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Zubeen Garg, a prolific artist with over 38,000 songs in 40 languages, was celebrated for his contributions to Assamese cinema and music, including record-breaking films and hit songs like 'Ya Ali.' He was also known for his charitable work and support for underprivileged artists through his foundation. Following his passing on September 19, 2025, a massive public gathering honored his legacy, and his favorite song 'Mayabini' became a tribute sung across Assam.

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Zubeen Garg, a prolific artist with over 38,000 songs in 40 languages, was celebrated for his contributions to Assamese cinema and music, including record-breaking films and hit songs like 'Ya Ali.' He was also known for his charitable work and support for underprivileged artists through his foundation. Following his passing on September 19, 2025, a massive public gathering honored his legacy, and his favorite song 'Mayabini' became a tribute sung across Assam.

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 Zubeen Garg has sung/recorded more than 38,000 songs in 40 different languages.

He plays 12
different instruments.
 Zubeen's films Mission China became the first Assamese film to cross gross collection of 6 Cr and
Kanchanjhangha became first Assamese to cross gross collection of 7 Cr.
 Zubeen began singing at the age of three and composed his first song, "Gaane Ki Aane," at 13,
which was featured in his debut album Anamika (1992).
 Zubeen was only 19 years old when his debut album Anamika (1992) was released.
 His father, Mohini Borthakur, is a poet and lyricist who writes under the pseudonym Kapil Thakur,
and his mother, Ily Borthakur, was a dancer, actress, and singer. His younger sister, Jonkey
Borthakur, was also a singer and actress but tragically passed away in a car accident in 2002.
 His song "Ya Ali" from the 2006 film Gangster became a massive hit, earning him the Best
Playback Singer award at the Global Indian Film Awards (GIFA) in 2006.
 In 2022, a 20-foot-tall statue of Zubeen was unveiled at the Nazirating Tamuli Tourism Festival in
Digboi, and a bamboo bridge named after him was inaugurated in Tengapani in 2020.
 Zubeen is known for his charitable work, including offering his Guwahati home as a COVID-19
care center in 2021 and supporting education for underprivileged students through his Kalaguru
Artiste Foundation.
 Out of over 38,000 songs he recorded in 40 languages across his 33-year career, Zubeen
repeatedly called "Mayabini" his absolute favorite. Zubeen explicitly requested that "Mayabini"
be sung across Assam upon his death, viewing it as the perfect tribute. Tragically, after his
passing on September 19, 2025, at age 52 in Singapore, fans honored this wish en masse-singing
it during his funeral procession, outside his Guwahati home, and statewide, turning it into a
collective anthem of grief.
 Zubeen began singing at age three, trained by his mother Ily Borthakur (a singer and dancer),
and studied tabla for 11 years under Pandit Robin Banerjee, laying the foundation for his mastery
of Assamese folk, classical, Western, and Bollywood styles.
 Born Jibon Borthakur into an Assamese Brahmin family, he adopted the stage name "Zubeen
Garg" - "Zubeen" as a tribute to conductor Zubin Mehta, and "Garg" from his family gotra -
symbolizing his blend of global admiration and cultural roots.
 Founder of the Kalaguru Artiste Foundation, he supported underprivileged artists, adopted 16
children (15 foster), cared for 34 dogs, monkeys, and birds, and during the 2021 COVID-19 surge,
converted his Guwahati home into a care center.
 Zubeen Garg's funeral in Guwahati drew millions of mourners, earning a place in the Limca Book
of Records as the fourth-largest public gathering in history.

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