Jagjit Singh
When Jagjit Singh Made History With Lata Mangeshkar
Like so many myths and misrepresentations regarding the Goddess Of All Melodious Things, which were floating around while she was still here with us, the misinformation regarding the milestone historic album titled Sajda that she recorded with Jagjit Singh needs to be extinguished with immediate effect. I am talking about the myth that Jagjit Saab’s better-half Chitra Singh wouldn’t “allow” him to sing with the great Lata Mangeshkar although he was pining to do so. This is complete bunk. And all those who have heard the captivating content in | Click Here...
20 Years Of Tum Bin: When Anubhav Sinha was unhappy with legendary Jagjit Singh’s singing
Today marks a special day for all fans of Bollywood as Anubhav Sinha's 'Tum Bin' completed a magical 20 years. The movie is known for the plot and the amazing song 'Koi Fariyaad' ghazal sung by the legendary Jagjit Singh. But folks, do you all know that Anubhav Sinha wasn't really happy with his singing in the initial stages? Yes, that's true. He was quoted by Indian Express saying, “Ghazal was to play a very integral part in telling the story. Faaiz Anwar was essentially a shayar and not a lyricist, but when I told him to write a ghazal for Tum Bin, the whole idea was I’d | Click Here...
Anuradha Paudwal Not The First Indian Singer To Lose Child
Anuradha Paudwal who lost her only son on Saturday is not alone. By a bizarre and cruel coincidence, several Bollywood-centric musicians have lost their offsprings under extremely tragic circumstances. Way back in 1990,the renowned Ghazal duo Jagjit and Chitra Singh lost their only 20-year old son Vivek in a car accident. Chitra never sang after this tragedy. Weirdly a few later Chitra lost her daughter from another marriage. Speaking of Chitra, South India’s well-known playback singer K S Chithra(of Chotisi Asha fame) lost her 8-year old daughter in a freak accident when th | Click Here...
Jagjit Singh : The King of Ghazals
In this Rock Music attracted generation it is still very much refreshing to listen to the sufi Ghazals of The Ghazal King Jagjit Singh. Born as Jagmohan Singh Dhiman Jagjit Singh completed his gradution DAV College in Jalandhar in Arts and then moved on to complete his post graduation in History through Kurukshetra University in Haryana. His father Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman a government official wanted his son Jagjit Singh to join the Indian Administrative Services(IAS) by after seeing Jagjit’s growth in the field of Music he was very happy. Jagjit Singh has launched a few Ghazal | Click Here...