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Celebrated Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, known for lending his voice to the song Ya Ali from Gangster, passed away in a tragic accident recently at the age of 52. One of the first few people to condole his demise was the Cabinet Minister of Assam, Ashok Singhal.
He tweeted- “Deeply saddened by the untimely demise of our beloved Zubeen Garg. Assam has lost not just a voice, but a heartbeat. Zubeen da was more than a singer, he was the pride of Assam and the nation, whose songs carried our culture, our emotions, and our spirit to every corner of the world.”
Why did Zubeen Garg quit Bollywood?
The singer once said in an interview, “Mumbai has more attitude, and to get rid of that, I asked them to come here. I will die here [in Assam] like a king. I still have a home in Mumbai, but I don’t like the chaos. It’s just too much.”
When the singer was slapped by the police
Zubeen Garg also revealed, “I was slapped by the police… by the army… But I told them, ‘One day, you’ll be in my security.’ I’ve seen bad times—very bad times. For a long time, there was heavy ULFA influence in Assam, and I was the only one who stood up to them. They tried to dictate everything.”
“They told me, ‘You can’t sing Hindi or Bengali songs.’ I replied, ‘Who the hell are you? I don’t care.’ Then they threatened to shoot me. I said, ‘Okay, you shoot me, and I’ll shoot you.’ I am still like that. And now, they say I am like their brother. I live like a mafia here,” added the Assamese singer.
The tributes to the singer
As a tribute to his legacy and contribution to cinema, even services and companies like Swiggy and Zomato paused their operations and remembered the singer in Assam. Only few medical shops and establishments were functioning.