Asa Singh Mastana
Padamshri S.Asa Singh Mastana | |
|---|---|
| Born | August 22 1927 Lahore, Punjab |
| Died | May 23 1999 |
| Occupation | Singer |
Asa Singh Mastana (1926–1999) was a Punjabi musician and singer best known for lending his voice to the hit bollywood movie dooj ka chand and singing jugni and Heer-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of Heer Ranjha by poet Waris Shah.[1] He became 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 Pushpa Hans Madan Bala Sidhu prakash Kaur 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".[1][5] He was mostly paired with Surinder Kaur sang along with pushpa hans madan bala sidhu and many more versiatile female singers of the time singing many old folk songs of Punjab.
In 1985, he was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India.[6]
Discography
- Best of Asa Singh Mastana and Surinder Kaur
- Hits of Asa Singh Mastana & Pushpa Hans
- Heer
- Mastana Masti Wich
- "Mutiare Jana Door Pya" (1970)
- Sarke Sarke Jandiye Mutiare Ni
References
- 1 2 "Gayatri Club celebrates bonfire festival remembering Asa Singh Mastana". The Times of India. 17 January 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ "BBC - Music - Asa Singh Mastana". Archived from the original on 7 April 2010.
- ↑ "Asa Singh Mastana". TrendPunjabi.com. 28 February 2021. Retrieved 6 September 2021.
- ↑ "Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013)" (PDF). Ministry of Home Affairs. Archived from the original (PDF) on 15 October 2015.