |website=Pratidin Time |date=24 December 2020 |language=en |archive-date=20 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220820095827/https://www.pratidintime.com/latest-assam-news-breaking-news-assam/20th-prag-cine-awards-on-jan-30 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| rowspan="3" |''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
|Best Film (Popular)
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Actor (Popular)
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Panchana"''
|{{won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[Ratnakar (film)|''Ratnakar'']]
|Best Music Director
|{{won}}
|-
|Best Lyrics – ''"Rati Rati"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Pratighaat (2019 film)|Pratighaat]]''
|Best Music Director
|{{nom}}
|-
|''[[Bornodi Bhotiai]]''
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Bornodi Bhotiai"''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |2022
| rowspan="2" |[[Prag Cine Awards|Prag Cine Awards 2022]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Galaxy of Stars Gathered at the 'Prag Cine Awards 2022', Check the Winners List |url=https://pragnews.com/en/galaxy-of-stars-gathered-at-the-prag-cine-awards-2022-check-the-winners-list |access-date=31 October 2022 | website=pragnews.com |language=en}}</ref>
|The Firing range
|Best Singer Male (2020)
|{{nom}}
|-
|Chandrawali
|Best Singer Male (2021)
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |2023
|8th Assam State Film Awards<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 March 2023 |title=8th Assam State Film Awards announced, Jonaki Porua—Fireflies, Bulbul Can Sing win best film award |url=http://nenow.in/top-news/8th-assam-state-film-awards-announced-jonaki-porua-fireflies-bulbul-can-sing-win-best-film-award.html |access-date=13 March 2023 |website=Northeast Now |language=en-US |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313173242/https://nenow.in/top-news/8th-assam-state-film-awards-announced-jonaki-porua-fireflies-bulbul-can-sing-win-best-film-award.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title='৩৫ হাজাৰ গান গোৱাৰ পিছত এতিয়া আৰু শ্ৰেষ্ঠ কণ্ঠশিল্পীৰ বঁটা লৈ থাকিবলৈ দিন নাই' |date=13 March 2023 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWoPZknc0w |access-date=13 March 2023 |language=en |archive-date=13 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230313173241/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJWoPZknc0w |url-status=live }}</ref>
|[[Kanchanjangha]]
|Best Playback Singer (Male) – ''"Panchana"''
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |Rajasthan Film Festival ''(In other regional films)''
| rowspan="3" |[[Dr. Bezbaruah 2]]
|Best Singer Male – ''"Ki Naam Di Maatim"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Music Director – "''Ki Naam Di Maatim"''
|{{nom}}
|-
|Best Supporting Character
|{{Won}}
|-
|2024
|Filmfare Awards Assamese<ref>{{Cite web |title=Filmfare Awards Assamese 2024 Winners – Complete List Out! |url=https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-assamese-2024/winners |access-date=5 April 2025 |website=filmfare.com |language=en |archive-date=5 April 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250405092424/https://www.filmfare.com/awards/filmfare-awards-assamese-2024/winners |url-status=live }}</ref>
|The Slam Book
|Best Music Album
|{{Won}}
|-
|2025
|Bhupen Hazarika Award
|Conferred by Beltola Bohagi Utsav Committee. Presented by Kavita Baruah, younger sister of Bhupen Hazarika.
|Lifetime Achievement Award<ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg conferred the Bhupen Hazarika Award 2025 |url=https://dainikjanambhumi.com/news/dr-bhupen-hazarika-award-has-been-presented-to-zubeen-garg |work=Dainik Janambhumi}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |title=Zubeen Garg to be conferred with Dr. Bhupen Hazarika Award |url=https://www.sentinelassam.com/cities/guwahati-city/assam-singer-zubeen-garg-to-be-conferred-with-dr-bhupen-hazarika-award |work=The Sentinel |archive-date=11 March 2025 |access-date=19 September 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250311061350/https://www.sentinelassam.com/cities/guwahati-city/assam-singer-zubeen-garg-to-be-conferred-with-dr-bhupen-hazarika-award |url-status=live }}</ref>
|Conferred
|-
|}

==See also==
* [[List of Indian playback singers]]
* [[List of Indian male film actors]]
* [[List of Indian music directors]]
* [[List of largest funerals]]
* [[Roi Roi Binale]]
* [[Zubeen Garg discography]]

== Footnotes ==
{{notelist}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

===Cited literature===
{{refbegin|colwidth=30em|indent=yes}}
* {{cite journal |last=Borthakur |first=Palme |last2=Kalita |first2=Bhaben Ch. |title=Development of modern music in Assam: Guwahati (GMC), a mosaic of cultural fusion and diffusion |journal=International Journal of Advance Research, Ideas and Innovations in Technology (IJARIIT) |volume=4 |issue=6 |year=2018 |pages=523 |issn=2454-132X |url=https://www.ijariit.com/manuscripts/v4i6/V4I6-1321.pdf |access-date=18 November 2025}}
* {{cite book |last=Saikia |first=Montu |title=Zubeen Garg Jibanar Para Ganaloi |publisher=Chandra Prakash, Guwahati |year=2009 |language=Assamese |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.452684/mode/2up |access-date=18 November 2025}}
{{refend}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Zubeen Garg}}
* {{IMDb name|0958276}}
* {{Facebook|ZUBEENsOFFICIAL}}
* {{discogs artist|Zubeen Garg}}
* [https://zubeengarg.com/ Zubeen Garg] at [https://zubeengarg.com/ Zubeengarg.com]

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Assamese cinema

2026-09-07T16:29:30Z

Pranjitkalita98:

{{short description|Film industry based in Assam, India}}
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{{Indian cinema}}
'''Assamese cinema''', also known as '''Jollywood''', is the [[Film|cinema]] industry in the [[Assamese language]], watched primarily in [[Assam]], [[India]]. The industry was born in 1935 when [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]] released his movie ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]''. Since then the Assamese cinema has developed a slow-paced, sensitive style, especially with the movies of [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]] and [[Jahnu Barua]].<ref name="Assam General Knowledge">{{cite book|title=Assam General Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reuQbFK9Rz4C&pg=PA109|access-date=27 November 2012|publisher=Bright Publications|isbn=978-81-7199-451-9|page=109}}</ref> The industry is called '''Jollywood''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/mission-china-is-a-project-not-just-a-movie/|title='Mission China is a Project, Not Just a Movie' » Northeast Today|date=15 September 2017|work=Northeast Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111003723/https://www.northeasttoday.in/mission-china-is-a-project-not-just-a-movie/ |archive-date=11 January 2019|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reviewmantra.com/2016/11/cinema-and-its-impact-on-indian-society.html|title=Cinema and its impact on Indian society|work=ReviewMantra|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> named for Agarwala's [[Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050430/asp/northeast/story_4677978.asp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref>

Despite its long history and its artistic successes, for a state that has always taken its cinema seriously, Assamese cinema has never really managed to break through on the national scene despite its film industry making a mark in the National Awards over the years. Although the beginning of the 21st century has seen [[Bollywood]]-style Assamese movies hitting the screen, the industry has not been able to compete in the market, significantly overshadowed by the larger industries such as [[Bollywood]].<ref>Lakshmi B. Ghosh.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060110195304/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/05/stories/2006010504870200.htm "A rare peep into world of Assamese cinema"], ''The Hindu'', 2006</ref>

==History==
===1930s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1930s}}
[[File:Joymoti film screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|The first Assamese picture, ''Joymati'' (1935)]]
The origins of Assamese cinema can be traced back to [[Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala]], who was also a noted poet, playwright, composer and [[freedom fighter]]. He was instrumental in the production of the first Assamese Film ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymati]]'' in 1935,<ref name="Assam General Knowledge"/> under the banner of Chitralekha Movietone. Due to the lack of trained technicians, Jyotiprasad, while making his maiden film, shouldered the added responsibilities as the scriptwriter, producer, director, choreographer, editor, set and costume designer, lyricist, and music director.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dimorianreview.com/2015/07/assamese-film-industry-growth.html|title=ASSAMESE FILM INDUSTRY: GROWTH, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> The film, completed with a budget of 60,000 rupees was released on 10 March 1935. The picture failed.<ref name="Assam General Knowledge"/> Like so many early Indian films, the negatives and complete prints of ''Joymati'' are missing. Some effort has been made privately by Altaf Mazid to restore and subtitle whatever is left of the prints.<ref>Mazid, Altaf (2006) ''[http://www.himalmag.com/2006/march/report_5.html Joymoti : The first radical film of India]'', Himal Magazine, March 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208113612/http://www.himalmag.com/2006/march/report_5.html |date=8 December 2006 }}</ref>
Despite the significant financial loss from ''Joymati'', the second picture ''[[Indramalati]]'' was filmed between 1937 and 1938 finally released in 1939. [[Pramathesh Barua]] released his Assamese version of ''[[Devdas (1937 film)|Devdas]]'' in 1937. It was the last of the 3 language version following Bengali and Hindi.

===1940s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1940s}}
Agarwala made another film after a lapse of two years titled ''Indramalati''. It was his second and last film. The eminent composer and singer of Assam [[Bhupen Hazarika]], played a prominent role in the play. With the passing away of Jyotiprasad, the Assamese film scene witnessed a temporary lull for about a couple of years.<ref name=":0" /> But things changed with the onset of [[World War II]], Taking advantage of this, [[Rohini Kr. Baruah]] made a film on a relevant historical topic called ''[[Manomati]]'' in 1941. It was followed by films like [[Parvati Prasad Baruwa]]'s ''Rupahi'' (1946), Kamal Narayan Choudhury's ''Badan Barphukan'' (1947), Phani Sharma's ''Siraj'', Asit Sen's ''Biplabi'', Prabin Phukan's ''Parghat'' and Suresh Goswami's ''[[Runumi]]''.

===1950s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1950s}}
In the 1950s, ''[[Piyali Phukan]]'' went on to win a National award. The movie was produced by Gama Prasad Agarwalla under the aegis of Rup Jyoti Productions. The film was directed by [[Phani Sarma|Phani Sharma]] and the music was composed by [[Bhupen Hazarika]]. The film was about the life of the freedom fighter Piyali Phukan, who stood against the British Rule. He was executed by the British on charges of treason. This film technically was advanced for that time.{{Clarify|reason=What was technologically distinctive about it?|date=October 2018}} In 1955, a new talent [[Nip Barua]] made his directorial debut with ''[[Smrit Paras]]''. His subsequent films ''[[Mak Aaru Moram]]'' and ''[[Ranga Police]]'' won many state awards and the silver medal at the national level. [[Bhupen Hazarika]] also produced and directed his first film ''[[Era Bator Sur]]''. [[Prabhat Mukherjee]] made a film on the universality of motherhood, ''[[Puberun]]'' (1959), which was shown in the [[Berlin Film Festival]].

===1960s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1960s}}
The next notable film production was ''[[Lachit Borphukan]]'' by [[Sarbeswar Chakraborty]]. Bhupen Hazarika made his musical ''[[Shakuntala]]'' in 1961, which proved equally successful with critics and the press, winning the president's silver medal. Following this, a chain of films went into regular production and got released, including Nip Barua's ''Narakasur'', Anil Choudhury's ''Matri Swarga'', Brojen Barua's ''Itu Situ Bahuto'' and Mukta and Anwar Hussain's ''Tejimala''.

By the middle of the sixties, film began to be produced in [[Assam]] on a regular basis. However, between 1935 and 1970 a total of 62 films were produced. Besides the film makers already referred to, many others engaged in film making during the period included [[Pravin Sharma]], [[Saila Barua]], [[Amar Pathak]], [[Indukalpa Hazarika]], [[Brajen Barua]], [[Dibon Barua]], [[Debkumar Basu]], [[Amulya Manna]], [[Gauri Barman]], [[Atul Bardoloi]], [[Sujit Singha]], [[Nalin Duara]] and [[Prafulla Barua]].<ref name=":0" />

===1970s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1970s}}
During the period of 1970-82 a total of 57 Assamese films were made. New directors started emerging. [[Samarendra Narayan Dev]]'s ''Aranya'' (1970), Kamal Choudhury's ''[[Bhaity]]'' (1972, the first colour film of Assam), Manoranjan Sur's ''[[Uttaran (film)|Uttaran]]'' (1973), Prabin Bora's ''[[Parinam (1974 film)|Parinam]]'' (1974), Deuti Barua's ''[[Bristi]]'' (1974), Pulok Gogoi's ''[[Khoj (1974 film)|Khoj]]'' (1974), Padum Barua's ''[[Gonga Silonir Pakhi]]'' (1976), Bhabendranath Saikia's ''[[Sandhya Raag]]'' (1977) and Atul Bordoloi's ''[[Kollol]]'' (1978) are films worth mentioning.<ref name=":0" />

===1980s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1980s}}
Notable directors of contemporary Assamese cinema are [[Jahnu Barua]] (who directed ''[[Aparoopa]]'', ''[[Papori]]'', ''[[Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai]]'', ''[[Bonani]]'', ''[[Firingoti]]'' and ''[[Xagoroloi Bohu Door]]''); [[Sanjeev Hazarika]] (''[[Haladhar]]'', ''[[Meemanxa]]'') and [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]] who directed ''[[Sandhya Raag]]'', ''[[Anirbaan]]'', ''[[Agnisnaan]]'', ''[[Sarothi]]'', ''[[Kolahol]]'', ''[[Abartan]]'', ''Itihaas'' and ''[[Kaal Sandhya]]''). Other directors include [[Santwana Bordoloi]] who directed ''[[Adajya]]'', [[Bidyut Chakraborty]] who made ''[[Rag Birag]]'', both of which have won national and international awards, and [[Manju Borah]] with her multiple award-winning films such as Baibhab, Akashitarar Kathare, and Laaz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinesivasagar.com/movies/manju-borah.html|title=Manju Borah – Assamese Filmmaker|access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref>

''[[Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai]]'' became the first Assamese film to win the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] in 1988 and also won multiple awards at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030420/spectrum/main6.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Lead Article|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref>

===1990s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1990s}}
[[Image:Adajya.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Adajya]]'', 1996]]

===2000s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 2000s}}
In the starting of the 2000s, the director-actor-musician trio of [[Munin Barua]], [[Jatin Bora]] and [[Zubeen Garg]] made many popular hit films like ''Hiya Diya Niya'' and ''Nayak''.

===2010s===
{{details|List of Assamese films of the 2010s}}
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Assamese feature films [[Central Board of Film Certification|certified]] and released in 2010s<ref name="filmfed.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfed.org/|title=Indian Feature Films certified during the year|access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Year !! Certified !! Released
|-
| 2010 || 4 || 3
|-
| 2011 || 7 || 6
|-
| 2012 || 11 || 10
|-
| 2013 || 15 || 14
|-
| 2014 || 21 || 18
|-
| 2015 || 19 || 8
|-
| 2016 || 20 || 17
|-
| 2017 || 16 || 24
|-
| 2018 || 18 || 22
|}
The 2010s saw the release of four Assamese blockbusters - ''[[Raamdhenu]]'', ''[[Mission China]]'', ''[[Kanchanjangha]]'' and ''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]]'' each collecting over ₹2 crore in the box office. ''[[Tumi Aahibane]]'' and ''Priyaar Priyo'' also crossed the one crore mark.

The 2010s also saw the rise of young independent voices in Assamese cinema, with unique films such as ''[[Local Kung Fu]]'' ([[Kenny Basumatary]]), ''[[Kothanodi]]'' and ''[[Aamis]]'' (Bhaskar Hazarika), ''[[Village Rockstars]]'' and ''[[Bulbul Can Sing]]'' ([[Rima Das]]) garnering accolades both nationally and internationally. Also was released the underground [[Cult film|cult]] short film ''Muktir Mohakabyo.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRZIrenOck|title=Muktir Mohakabyo}}</ref>

The 2010s also saw the loss of many prominent personalities like director [[Munin Baruah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/munin-barua-passes-away-221770|title=Munin Barua passes away|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> actor [[Biju Phukan]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/iconic-actor-biju-phukan-passes-away-at-70/articleshow/61762752.cms|title=Iconic actor Biju Phukan passes away at 70 - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> musician [[Bhupen Hazarika]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/northeast/story/bhupen-hazarika-death-mourning-in-assam-144982-2011-11-05|title=Nation mourns death of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> who have played an important role in shaping Assamese cinema.

====2018====
In 2018, ''[[Village Rockstars]]'' won the Best Feature Film 'Swarna Kamal' award at the 65th National Film Awards in [[Delhi]], hence becoming the second Assamese film after ''Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai'' to win this award. The film also won awards in the categories of Best Child Artist, Best Audiography and Best Editing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/assamese-film-village-rockstars-wins-best-feature-film/articleshow/63745562.cms|title=65th National Film Awards: Assamese film 'Village Rockstars' wins Best Feature Film - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/village-rockstar-director-rima-das-on-national-award-5137265/|title=Village Rockstars director Rima Das feels immense joy as Assam brings back National Award after 30 years|date=14 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The film is also selected for India's official entry to [[91st Academy Awards]] making it the first film from Assam to do this.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/village-rockstars-is-indias-official-entry-to-oscars-2019/article25014207.ece|title='Village Rockstars' is India's official entry to Oscars 2019|date=22 September 2018|work=The Hindu|access-date=25 September 2018|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

On 28 July 2018, another Assamese film ''Xhoixobote Dhemalite'' received three awards for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Music in 3rd [[Love International Film Festival]] in [[Los Angeles]], US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/assamese-film-wins-3-top-awards-at-us-fest/articleshow/65176999.cms|title=Assamese film wins 3 top awards at US fest - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> The film also got 8 nominations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/assamese-film-xhoixobote-dhemalite-gets-8-nominations-at-us-film-festival/articleshow/63801293.cms|title=Assamese film 'Xhoixobote Dhemalite' gets 8 nominations at US film festival|date=17 April 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> It also became the first Assamese film to release in the US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/in-a-first-assamese-film-rainbow-fields-to-get-us-release/articleshow/62517362.cms|title=In a first, Assamese film 'Rainbow Fields' to get US release - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/us-debut-for-assam-film-201612|title=US debut for Assam film|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 July 2018|language=en}}</ref>

====2019====
In 2019, two commercial hit movies were released. one is Kanchanjangha and another is Ratnakar.

''[[Kanchanjangha]]'', released on 5 September become the fastest Assamese film to cross the ₹1 crore mark by doing so in 4 days. The film also crossed the ₹2 crore mark within 1 week after its release. It collected total 7 crore rupees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/zubeens-kanchanjangha-becomes-highest-grosser-ever-in-northeast-collects-rs-5-12-crore/amp/|title=Zubeen's Kanchanjangha becomes highest grosser ever in Northeast, collects Rs 5.12 crore|date=1 October 2019|website=The News Mill|language=en-US|access-date=28 October 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=14 November 2019|title=Vijay’s ‘Theri’ inspires Assamese cinema’s biggest-ever blockbuster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijays-theri-inspires-assamese-cinemas-biggest-ever-blockbuster/article29971725.ece|access-date=28 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]]'', released on 11 October became a hit and earned ₹90.5 lakh in 2 days. After one week of release it earned ₹3.31 crore rupees which is the highest gross for any Assamese cinema in one week. After two weeks it earned total ₹6.63 crore rupees, breaking all box office records of Assamese cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/461/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 20-10-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/468/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 27-10-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref> After six weeks it collected a total {{INR}} 9.25 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/489/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 17-11-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>
''[[Ji Galpar Ses Nai]]'' was made in 2019 and yet to released, is the first anthology film directed by Prodyut Kumar Deka, Prashant Saikia and UtpalDatta.

==Assamese films==
{{Main|List of Assamese films}}

=== All time highest grossing Assamese films ===
:''Background color {{Color box|#b6fcb6|border=darkgray}} indicates the now running on theatres. This list also include some old films with their box office collection inflation adjusted''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Peak Rank
! Film
! Year
! Studio(s)
! Worldwide Gross
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1
| 1
|''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]].''
| 2019
| J. B. Production
| {{INRConvert|10|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/489/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 17-11-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2
| 2
| ''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
| 2019
| rowspan="2" |Eye Creation Productions
| {{INRConvert|7|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/zubeens-kanchanjangha-becomes-highest-grosser-ever-in-northeast-collects-rs-6-12-crore/amp/|title=Zubeen's Kanchanjangha becomes highest grosser ever in Northeast, collects Rs 5.12 crore|date=1 October 2019|website=The News Mill|language=en-US|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kanchanjangha review by famous movie critic Komal Nahta - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLun9R3PL-g&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2 December 2020|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=14 November 2019|title=Vijay’s ‘Theri’ inspires Assamese cinema’s biggest-ever blockbuster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijays-theri-inspires-assamese-cinemas-biggest-ever-blockbuster/article29971725.ece|access-date=28 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|3
| 1
||'' [[Mission China]]''
| 2017
| {{INRConvert|6|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Assam|first=Post Author: Box Office|date=24 May 2017|title=Mission China-New Assamese Movie to be released on 8th Sep. 2017|url=http://www.boxofficeassam.com/mission-china/|access-date=2 December 2020|website=Box Office Assam|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 4
| 1
| ''[[Raamdhenu]]''
| 2011
| Pride East Entertainment
| {{INRConvert|2.04|c}}
|
|-
| 5
| 3
| ''[[Tumi Aahibane]]''
| 2017
| Prerana Creations
| {{INRConvert|1.94|c}}
| {{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
|-
| 6
| 4
| ''[[Priyaar Priyo]]''
| 2017
| Azaan Films
| {{INRConvert|1.80|c}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesfyi.com/movie/priyaar-priyo-assamese-movie-reviews-box-office-collections-showtimes-2017/72644|title=Priyaar Priyo Assamese movie|website=moviesfyi|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164618/http://www.moviesfyi.com/movie/priyaar-priyo-assamese-movie-reviews-box-office-collections-showtimes-2017/72644|archive-date=2 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 7
| 1
| ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]''
| 1935
| Chitralekha Movietone
| {{INRConvert|1.48|c}} (Estimated and inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 8
| 1
| ''[[Hiya Diya Niya]]''
| 2000
| Pooja Motion Pictures
| {{INRConvert|1|c}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 9
| 2
| ''[[Doordarshan Eti Jantra]]''
| 2016
| [[AM Television]]
| {{INRConvert|90|l}}
|
|-
| 10
|
| ''[[Basundhara (2010 film)|Basundhara]]''
| 2010
| Surabhi Enterprise
| {{INRConvert|87|l}}
|
|-
| 11
| 8
| ''[[Village Rockstars]]''
| 2018
|
| {{INRConvert|80|l}}
|
|-
| 12
|5
| ''Bahniman''
| 2016
| Santoshi Maa Production
| {{INRConvert|65|l}}
|
|-
| 13
| 2
| ''[[Nayak (2001 Assamese film)|Nayak]]''
| 2001
| Pooja Motion Pictures
| {{INRConvert|57|l}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 14
| 3
| ''[[Kanyadaan (2002 film)|Kanyadaan]]''
| 2002
|
| {{INRConvert|55|l}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 15
|8
| ''Ruff & Tuff''
| 2017
| Norman Studio Works
| {{INRConvert|45|l}}
|
|-
| 16
| 4
| ''[[Jeevan Baator Logori]]''
| 2009
| Hills Motion Picture Association
| {{INRConvert|41|l}}
|
|-
|}

==Awards==

===Assam State Film Awards===

Assam State Film Award is an award ceremony for Assamese Films in Guwahati

===Prag Cine Awards===

{{main|Prag Cine Award}}

Prag Cine Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativica.in/news-n-events/news-events/nominations-of-prag-cine-award-2014 |title=Nominations of Prag Cine Award 2014 |access-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122751/http://creativica.in/news-n-events/news-events/nominations-of-prag-cine-award-2014 |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> are presented annually by Prag News. The aim of the award is to give support, recognition and inspiration to the Assamese film industry and honour some of the eminent film personalities who have contributed to the cause of Assamese cinema. The award was first instituted in the year 2003. Starting from 2015, films produced in other Northeastern states were also honoured in this ceremony.

===Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival===

{{main|Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival}}

Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival is a homage to the rich culture of Northeast India. The festival is dedicated to the film fraternity of the Northeast region of India, especially Assam. It is an initiative for new filmmakers to come together and rediscover various aspects of film making. The film festival is in Guwahati, Assam, India annually since 2013. It is an initiative of Tattva Creations.

===National Film Award===

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Languages/Assamese/ Assamese film] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707083333/http://www.indianauteur.com/?p=713 Tracing the history of Assamese Cinema at Indian Auteur]
* [https://rupaliparda.com/archives/11312 History of Assamese Cinema] from rupaliparda.com
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'''Chupa Chupi''' is a 2026 Assam, India film.

It was directed by Pranab Bharali and produced by Atlas Creation. The cast includes Arun Nath (Gaonburha), Kamal Lochan (Billu), Kaushik Bharadwaj (Deepak), Saptarshi Gogoi (Roop), Snigdha Gogoi (Urmila), and Kishor Tahabildar..

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{{Indian cinema}}
'''Assamese cinema''', also known as '''Jollywood''', is the [[Film|cinema]] industry in the [[Assamese language]], watched primarily in [[Assam]], [[India]]. The industry was born in 1935 when [[Jyoti Prasad Agarwala]] released his movie ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]''. Since then the Assamese cinema has developed a slow-paced, sensitive style, especially with the movies of [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]] and [[Jahnu Barua]].<ref name="Assam General Knowledge">{{cite book|title=Assam General Knowledge|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=reuQbFK9Rz4C&pg=PA109|access-date=27 November 2012|publisher=Bright Publications|isbn=978-81-7199-451-9|page=109}}</ref> The industry is called '''Jollywood''',<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.northeasttoday.in/mission-china-is-a-project-not-just-a-movie/|title='Mission China is a Project, Not Just a Movie' » Northeast Today|date=15 September 2017|work=Northeast Today|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190111003723/https://www.northeasttoday.in/mission-china-is-a-project-not-just-a-movie/ |archive-date=11 January 2019|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.reviewmantra.com/2016/11/cinema-and-its-impact-on-indian-society.html|title=Cinema and its impact on Indian society|work=ReviewMantra|access-date=16 February 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> named for Agarwala's [[Jyoti Chitraban Film Studio]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/1050430/asp/northeast/story_4677978.asp|title=The Telegraph - Calcutta : Northeast|website=www.telegraphindia.com|access-date=16 February 2018}}</ref>

Despite its long history and its artistic successes, for a state that has always taken its cinema seriously, Assamese cinema has never really managed to break through on the national scene despite its film industry making a mark in the National Awards over the years. Although the beginning of the 21st century has seen [[Bollywood]]-style Assamese movies hitting the screen, the industry has not been able to compete in the market, significantly overshadowed by the larger industries such as [[Bollywood]].<ref>Lakshmi B. Ghosh.

[https://web.archive.org/web/20060110195304/http://www.hindu.com/2006/01/05/stories/2006010504870200.htm "A rare peep into world of Assamese cinema"], ''The Hindu'', 2006</ref>

==History==
===1930s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1930s}}
[[File:Joymoti film screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|The first Assamese picture, ''Joymati'' (1935)]]
The origins of Assamese cinema can be traced back to [[Rupkonwar Jyotiprasad Agarwala]], who was also a noted poet, playwright, composer and [[freedom fighter]]. He was instrumental in the production of the first Assamese Film ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymati]]'' in 1935,<ref name="Assam General Knowledge"/> under the banner of Chitralekha Movietone. Due to the lack of trained technicians, Jyotiprasad, while making his maiden film, shouldered the added responsibilities as the scriptwriter, producer, director, choreographer, editor, set and costume designer, lyricist, and music director.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.dimorianreview.com/2015/07/assamese-film-industry-growth.html|title=ASSAMESE FILM INDUSTRY: GROWTH, CHALLENGES AND FUTURE PROSPECTS|access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> The film, completed with a budget of 60,000 rupees was released on 10 March 1935. The picture failed.<ref name="Assam General Knowledge"/> Like so many early Indian films, the negatives and complete prints of ''Joymati'' are missing. Some effort has been made privately by Altaf Mazid to restore and subtitle whatever is left of the prints.<ref>Mazid, Altaf (2006) ''[http://www.himalmag.com/2006/march/report_5.html Joymoti : The first radical film of India]'', Himal Magazine, March 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061208113612/http://www.himalmag.com/2006/march/report_5.html |date=8 December 2006 }}</ref>
Despite the significant financial loss from ''Joymati'', the second picture ''[[Indramalati]]'' was filmed between 1937 and 1938 finally released in 1939. [[Pramathesh Barua]] released his Assamese version of ''[[Devdas (1937 film)|Devdas]]'' in 1937. It was the last of the 3 language version following Bengali and Hindi.

===1940s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1940s}}
Agarwala made another film after a lapse of two years titled ''Indramalati''. It was his second and last film. The eminent composer and singer of Assam [[Bhupen Hazarika]], played a prominent role in the play. With the passing away of Jyotiprasad, the Assamese film scene witnessed a temporary lull for about a couple of years.<ref name=":0" /> But things changed with the onset of [[World War II]], Taking advantage of this, [[Rohini Kr. Baruah]] made a film on a relevant historical topic called ''[[Manomati]]'' in 1941. It was followed by films like [[Parvati Prasad Baruwa]]'s ''Rupahi'' (1946), Kamal Narayan Choudhury's ''Badan Barphukan'' (1947), Phani Sharma's ''Siraj'', Asit Sen's ''Biplabi'', Prabin Phukan's ''Parghat'' and Suresh Goswami's ''[[Runumi]]''.

===1950s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1950s}}
In the 1950s, ''[[Piyali Phukan]]'' went on to win a National award. The movie was produced by Gama Prasad Agarwalla under the aegis of Rup Jyoti Productions. The film was directed by [[Phani Sarma|Phani Sharma]] and the music was composed by [[Bhupen Hazarika]]. The film was about the life of the freedom fighter Piyali Phukan, who stood against the British Rule. He was executed by the British on charges of treason. This film technically was advanced for that time.{{Clarify|reason=What was technologically distinctive about it?|date=October 2018}} In 1955, a new talent [[Nip Barua]] made his directorial debut with ''[[Smrit Paras]]''. His subsequent films ''[[Mak Aaru Moram]]'' and ''[[Ranga Police]]'' won many state awards and the silver medal at the national level. [[Bhupen Hazarika]] also produced and directed his first film ''[[Era Bator Sur]]''. [[Prabhat Mukherjee]] made a film on the universality of motherhood, ''[[Puberun]]'' (1959), which was shown in the [[Berlin Film Festival]].

===1960s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1960s}}
The next notable film production was ''[[Lachit Borphukan]]'' by [[Sarbeswar Chakraborty]]. Bhupen Hazarika made his musical ''[[Shakuntala]]'' in 1961, which proved equally successful with critics and the press, winning the president's silver medal. Following this, a chain of films went into regular production and got released, including Nip Barua's ''Narakasur'', Anil Choudhury's ''Matri Swarga'', Brojen Barua's ''Itu Situ Bahuto'' and Mukta and Anwar Hussain's ''Tejimala''.

By the middle of the sixties, film began to be produced in [[Assam]] on a regular basis. However, between 1935 and 1970 a total of 62 films were produced. Besides the film makers already referred to, many others engaged in film making during the period included [[Pravin Sharma]], [[Saila Barua]], [[Amar Pathak]], [[Indukalpa Hazarika]], [[Brajen Barua]], [[Dibon Barua]], [[Debkumar Basu]], [[Amulya Manna]], [[Gauri Barman]], [[Atul Bardoloi]], [[Sujit Singha]], [[Nalin Duara]] and [[Prafulla Barua]].<ref name=":0" />

===1970s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1970s}}
During the period of 1970-82 a total of 57 Assamese films were made. New directors started emerging. [[Samarendra Narayan Dev]]'s ''Aranya'' (1970), Kamal Choudhury's ''[[Bhaity]]'' (1972, the first colour film of Assam), Manoranjan Sur's ''[[Uttaran (film)|Uttaran]]'' (1973), Prabin Bora's ''[[Parinam (1974 film)|Parinam]]'' (1974), Deuti Barua's ''[[Bristi]]'' (1974), Pulok Gogoi's ''[[Khoj (1974 film)|Khoj]]'' (1974), Padum Barua's ''[[Gonga Silonir Pakhi]]'' (1976), Bhabendranath Saikia's ''[[Sandhya Raag]]'' (1977) and Atul Bordoloi's ''[[Kollol]]'' (1978) are films worth mentioning.<ref name=":0" />

===1980s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1980s}}
Notable directors of contemporary Assamese cinema are [[Jahnu Barua]] (who directed ''[[Aparoopa]]'', ''[[Papori]]'', ''[[Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai]]'', ''[[Bonani]]'', ''[[Firingoti]]'' and ''[[Xagoroloi Bohu Door]]''); [[Sanjeev Hazarika]] (''[[Haladhar]]'', ''[[Meemanxa]]'') and [[Bhabendra Nath Saikia]] who directed ''[[Sandhya Raag]]'', ''[[Anirbaan]]'', ''[[Agnisnaan]]'', ''[[Sarothi]]'', ''[[Kolahol]]'', ''[[Abartan]]'', ''Itihaas'' and ''[[Kaal Sandhya]]''). Other directors include [[Santwana Bordoloi]] who directed ''[[Adajya]]'', [[Bidyut Chakraborty]] who made ''[[Rag Birag]]'', both of which have won national and international awards, and [[Manju Borah]] with her multiple award-winning films such as Baibhab, Akashitarar Kathare, and Laaz.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://onlinesivasagar.com/movies/manju-borah.html|title=Manju Borah – Assamese Filmmaker|access-date=28 June 2012}}</ref>

''[[Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai]]'' became the first Assamese film to win the [[National Film Award for Best Feature Film]] in 1988 and also won multiple awards at the [[Locarno International Film Festival]] in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030420/spectrum/main6.htm|title=The Sunday Tribune - Spectrum - Lead Article|website=www.tribuneindia.com|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref>

===1990s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 1990s}}
[[Image:Adajya.jpg|thumb|right|200px|''[[Adajya]]'', 1996]]

===2000s===
{{See also|List of Assamese films of the 2000s}}
In the starting of the 2000s, the director-actor-musician trio of [[Munin Barua]], [[Jatin Bora]] and [[Zubeen Garg]] made many popular hit films like ''Hiya Diya Niya'' and ''Nayak''.

===2010s===
{{details|List of Assamese films of the 2010s}}
{| class="wikitable floatright" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Assamese feature films [[Central Board of Film Certification|certified]] and released in 2010s<ref name="filmfed.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.filmfed.org/|title=Indian Feature Films certified during the year|access-date=7 January 2016}}</ref>
|-
! Year !! Certified !! Released
|-
| 2010 || 4 || 3
|-
| 2011 || 7 || 6
|-
| 2012 || 11 || 10
|-
| 2013 || 15 || 14
|-
| 2014 || 21 || 18
|-
| 2015 || 19 || 8
|-
| 2016 || 20 || 17
|-
| 2017 || 16 || 24
|-
| 2018 || 18 || 22
|}
The 2010s saw the release of four Assamese blockbusters - ''[[Raamdhenu]]'', ''[[Mission China]]'', ''[[Kanchanjangha]]'' and ''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]]'' each collecting over ₹2 crore in the box office. ''[[Tumi Aahibane]]'' and ''Priyaar Priyo'' also crossed the one crore mark.

The 2010s also saw the rise of young independent voices in Assamese cinema, with unique films such as ''[[Local Kung Fu]]'' ([[Kenny Basumatary]]), ''[[Kothanodi]]'' and ''[[Aamis]]'' (Bhaskar Hazarika), ''[[Village Rockstars]]'' and ''[[Bulbul Can Sing]]'' ([[Rima Das]]) garnering accolades both nationally and internationally. Also was released the underground [[Cult film|cult]] short film ''Muktir Mohakabyo.''<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YPRZIrenOck|title=Muktir Mohakabyo}}</ref>

The 2010s also saw the loss of many prominent personalities like director [[Munin Baruah]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/munin-barua-passes-away-221770|title=Munin Barua passes away|work=The Telegraph|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en}}</ref> actor [[Biju Phukan]],<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/iconic-actor-biju-phukan-passes-away-at-70/articleshow/61762752.cms|title=Iconic actor Biju Phukan passes away at 70 - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> musician [[Bhupen Hazarika]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/northeast/story/bhupen-hazarika-death-mourning-in-assam-144982-2011-11-05|title=Nation mourns death of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika|website=India Today|language=en|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref> who have played an important role in shaping Assamese cinema.

====2018====
In 2018, ''[[Village Rockstars]]'' won the Best Feature Film 'Swarna Kamal' award at the 65th National Film Awards in [[Delhi]], hence becoming the second Assamese film after ''Halodhia Choraye Baodhan Khai'' to win this award. The film also won awards in the categories of Best Child Artist, Best Audiography and Best Editing.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/assamese-film-village-rockstars-wins-best-feature-film/articleshow/63745562.cms|title=65th National Film Awards: Assamese film 'Village Rockstars' wins Best Feature Film - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=11 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/village-rockstar-director-rima-das-on-national-award-5137265/|title=Village Rockstars director Rima Das feels immense joy as Assam brings back National Award after 30 years|date=14 April 2018|work=The Indian Express|access-date=11 May 2018|language=en-US}}</ref> The film is also selected for India's official entry to [[91st Academy Awards]] making it the first film from Assam to do this.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/village-rockstars-is-indias-official-entry-to-oscars-2019/article25014207.ece|title='Village Rockstars' is India's official entry to Oscars 2019|date=22 September 2018|work=The Hindu|access-date=25 September 2018|others=Special Correspondent|language=en-IN|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

On 28 July 2018, another Assamese film ''Xhoixobote Dhemalite'' received three awards for Best Film, Best Actress and Best Music in 3rd [[Love International Film Festival]] in [[Los Angeles]], US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/assamese-film-wins-3-top-awards-at-us-fest/articleshow/65176999.cms|title=Assamese film wins 3 top awards at US fest - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> The film also got 8 nominations.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/assamese-film-xhoixobote-dhemalite-gets-8-nominations-at-us-film-festival/articleshow/63801293.cms|title=Assamese film 'Xhoixobote Dhemalite' gets 8 nominations at US film festival|date=17 April 2018|work=The Economic Times|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref> It also became the first Assamese film to release in the US.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/guwahati/in-a-first-assamese-film-rainbow-fields-to-get-us-release/articleshow/62517362.cms|title=In a first, Assamese film 'Rainbow Fields' to get US release - Times of India|work=The Times of India|access-date=31 July 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/states/north-east/us-debut-for-assam-film-201612|title=US debut for Assam film|work=The Telegraph|access-date=31 July 2018|language=en}}</ref>

====2019====
In 2019, two commercial hit movies were released. one is Kanchanjangha and another is Ratnakar.

''[[Kanchanjangha]]'', released on 5 September become the fastest Assamese film to cross the ₹1 crore mark by doing so in 4 days. The film also crossed the ₹2 crore mark within 1 week after its release. It collected total 7 crore rupees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/zubeens-kanchanjangha-becomes-highest-grosser-ever-in-northeast-collects-rs-5-12-crore/amp/|title=Zubeen's Kanchanjangha becomes highest grosser ever in Northeast, collects Rs 5.12 crore|date=1 October 2019|website=The News Mill|language=en-US|access-date=28 October 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=14 November 2019|title=Vijay’s ‘Theri’ inspires Assamese cinema’s biggest-ever blockbuster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijays-theri-inspires-assamese-cinemas-biggest-ever-blockbuster/article29971725.ece|access-date=28 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>

''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]]'', released on 11 October became a hit and earned ₹90.5 lakh in 2 days. After one week of release it earned ₹3.31 crore rupees which is the highest gross for any Assamese cinema in one week. After two weeks it earned total ₹6.63 crore rupees, breaking all box office records of Assamese cinema.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/461/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 20-10-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/468/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 27-10-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=28 October 2019}}</ref> After six weeks it collected a total {{INR}} 9.25 crore.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/489/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 17-11-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=2 December 2019}}</ref>
''[[Ji Galpar Ses Nai]]'' was made in 2019 and yet to released, is the first anthology film directed by Prodyut Kumar Deka, Prashant Saikia and UtpalDatta.

==Assamese films==
{{Main|List of Assamese films}}

=== All time highest grossing Assamese films ===
:''Background color {{Color box|#b6fcb6|border=darkgray}} indicates the now running on theatres. This list also include some old films with their box office collection inflation adjusted''

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Rank
! Peak Rank
! Film
! Year
! Studio(s)
! Worldwide Gross
! Ref.
|-
| rowspan="1" | 1
| 1
|''[[Ratnakar (2019 film)|Ratnakar]].''
| 2019
| J. B. Production
| {{INRConvert|9.25|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://epaper.asomiyapratidin.in/edition/489/%E0%A6%85%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%AE%E0%A7%80%E0%A7%9F%E0%A6%BE-%E0%A6%AA%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%B0%E0%A6%A4%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A6%E0%A6%BF%E0%A6%A8/page/4|title=Asomiya Pratidin ePaper : 17-11-2019 {{!}} অসমীয়া-প্রতিদিন ই-বাতৰিকাকত Page: 4|website=epaper.asomiyapratidin.in|access-date=23 November 2019}}</ref>
|-
| 2
| 2
| ''[[Kanchanjangha]]''
| 2019
| rowspan="2" |Eye Creation Productions
| {{INRConvert|7|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://thenewsmill.com/zubeens-kanchanjangha-becomes-highest-grosser-ever-in-northeast-collects-rs-6-12-crore/amp/|title=Zubeen's Kanchanjangha becomes highest grosser ever in Northeast, collects Rs 5.12 crore|date=1 October 2019|website=The News Mill|language=en-US|access-date=11 October 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Kanchanjangha review by famous movie critic Komal Nahta - YouTube|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLun9R3PL-g&feature=youtu.be|access-date=2 December 2020|website=www.youtube.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Joshi|first=Namrata|date=14 November 2019|title=Vijay’s ‘Theri’ inspires Assamese cinema’s biggest-ever blockbuster|language=en-IN|work=The Hindu|url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/vijays-theri-inspires-assamese-cinemas-biggest-ever-blockbuster/article29971725.ece|access-date=28 January 2021|issn=0971-751X}}</ref>
|-
|3
| 1
||'' [[Mission China]]''
| 2017
| {{INRConvert|6|c}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|last=Assam|first=Post Author: Box Office|date=24 May 2017|title=Mission China-New Assamese Movie to be released on 8th Sep. 2017|url=http://www.boxofficeassam.com/mission-china/|access-date=2 December 2020|website=Box Office Assam|language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| 4
| 1
| ''[[Raamdhenu]]''
| 2011
| Pride East Entertainment
| {{INRConvert|2.04|c}}
|
|-
| 5
| 3
| ''[[Tumi Aahibane]]''
| 2017
| Prerana Creations
| {{INRConvert|1.94|c}}
| {{Citation needed|date=December 2017}}
|-
| 6
| 4
| ''[[Priyaar Priyo]]''
| 2017
| Azaan Films
| {{INRConvert|1.80|c}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.moviesfyi.com/movie/priyaar-priyo-assamese-movie-reviews-box-office-collections-showtimes-2017/72644|title=Priyaar Priyo Assamese movie|website=moviesfyi|access-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180302164618/http://www.moviesfyi.com/movie/priyaar-priyo-assamese-movie-reviews-box-office-collections-showtimes-2017/72644|archive-date=2 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
| 7
| 1
| ''[[Joymoti (1935 film)|Joymoti]]''
| 1935
| Chitralekha Movietone
| {{INRConvert|1.48|c}} (Estimated and inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 8
| 1
| ''[[Hiya Diya Niya]]''
| 2000
| Pooja Motion Pictures
| {{INRConvert|1|c}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 9
| 2
| ''[[Doordarshan Eti Jantra]]''
| 2016
| [[AM Television]]
| {{INRConvert|90|l}}
|
|-
| 10
|
| ''[[Basundhara (2010 film)|Basundhara]]''
| 2010
| Surabhi Enterprise
| {{INRConvert|87|l}}
|
|-
| 11
| 8
| ''[[Village Rockstars]]''
| 2018
|
| {{INRConvert|80|l}}
|
|-
| 12
|5
| ''Bahniman''
| 2016
| Santoshi Maa Production
| {{INRConvert|65|l}}
|
|-
| 13
| 2
| ''[[Nayak (2001 Assamese film)|Nayak]]''
| 2001
| Pooja Motion Pictures
| {{INRConvert|57|l}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 14
| 3
| ''[[Kanyadaan (2002 film)|Kanyadaan]]''
| 2002
|
| {{INRConvert|55|l}} (Inflation adjusted)
|
|-
| 15
|8
| ''Ruff & Tuff''
| 2017
| Norman Studio Works
| {{INRConvert|45|l}}
|
|-
| 16
| 4
| ''[[Jeevan Baator Logori]]''
| 2009
| Hills Motion Picture Association
| {{INRConvert|41|l}}
|
|-
|}

==Awards==

===Assam State Film Awards===

Assam State Film Award is an award ceremony for Assamese Films in Guwahati

===Prag Cine Awards===

{{main|Prag Cine Award}}

Prag Cine Awards<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.creativica.in/news-n-events/news-events/nominations-of-prag-cine-award-2014 |title=Nominations of Prag Cine Award 2014 |access-date=1 March 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141115122751/http://creativica.in/news-n-events/news-events/nominations-of-prag-cine-award-2014 |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref> are presented annually by Prag News. The aim of the award is to give support, recognition and inspiration to the Assamese film industry and honour some of the eminent film personalities who have contributed to the cause of Assamese cinema. The award was first instituted in the year 2003. Starting from 2015, films produced in other Northeastern states were also honoured in this ceremony.

===Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival===

{{main|Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival}}

Brahmaputra Valley Film Festival is a homage to the rich culture of Northeast India. The festival is dedicated to the film fraternity of the Northeast region of India, especially Assam. It is an initiative for new filmmakers to come together and rediscover various aspects of film making. The film festival is in Guwahati, Assam, India annually since 2013. It is an initiative of Tattva Creations.

===National Film Award===

{{Main|National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Assamese}}

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://www.imdb.com/Sections/Languages/Assamese/ Assamese film] at the [[Internet Movie Database]]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110707083333/http://www.indianauteur.com/?p=713 Tracing the history of Assamese Cinema at Indian Auteur]
* [https://rupaliparda.com/archives/11312 History of Assamese Cinema] from rupaliparda.com
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