Queen Hazarika

Queen Hazarika

Queen Hazarika at a video shoot in Bangalore (2015)
Born Queen Hazarika
(1976-10-16) October 16, 1976
North Lakhimpur, Assam, India
Occupation Singer, Actress
Children Mahin
Caillou
Parent(s) Raj Hazarika
Usha Gogoi Hazarika
Website www.queenhazarika.com

Musical career

Genres
Instruments
Years active 1996–present
Associated acts Zubeen Garg, Poran Borkotoky, Antara Nandy, Manash Hazarika, Jim Ankan Deka

Queen Hazarika (Assamese: কুইন হাজৰিকা; born 16 October 1976) is an Indian playback singer and actress from Assam.[1] She has sung for Assamese films like Mon, Suren Suror Putek and Sneh Bandhan. She is the recipient of Rotary Young Achiever Award in 2013.[2] In the same year she was nominated for Prag Cine Awards in the Best Female Playback category. [3]

Early life and career

Hazarika was born in Lakhimpur, a small town in Assam to Raj Hazarika and Usha Gogoi Hazarika. She studied in St. Mary's High School in North-Lakhimpur and later graduated from Handique Girl's College in Guwahati. She developed interest in different art forms like music and acting from a very early age and gave her first stage performance at the age of four.[3]

Hazarika has acted and sung in a number of Assamese and Hindi films. She has lent her voice to numerous documentaries produced by Doordarshan, All India Radio and UNICEF among others. She also hosted TV shows for channels like DY 365, Focus NE and News Live. In 2012, Queen received her first acting offer in an Assamese film Surjasta from the film director Pradyut Kumar Deka.[4]

One of her collaborative works with Antara Nandy, Jim Ankan Deka and Ritwika Bhattacharya, Aawaz - speak up against sexual violence, won many national and international awards at different film and music festivals.[5][6]

Awards and honors

Filmography

Year Film Language Credited as
Playback singer Actor Composer Director Producer
2002 Mon Assamese Yes
2005 Suren Suror Putek Assamese Yes
Sneha Bandhan Assamese Yes
2011 Aakash Chuboloi Mon Assamese Yes
2013 Surjasta Assamese Yes
2015 Avataran Assamese Yes
2015 Okosmat - out of the blue Assamese Yes

Discography

Music Videos

Singles

TV Shows

References

  1. ↑ Singing to glory, Eastern Chronicle
  2. ↑ Young activists honoured, Assam Times
  3. 1 2 "Queen Hazarika - a voice to reckon with". North-East India. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  4. ↑ Meet Singer-Actor Queen Hazarika, G-plus
  5. ↑ "Assamese musician launches album on violence against women". Business Standard. Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  6. ↑ "Song against sex crimes remembers Delhi girl". The Telegraph (Calcutta). Retrieved 23 April 2015.
  7. ↑ ChaiTunes releases the first music video as a tribute to Assamese writer duo, Merinews.com
  8. ↑ Voice of Conscience, Khaleej Times
  9. ↑ Aawaz - the message, Indiearth
  10. ↑ Chaitunes to release the first music video - a tribute to Assamese writer duo, Musicmalt.com

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