 "Zubeen Garg's last film 'Roi Roi Binale' creates history in advance bookings for an Assamese film, collects Rs 41.20 lakh gross for day 1")
Popular Assamese singer Zubeen Garg, known for crooning songs like Ya Ali, Jaane Kya Chahe Mann Bawra, Subah Subah, Maahi Ve and Dilruba among others passed away in an accident in Singapore while scuba diving at the age 52. He was in Singapore for the North East India Festival, where he supposed to perform on 20 and 21 September. Now, the other side of the story says it was during swimming that he breathed his last and the probe continues.
His last film which will be his posthumous release Roi Roi Binale, Rajesh Bhuyan’s directorial, has created history and havoc in its advance sales and all set for a massive start. The film is scheduled to release on October 31.
The upcoming musical drama has an advance booking sale of Rs 41.20 lakh gross on day 1. Around 13.5K tickets have been sold across the state from around 102 shows. The film stars Zubeen Garg, Mousumi Alifa, Joy Kashyap, and Achurjya Borpatra.
Zubeen Garg : More than just a singer
Ask his fans and admirers that the late singer was a philanthropist, messiah who became God for the state of Assam. During the second wave of the pandemic back in 2021, Zubeen Garg and his wife, offered the state government to convert a two-storey building into a Covid-care faculty. This was in Guwahati and the building could accommodate as 30 patients.
Activism and his other charity work
Garg ran a charity, the Kalaguru Artiste Foundation, which donates money for various causes. He urged people to donate clothes, medicines and contributions when devastating floods hit Assam. He took on the issue over corruption in APSC recruitment in his movie Kanchanjangha.
A legendary tribute to an angel
Delhi’s Talkatora Stadium came alive with colours, sounds, and flavours of the Northeast on Saturday as the NESt. Fest 2025, an annual cultural festival, drew crowds from across the city.
The highlight of the final evening of the two-day festival was a performance by Assamese singer Sankuraj Konwar, who dedicated his set to late musician Zubeen Garg , calling it a tribute to the artiste who had inspired a generation of musicians in the Northeast. Garg passed away recently due to drowning while swimming off St. John’s Island in Singapore.