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{{Infobox musical artist<br />
| name = Asa Singh Mastana<br />
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1927|8|22}}<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1999|5|23|1927|8|22}}<br />
| birth_place = [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]<br />
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| genre =<br />
| associated_acts = [[Surinder Kaur]]<br />
| occupation = Singer<br />
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'''Asa Singh Mastana''' (1926–1999) was a [[Punjabi people|Punjabi]] musician and singer, best known for lending his voice to the hit [[Bollywood]] film ''Heer'', and singing ''[[jugni]]'' and ''Heer''-genre of folk songs, which recount the tales of [[Heer Ranjha]] by poet Waris Shah.<ref name=times/> 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]] and [[Kuldeep Manak]] singers of cult status.<ref name="Roy2010">{{cite book|author=Anjali Gera Roy|title=Bhangra Moves: From Ludhiana to London and Beyond|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8O9tua3CjhMC&pg=PA132|year=2010|publisher=Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.|isbn=978-0-7546-5823-8|pages=132–}}</ref><ref name="Ballantyne2006">{{cite book|author=Tony Ballantyne|title=Between Colonialism and Diaspora: Sikh Cultural Formations in an Imperial World|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=R9PXaUmk-sAC&pg=PA127|date=16 August 2006|publisher=Duke University Press|isbn=0-8223-3824-6|pages=127–}}</ref><br />
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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<ref>https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/artists/f700b062-cce7-4597-b798-0f61e844bb0c</ref> His great work also expands to singing sad songs like "Jadon Meri Arthi Utha Ke Chalan Ge".<ref name=times>{{cite web | title = Gayatri Club celebrates bonfire festival remembering Asa Singh Mastana | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ludhiana/Gayatri-Club-celebrates-bonfire-festival-remembering-Asa-Singh-Mastana/articleshow/11518454.cms?referral=PM |date=17 January 2012| access-date = 10 March 2014| work = The Times of India}}</ref><ref name=Punjabi>{{cite web | title = Asa Singh Mastana | url = https://www.trendpunjabi.com/who-was-asa-singh-mastana-songs/ |date=28 February 2021|access-date=September 6, 2021| work = TrendPunjabi.com}}</ref> He was mostly paired with [[Surinder Kaur]] or Prakash Kaur for singing many old folk songs of Punjab.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/pages/Asa-Singh-Mastana/109473765737483{{Primary source inline|date=January 2020}}</ref><br />
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In 1985, he was awarded the [[Padma Shri]] by the [[Government of India]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Padma Awards Directory (1954–2013) |publisher=[[Ministry of Home Affairs (India)|Ministry of Home Affairs]] |url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6U68ulwpb?url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 November 2014 }}</ref><br />
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==Discography==<br />
* Best of Asa Singh Mastana and Surinder Kaur<br />
* Hits of Asa Singh Mastana & Pushpa Hans - Recorded Live in the UK (1980)<br />
* Heer<br />
* Mastana Masti Wich<br />
* "Mutiare Jana Door Pya" (1970)<ref>{{discogs artist|2230719|Asa Singh Mastana}}</ref><br />
* Sarke Sarke Jandiye Mutiare Ni<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* {{AllMusic|artist|mn0001920734}}<br />
*[http://music.punjabcentral.com/artist/?artist=56&stab=2 Asa Singh Mastana Albums]<br />
*[http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990525/ige25072.html Obit in Indian Express]<br />
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[[Category:1927 births]]<br />
[[Category:1999 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:Indian male folk singers]]<br />
[[Category:Punjabi-language singers]]<br />
[[Category:Singers from Punjab, India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of the Padma Shri in arts]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian singers]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century Indian male singers]]<br />
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