Bio |
Name |
Bhupen Hazarika |
Profession |
Musician, Singer, Poet, Filmmaker, Lyricist |
Songs on Lyricsnary |
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Physical Stats |
Height |
5′ 7″ Feet |
Weight |
55 Kg |
Eye Color |
Dark Brown |
Hair Color |
Salt & Pepper |
Career |
Debut |
Indramalati in 1939 (Biswa Bijoy Nava Juwan) |
Awards |
2 National Film Awards (1961, 1975) |
Padma Shri (1977) |
Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987) |
Dadasaheb Phalke Award (1992) |
Padma Bhushan (2001) |
Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008) |
Padma Vibhushan (2012, Posthumous) |
Bharat Ratna (2019, Posthumous) |
Personal Life |
Date of Birth |
8 September 1926 |
Died |
5 November 2011 (aged 85) |
Birth Place |
Sadiya, Assam Province, British India |
Zodiac Sign |
Virgo |
Nationality |
Indian |
Religion |
Hinduism |
Family |
Father : Nilakanta Hazarika |
Mother : Shantipriya Hazarika |
Brother : Jayanta Hazarika |
School |
Sonaram High School, Guwahati, Assam, India |
Dhubri Government High School, Assam, India |
Tezpur High School, Assam, India |
College |
Cotton College, Guwahati, Assam, India |
BA and MA from Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, India |
PhD from Columbia University, New York, U.S.A |
Educational Qualification |
Doctorate |
Hobbies |
Reading, Writing, Singing, Watching Films |
Marital Status, Affairs and More |
Marital Status |
Married (At The Time Of Death) |
Affair/Girlfriend |
Lata Mangeshkar |
Kalpana Lajmi |
Wife |
Priyamvada Patel (1950) |
Children |
Sons : Tej Hazarika |
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