Guwahati, Sept. 8 -- The year-long birth centenary celebrations of iconic singer Bhupen Hazarika will commence on Monday, with the Assam Government and various other organisations set to pay tributes to the maestro. Prime Minister Narendra Modi will attend the celebrations on September 13, on the first day of his two-day visit to Assam.
Hazarika's only son Tez Hazarika, along with the latter's wife and son, have arrived here from the USA to attend the centenary celebrations. A 65-minute-long documentary, 'Bhupen da Uncut', directed by Bobbeeta Sharma, was released here on Sunday.
The documentary is a candid first-person account of Hazarika while he was on a visit to England in 1999 to participate in a cultural programme organised by the A...