Background
His mother Ily Borthakur was a dancer, actress and singer.
Actor composer musician Music Director singer songwriter
His mother Ily Borthakur was a dancer, actress and singer.
His contributions are mostly attributed in Assamese, Bengali and Bollywood. He has sung many songs in other languages including Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Odia, Bodo, Karbi, Nepali, Bishnupriya Manipuri, Goalparia and English. He also plays dhols, dotora, guitar, mandolin, keyboard and various percussion instruments.
Zubeen"s debut album Anamika was released in 1992.
Garg is from the Upper Assam city Jorhat. His birth name is Jibon Borthakur.
He was named after the composer Zubin Mehta and uses his gotra name, Garg, as his surname. Garg"s father Mohini Borthakur is also a poet and lyricist writing under the name Kapil Thakur.
Zubeen married Garima Saikia on 4 February 2002, who is a fashion designer.
Garg entered into the professional music when his debut Assamese album Anamika was released in 1992. He later released albums including Maya, Asha and Pakhi. In the late 90"s Garg moved to Mumbai to work in the Bollywood music industry where he recorded few Hindi albums and films like Chandni Raat, Yuhi Kabhi, Fiza and Kaante, and the song "Ya Ali" from the movie Gangster.
Garg also has acted in few Assamese films.
2007 Film Fare Awards Nomination: Best Playback Singer – Male "Ya Ali".