1. Jayanta Hazarika was an Indian singer and composer associated with Assamese music.
35 Facts About Jayanta Hazarika
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Jayanta Hazarika wrote lyrics for a few songs and composed music for several movies.
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Popularly known as Rana-da, Jayanta Hazarika was the younger brother of Late Dr Bhupen Hazarika.
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Jayanta Hazarika started his musical career accompanying his brother and later made his name as singer and composer in his own right.
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Jayanta Hazarika was a pioneer in introducing several western instruments in his compositions.
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Jayanta Hazarika was born into a famous musical family of Assam.
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Jayanta Hazarika was the ninth amongst 10 children of father Nilakanta Hazarika and mother Shantipriya Hazarika.
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Jayanta Hazarika grew up in an environment full of music since his early childhood.
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At the age of nine, Jayanta composed the melody for a song written by his elder brother, Nripen Hazarika.
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Jayanta Hazarika studied high-school in the Sonaram High School of Guwahati.
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Jayanta Hazarika failed in his matriculation examination in 1962 and went to Calcutta, where he recorded two songs with His Master's Voice.
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Mayukh Jayanta Hazarika is their only son born on 13 January 1971.
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Jayanta Hazarika went to Calcutta in 1977 to record music for the movie 'Natun Asha'.
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The first two songs Jayanta Hazarika recorded with His Master's Voice were Aagoli botahe kopale kolore paat and Krishnachura Krishnachura, which became instant hits and started his professional musical career.
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In 1963, Jayanta Hazarika did his first playback singing with the song Sonar baran pakhire tor along with Shyamal Mitra for the movie 'Maniram Dewan'.
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Jayanta Hazarika worked as assistant music director for Bhupen Hazarika's movie 'Loti-Ghoti' and 'Chikmik Bijuli'.
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Jayanta Hazarika did small roles for two Assamese movies 'Loti-Ghoti' and 'Chikmik bijuli'.
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Jayanta Hazarika composed music for feature films, documentaries and stage-plays.
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Jayanta composed and sang the song Mrityu xawati samadhi tolit in this movie where Bhupen Hazarika was the music director.
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In 1971, Jayanta Hazarika began as an independent music director with the movie 'Bonoria phul'.
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Music for Natun asha was complete by Manisha Jayanta Hazarika following his untimely death.
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Jayanta Hazarika worked as a music director of several documentary films.
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Jayanta Hazarika gave music to prestigious productions like Phani Sarma's 'Siraj' and Prafulla Bora's 'Baan'.
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Jayanta Hazarika was associated with the 'Pragoti Shilpi Sangha' of Guwahati and composed for several stage productions by the group.
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Jayanta Hazarika gave music to a mobile theatre group named 'Lakhimi Theatre' from Goalpara formed in memory of Pramathesh Barua.
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In between music direction and recording, Jayanta Hazarika used to frequent various stage-shows both inside and outside Assam.
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Jayanta Hazarika accompanied his brother Bhupen Hazarika to sing in the 'International Conference of Political Music' held in Berlin on 14 February 1972.
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Jayanta Hazarika was a seasoned player of several musical instruments.
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Jayanta Hazarika played guitar, domra, mandolin, accordion, tabla, and harmonica.
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Jayanta Hazarika used to collect various traditional musical instruments from other parts of the world.
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Jayanta Hazarika created music with a sophisticated mix of Traditional Assamese tunes along with Western instruments.
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The combination of Nirmalprabha Bordolo's lyrics and Jayanta Hazarika's composition are considered everlasting melodies of Assam.
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In 1977, Jayanta Hazarika formed an institution named Xur Bahini.
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Jayanta Hazarika worked as assistant music director with his brother Bhupen Hazarika for Maniram Dewan, Loti-Ghoti and Chikmik Bijuli.
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Jayanta Hazarika was composing music for a few more films, but could not complete them:.