Asa Singh Mastana
Asa Singh Mastana | |
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| Born | 22 August 1927 Punjab |
| Died | 23 May 1999 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Singer |
Asa Singh Mastana (Punjabi: ਆਸਾ ਸਿੰਘ ਮਸਤਾਨਾ) (Surname- 'Blaggan') (1926–1999) was a Punjabi musician and singer, best known for lending his voice to the hit Bollywood film Heer, and singing jugni and Heer-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of Heer Ranjha by poet Waris Shah.[1] He become popular in the 1940s, by the mid-1960s, when state-run All India Radio started promoting folk musicians, this made him, along with Surinder Kaur and Kuldeep Manak singers of cult status.[2][3]
His well-known songs, among others "Balle Ni Panjaab Diye Sher Bachiye", "Doli Charhdeyan Marian Heer Cheekaan" and "Kali Teri Gut", have served as templates for later Punjabi musicians[4] His great work also expands to singing sad songs like "Jadon Meri Arthi Utha Ke Chalan Ge" to famous song "Main Jatt Yamla Pagla Deewana" dramatized on Dharmendra.[1] He was mostly paired with Surinder Kaur or Prakash Kaur for singing many old folk songs of Punjab.[5]
In 1985, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[6]
Discography
- Best of Asa Singh Mastana and Surinder Kaur
- Heer
- Mastana Masti Wich
- "Mutiare Jana Door Pya" (1970) [7]
- Sarke Sarke Jandiye Mutiare Ni
References
- ^ a b "Gayatri Club celebrates bonfire festival remembering Asa Singh Mastana". The Times of India. Jan 17, 2012. Retrieved 2014-03-10.
- ^ Anjali Gera Roy (2010). Bhangra Moves: From Ludhiana to London and Beyond. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. pp. 132–. ISBN 978-0-7546-5823-8.
- ^ Tony Ballantyne (16 August 2006). Between Colonialism and Diaspora: Sikh Cultural Formations in an Imperial World. Duke University Press. pp. 127–. ISBN 0-8223-3824-6.
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f700b062-cce7-4597-b798-0f61e844bb0c
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asa-Singh-Mastana/109473765737483
- ^ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs.
- ^ Asa Singh Mastana discography at Discogs
External links
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