Zubeen Garg, born as Zubeen Borthakur, was named after the music composer Zubin Mehta. His father Mohini Borthakur is a lyricist and poet by the name of Kapil Thakur. He works primarily in Jollywood, Tollywood, Bollywood movies and music. He mainly sings in Assamese, Bengali and Hindi languages, but has also sung several songs in other languages and dialects, including Bishnupriya Manipuri, Boro, English, Goalpariya, Kannada, Karbi, Khasi, Malayalam, Marathi, Nepali, Odia, Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Tiwa. He is also an instrumentalist and plays 12 instruments including dhol, drums, guitar, harmonium, mandolin, keyboard, tabla and several percussion instruments. Garg entered into professional music with his debut Assamese album Anamika, which was released in 1992. He later released many other albums and film songs. In 1995, Garg moved to Mumbai to work in the Bollywood music industry where Garg recorded few Hindi albums and films songs like Chandni Raat, Yuhi Kabhi, Fiza and Kaante. He got the biggest break in Bollywood from the movie Gangster where he sang the song 'Ya Ali.' In 2008 he got a big break in the movies Mon Mane Na, Love story, Chirodini Tumi Je Amar and Golmaal. Garg played the lead role in Mon Jaai, for which he was nominated for the 'Best Actor' in the 56th National Film Awards. He has also directed & produced several Assamese movies.
Best Music Director - BFJA Awards - 2005
New Musical Sensation – Male - Stardust Awards - 2007
Best Playback Singer - Male - Prag Cine Awards - 2015