Asa Singh Mastana(Surname- 'Blaggan') (1926–1999) was a Punjabi

Punjabi people

The Punjabi people , ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ), also Panjabi people, are an Indo-Aryan group from South Asia. They are the second largest of the many ethnic groups in South Asia. They originate in the Punjab region, which has been been the location of some of the oldest civilizations in the world including, the...

 musician and singer, best known for lending his voice to the hit Bollywood

Bollywood

Bollywood is the informal term popularly used for the Hindi-language film industry based in Mumbai , Maharashtra, India. The term is often incorrectly used to refer to the whole of Indian cinema; it is only a part of the total Indian film industry, which includes other production centers producing...

 film Heer. 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.
His great work also expands to singing sad songs like "Jadon Meri Arthi Utha Ke Chalan Ge" to famous song "Main Jatt Yamla Pagla Deewana" dramtized on Dharmendra.
He was mostly paired with Surinder Kaur

Surinder Kaur

Surinder Kaur , was an Indian singer and songwriter. She sang mainly Punjabi folk-songs, where she is credited for pioneering and popularising the genre and later was known as the ‘Nightingale of Punjab’; she also sang some Hindi movie songs, between 1948-1952.In an illustrious spanning nearly six...

or Prakash Kaur for singing many old folk songs of Punjab.

Discography

1. Best of Asa Singh Mastana and Surinder Kaur
2. Heer
3. Mastana Masti Wich
4. Sarke Sarke Jandiye Mutiare Ni

External links

• Asa Singh Mastana Albums
• Obit in Indian Express