Asa Singh Mastana
Asa Singh Mastana (1926–1999) was a Punjabi musician and singer, best known for lending his voice to the hit Bollywood film Heer, and singing jugni and Heer-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of Heer Ranjha by poet Waris Shah.[1] He became popular in the 1940s, by the mid-1960s, when state-run All India Radio started promoting folk musicians, this made him, along with Surinder Kaur and Kuldeep Manak singers of cult status.[2][3]
Asa Singh Mastana | |
|---|---|
| Born | 22 August 1927 Punjab |
| Died | 23 May 1999 (aged 71) |
| Occupation(s) | Singer |
| Associated acts | Surinder Kaur |
His well-known songs, among others "Balle Ni Panjaab Diye Sher Bachiye", "Doli Charhdeyan Marian Heer Cheekaan" and "Kali Teri Gut", have served as templates for later Punjabi musicians[4] His great work also expands to singing sad songs like "Jadon Meri Arthi Utha Ke Chalan Ge".[1][5] He was mostly paired with Surinder Kaur or Prakash Kaur for singing many old folk songs of Punjab.[6]
In 1985, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[7]
DiscographyEdit
- Best of Asa Singh Mastana and Surinder Kaur
- Hits of Asa Singh Mastana & Pushpa Hans - Recorded Live in the UK (1980)
- Heer
- Mastana Masti Wich
- "Mutiare Jana Door Pya" (1970)[8]
- Sarke Sarke Jandiye Mutiare Ni
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gayatri Club celebrates bonfire festival remembering Asa Singh Mastana". The Times of India. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ Anjali Gera Roy (2010). Bhangra Moves: From Ludhiana to London and Beyond. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-0-7546-5823-8.
- ↑ Tony Ballantyne (16 August 2006). Between Colonialism and Diaspora: Sikh Cultural Formations in an Imperial World. Duke University Press. pp. 127–. ISBN 0-8223-3824-6.
- ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f700b062-cce7-4597-b798-0f61e844bb0c
- ↑ "Asa Singh Mastana". TrendPunjabi.com. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ↑ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asa-Singh-Mastana/109473765737483[non-primary source needed]
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 November 2014.
- ↑ Asa Singh Mastana discography at Discogs
External linksEdit
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