Beauty Sharma Barua

Beauty Sharma Barua

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Beauty Sharma Barua Profile

  • Name:
  • Beauty Sharma Barua
  • Born:
  • June 18, 1951
  • Father:
  • Bhubaneshwar Barua
  • Mother:
  • Nirmala Devi
  • Spouse:
  • Dwijendra Mohan Sharma

Beauty Sharma Barua Biography

Beauty Sharma Barua is an Indian singer from Assam associated with Assamese folk music, classical, ghazal and bhajan. Her husband Dwijendra Mohan Sharma was a famous Assamese writer and lyricist who died in 2006. Apart from live performances, this melody queen has also performed for AIR, Doordarshan etc apart from releasing thousands of songs, mostly belonging to folk and devotional genres. She primarily sings in Assamese and Hindi, apart from four more languages.

 

Beauty Sharma Barua was born on 18 June 1951 in Dafalating Tea Estate, Golaghat, Upper Assam. Her father worked as a manager of the tea estate. Bhubaneshwar Barua and Nirmala Devi were her parents. Her real name is Beauty Barua. She started her lessons in light folk music at the tender age of 3 and by the age of 5 she started teaching music to the children of the workers who worked in the tea estate. She was facilitated by Jawaharlal Nehru at the age of 7, seeing her singing capabilities. She started training in Hindustani music in Kirana Gharana and later Indore Gharana from different gurus. She also received training in other light classical forms of music.

 

She started singing for All India Radio in the early 1960s singing for North-east radio stations and gained popularity at a young age. Tumaloi Monot Pore (1968) was her first recorded song, followed by O Rojonigondha. Her rendition of raga based songs made her immensely popular among the masses. She has sung for the compositions of many leading musicians and artists like Bhupen Hazarika, Jayanta Hazarika, Khagen Mahanta etc. Her gramophone record album with Bhupen Hazarika was released by HMV Records in 1972. Her career best songs were recorded in the 1970s and 1980s. She has also directed many shows for Doordarshan and AIR.

 

Published: May 23, 2019

Updated: May 23, 2019

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