Zubeen Garg was laid to rest with full state honours on September 23 in Guwahati, as thousands of fans paid their final respects to the singer and philanthropist. His wife, Garima Saikia Garg, has now revealed details of the project he was working on before his untimely death at 52 in a scuba diving accident in Singapore.
Zubeen’s final project
According to Garima, Zubeen was working on a musical love story, Roi Roi Binale, before his passing. He had composed the songs and background score and was also playing a key role as a visually impaired artist. While he had finished shooting his scenes, he hadn’t completed dubbing his voice, and the background work was still pending. Garima said Zubeen had planned to release the film on October 31, and she will now ensure the project is completed by that date.
Garima on completing Zubeen’s vision
Saikia Garg shared, “We were working on a film, which will be his last film. He was very passionate about it so he was planning to release it on October 31. Now, we will have to start working on the film and finish it as he thought. Uss film ke liye abhi kaam karna padega. Ek hi mera khed hai ki uss mein unka dubbing nahi hua. He had acted also in the film and in a very different role. He was very excited about it. It was a pure musical love story. I think people will love it also. But we couldn’t dub his voice so it will be a void in the film but other music and everything was done. Background music also he couldn’t do it. Post production work is going on. Whatever he planned on doing, all those we will try to do and much more. We will try to finish the movie as soon as possible and release it on October 31 as he intended. I will work on things he wanted to do and also carry forward his legacy with the youngsters.”
Assam government to hold 13th-day rituals
The Assam government will arrange Zubeen Garg’s 13th-day rituals in Jorhat and build a memorial there, in addition to the one at his cremation site.
