Mr Pankaj Bordoloi, a renowned veteran singer, a social worker, an actor hailing from the evergreen land of Assam, was a star of his generation from the late 80s and continues to become one big name till today. His contribution towards the Assamese music industry has been able to permanently set a mark of honour for himself and the legendary Artistic figures of Assam.
Mr Pankaj Bordoloi, a renowned veteran singer, a social worker, an actor hailing from the evergreen land of Assam, was a star of his generation from the late 80s and continues to become one big name till today. His contribution towards the Assamese music industry has been able to permanently set a mark of honour for himself and the legendary Artistic figures of Assam. Mr. Bordoloi was born in the Roopajuli Tea Estate of Sonitpur district to Haren Bordoloi and Maniki Bordoloi on 24th December 1960. He is the younger most child amongst his 6 other siblings. His father Haren Bordoloi worked in the print media department of Roopajuli Tea estate and Maniki Bordoloi retired as the Head Master of Bindukuri High school. Pankaj Bordoloi later got married to renowned sattriya and kathak exponent Rubi Bora Bordoloi in the year 1995 and their family consist of a daughter, actress, dancer Violeena Bordoloi. Mr Bordoloi started his musical journey at the age of 5 itself when in a special occasion he got the opportunity to sing the evergreen song “Barasha Ritu Bhal pao moi” by Jayanta Hazarika infront of then Prime minister Lal Bahadur Shastri for which he was able to collect a lot of good wishes and blessings from the later and the crowd. Since then various competitions of Rabha sangeet, Jyoti Sangeet, Bhupendra Sangeet, Parvati Prasad, Bongeet, etc were sung by him and his journey never stopped. He started his official musical journey after college in the All India Radio Guwahati from late 80s itself and due to his enormous and matchless contribution he was designated B grade music artist of All India Radio. He worked with certain lyricist and composers like Nabin Chandra Kath Hazarika, Jayanta Das, Khagen Mahanta, Ganesh Gogoi, Anupam Choudhury, Ramen Chaudhury etc. One of the most popular radio song of him “Duporor Rod Janu lage xewalike” is still a popular one. He sang a variety of genres with Khagen Mahanta and Bhupen Hazarika in AIR.
Due to lack of time and availability we have left behind many other intellectuals, Artists, family members etc closest to Pankaj Bordoloi, which are to be included in other episodes in the near future. ❤
Concept and execution – Violeena Bordoloi
Script – Violeena Bordoloi and Rubi Bora Bordoloi
Voiceover by Violeena Bordoloi
Cinemetography – Gunjan Mahanta
Editor – Saurav Ray
Recording studio – Studio Audio Life, Tezpur
Recording works – Abhigyan Saikia
Songs – Original songs by Pankaj Bordoloi
Poster Design- Bhaskar Dhapu
Credit Track – logon Ukoli Gol cover by Tushar Bhuyan and Violeena Bordoloi
Special thanks
Dr. Himanta Biswa Sarma
Bimal Borah
Prithviraj Rabha
Deva kumar Mishra
Ritubaran Sharma
Jiten kumar das
Baan theatre, Tezpur
Jyoti bharati, Tezpur
Darrang College, Tezpur
Jyoti Chitraban Guwahati
Assam Artist Guild
Zubeen Garg
Jatin Bora
Rengoni Channel
Rajesh Bhuyan
Assam Power Distribution Company Ltd
Sandhya Menon
Axomiya Club, Tezpur
Bhupen Hazarika Kalabhumi
Nupur Nrityangana Tezpur
Tezpur Buzz
Anurag Saikia
Manash Hazarika
Anupam Chaudhury
Indrajit Das
Pranjit Saikia
Sonitpur Journalist union
Pratidin Time
Orange studio, Guwahati
Sripal Saini
Assam Tribune
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Some of the major awards received by Bordoloi for his outstanding contribution in the field of Bishnu Rabha Sangeet, Jyoti Sangeet, Folk music and his overall contribution in the field of Art and culture are as follows-
-He received the Bonkonwar title for his contribution in Bongeet and Pravati Prasad Baruah’s creation of music.
-Soorratna Title was given to him in the year 2010 by Bhogpur Sangkrutik Gusti, Lakhimpur.
-The prestigious Amulya Kakati Award was given to him by All Assam Student’s Union (AASU) in the year 2019.
-Lastly, he received “Mukti Jujaru Kamal Mahanta memorial lifetime cultural Award” in the year 2021 after his demise.
-A chain of “Pankaj Bordoloi memorial Award” has been started in the year 2023 with the sole intention of gracing some of the most legendary artist of Assam.
-Mr Bordoloi has been receiving the Artist pension from the government of Assam from the year 2018, which after his demise, is now being received by his wife Rubi Bora Bordoloi.
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