A befitting tribute to Bhupen Hazarika

Prominent singers Shaan, Shankar Mahadevan and Kailash Kher come together to release a tribute single for the late Bhupen Hazarika.
Singers Shaan, Kailash Kher and Shankar Mahadevan have come together to release a tribute single to the late Bhupen Hazarika — Padma Vibhushan recipient and musician beyond excellence who passed away in November last year. Produced by award-winning music director/producer and a popular name in the advertising industry Vicckey Goswami, the song, which has been titled Bhupen Hazarika after the Bard of the Brahmaputra, seeks to pay tribute to the man’s voice, charm and personality.
The late Dr. Bhupen Hazarika was a multifaceted genius — a great poet, music composer, singer, actor, journalist, author and filmmaker of the very highest repute. He was the pioneer of Assam’s film industry in the Northeast, and has therefore, rightly been hailed as the uncrowned king of North-Eastern India’s cultural world. Says Goswami, “It was a wonderful feeling having guys like Shaan, Shankar and Kailash singing out his name in joy. That was a huge high point in doing this song.”
“I will always hold Bhupen da very close to my heart. He inspired me a lot, he was not only a great singer, musician but he was also a social communicator. Year after year through his speech, thinking, his songs, his music, his lyrics, he has always given us a message. I will always remember him and may his soul rest in peace,” shares singer Shaan. Kailash Kher agrees as he chips in “I have sung this song for Bhupen Hazarika. He is synonymous with Lok Sangeet, Lok Geet and Lok Sanskriti. Music is important to all of us and everybody needs music in their life. He did not write for entertainment but wrote for the true passion of music and he leveraged the true essence of music.”
Bhupen Hazarika is considered the only great ballad singer in India. Involved in the Indian movement from his very childhood, he wrote and composed masterpieces teeming with social consciousness which are in striking contrast to his famous love songs and has left behind a legacy and volumes of good music in a life that cannot be described as anything less than inspiring.