22 Facts About Zubeen Garg

Zubeen Garg is a multi-instrumentalist and plays 12 instruments including anandalahari, dhol, dotara, drums, guitar, harmonica, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla and various percussion instruments.

In 2011, Zubeen Garg was honoured as a guest artist of the year by the Assam Convention, at Oakbrook in Chicago, United States.

Zubeen Garg was named after the music composer Zubin Mehta and used his gotra Garg as his surname.

Zubeen Garg's father Mohini Borthakur was a Magistrate, and is a lyricist and a poet under the name Kapil Thakur and his mother Late Ily Borthakur was a singer.

Zubeen Garg's younger sister Jongki Borthakur was an actress and singer who died in a car accident in February 2002 in Sonitpur district while they were going to perform stage show along with her co-artists.

Zubeen Garg had released the album Xixhu in 2002, in the memory of Jonkey Borthakur.

Zubeen Garg married Garima Saikia, a fashion designer from Golaghat, Assam on 4 February 2002.

Zubeen Garg considers himself irreligious and says that he does not have any caste or religion.

Zubeen Garg was composing songs from his school days and used to give to singers to sing.

Zubeen Garg got his confidence to become a professional singer when he got gold medal for his western solo performance in youth festival held in 1992.

Zubeen Garg's first recorded songs were "Tumi Junu Pariba Hun" and "Tumi Junaki Hubakh" for the album Ritu but was released in 1993.

Zubeen Garg got to sing for different films like Gaddaar, Dil Se, Doli Saja Ke Rakhna, Fiza, Kaante.

Zubeen Garg got the biggest break in Bollywood from the movie Gangster where he sang the song "Ya Ali".

Zubeen Garg urged people to donate clothes, medicines and contributions when devastating floods hit Assam.

Zubeen Garg took on the issue over corruption in APSC recruitment in his movie Kanchanjangha.

Zubeen Garg is a football fan and has played matches to collect funds for flood-affected people.

Zubeen Garg was one of the main non-political figure of the Anti-CAA protest in Assam.

In May 2021, during a surge in COVID-19 cases, Zubeen Garg offered his two-storeyed house in Guwahati to be converted into a COVID Care Centre.

Bamboo bridge built across the Na Dihing river by villagers of Tengapani and named after Zubeen Garg is inaugurated by the singer himself at Tengapani-Thepabari on 29 February 2020.

Zubeen Garg played the lead role in Mon Jaai, which won Best Feature Film in Assamese at 56th National Film Awards.

Zubeen Garg got Seuji-Seuji award for his poetry book in 2017.

Zubeen Garg has received the following recognitions for his work in the industry.