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Detailed explanation-1: -Google celebrates the 96th birthday of Dr Bhupen Hazarika - an Assamese-Indian singer, composer and filmmaker - with a dedicated doodle. The doodle, featuring Hazarika playing the harmonium, was illustrated by Mumbai-based artist Rutuja Mali.

Detailed explanation-2: -He received the National Film Award for Best Music Direction in 1975, the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award (1987), Padma Shri (1977), and Padma Bhushan (2001), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1992), the highest award for cinema in India and Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship (2008), the highest award of the Sangeet Natak Akademi.

Detailed explanation-3: -Bhupen Hazarika (8 September, 1926 -5 November,2011) was a lyricist, composer, performing artist, music director, film director, poet, writer and all rolled in one. His songs which are written and sung mainly in the Assamese language, are songs of humanity and unity.

Detailed explanation-4: -Bhupen Hazarika, who was popularly known as ‘Sudhakantha’ has worked in hundreds of films in his career spanning over six decades.

Detailed explanation-5: -Bhupen Hazarika was born on 8 September, 1926 in Tinsukia district, Assam. Due to his evergreen songs, he was also known as ‘Bard of Brahmaputra’. Most of us have listened his one of the famous songs ‘Dil Hoom Hoom Kare’ from the film Rudaali. No doubt the song was sung so beautifully and captured the whole film.