Jagjit Singh
Listen To These Top 5 Ghazals By Jagjit Singh
On October 10, 2011, the famed ghazal singer Jagjit Singh passed away at the age of 70. But the musical treasures and recollections of the master ghazal singer remain a favorite among ghazal fans. He was the oldest of four sisters and two brothers when he was born on February 8, 1941, in Sriganganagar, Rajasthan, to a government worker. According to his upbringing, he is a Sikh. His guru advised his Sikh father to change the boy's name from Jagmohan to Jagjit. Jagjit Singh built a reputation for himself in the 1970s, a time when Mehdi Hasan, Noor Jehan, and Be | Click Here...
Into Ghazal? Try these forever gold songs from Jagjit Singh
Indian classical vocalist, composer, and musician Jagjit Singh was dubbed “The Ghazal King” during his lifetime. He is regarded as one of independent India’s most significant and well-known artists after Ravi Shankar. He is undoubtedly the best-selling artist due to his soundtracks and scores for film and television, as well as his musical interpretations of poets’ works. Over 60 albums were recorded over his lifetime, not counting scores. He is well-known for his “ghazals” and multilingual singing, in addition to Indian light classical music like “thumri” and “bhajan.” | Click Here...
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...
8 Jagjit Singh’s Songs Will Make Everyone Stand Up And Dance
Popularly known as The King of Ghazals, Jagjit Singh was a significant recognition of the Bollywood industry. He was a ghazal singer, composer, and musician. He was unique and broke the regular norm and changed the Ghazal scenario. Why people loved and were amazed by his ghazals was because he gave more emphasis on the meaning of the lyrics and melody put into it. Jagjit Singh always chose music that was more relevant to the public and could get closure whenever listening to him sing. He has sung and composed for several films, and his songs were a significant recognition. His works | 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...