New Delhi. There are many singers in Bollywood, whose stories we read and know. Many big names like Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar, Mohammed Rafi, Kumar Sonu, Sonu Nigam to Arijit Singh are included in this list. Do you know that singer who got that sorrow in life, to forget which the singer had even given up music. This singer was none other than Jagjit Singh.
The song ‘Hothon Se Chhu Lo Tum, Mera Geet Amar Kar Do’ from the 1981 film ‘Prem Geet’ will still be fresh in your mind. It is considered to be the easiest song to express love, affection, affection. But, the more romantic the voice behind this song is, the deeper is the pain on their part. Only an unfortunate person should suffer such pain. Jagjit Singh ji also had the love and blessings of crores of fans. Yet, he too had to suffer such pain. This is called destiny, we have to suffer our share of pain and sing love songs.
inherited music
The story of Jagjit Singh becoming a singer and music composer is a bit filmy. Jagjit Singh, born on 8 February 1941 in Sriganganagar, inherited music and understood both sur and taal. He met a top class guru like Pandit Chhagan Lal Sharma, on whose kindness Jagjit Singh learned classical music for two years. But, this was just the beginning of the life of a great singer. As time passed, he learned Khayal, Thumri and Dhrupad from Ustad Jamal Khan Sahab. The father wanted the son to go into administrative service. Jagjit Singh loved tunes and decided to move forward with Sur-Taal. His interest in music increased while studying at Kurukshetra University.
Mumbai took the singer’s exam
At this time the Vice Chancellor encouraged Jagjit Singh. It was only on his advice that Jagjit Singh moved to Mumbai. You would think that after learning so much, Jagjit Singh would have got a comfortable break. No, life tested Jagjit Singh as much as Mumbai did. Jagjit Singh had come to Mumbai. Initially, when I did not get a big break, I started singing jingles for advertisements while working as a paying guest. He would perform at weddings or other functions as soon as he got a chance. This effort was to earn a living and survive in a city like Mumbai.
How did Nain meet Chitra?
When Jagjit Singh was struggling, he used to often visit a Gujarati family in whose neighborhood Chitra lived. According to media reports, Chitra was married at that time. She was married to Debo Prasad Dutt, with whom she had a daughter named Monica. Chitra’s husband Debo Prasad also had a keen interest in music, so he had a studio built at home. One day Chitra saw Jagjit Singh going to meet a Gujarati family. Apart from Chitra, many people praised Jagjit Singh’s singing, although Chitra did not like his voice. Jagjit gradually started moving towards the peak of popularity with his singing, while on the other hand, Chitra also started being counted among the famous singers. One day Jagjit Singh reached Debo Prasad’s house to record a jingle, but Chitra flatly refused to work with him, which hurt Jagjit Singh’s self-respect. He told Chitra that he too did not need her. Chitra liked the self-respecting nature of Jagjit Singh. A friendship blossomed between the two, which turned into love with the passage of time. Chitra’s husband left her one day and took another girl as his life partner in 1968.
In 1990, Jagjit Singh’s only son Vivek died at the age of 18.
Career was going up, but life was going down.
Jagjit Singh’s busy schedule started increasing in the 80s. Many offers to sing in shows, albums and films kept coming and Jagjit Singh moved forward one by one. In 1987, Jagjit Singh’s digital CD album ‘Beyond Time’ came out, Jagjit Singh became the first Indian musician to do this album. At the same time, life was also showing its sorrows. On one side Jagjit Singh was climbing up and on the other side life was going down.
Lost 18 year old young son
In 1990, Jagjit Singh’s only son Vivek died at the age of 18. This incident left Jagjit Singh and Chitra Singh devastated. It is said that after Vivek’s passing, Jagjeet and Chitra had given up singing. But, the prayers of the fans came true, both of them again held the mike and sang the tune, ‘No letter, no message, don’t know which country you have gone to.’ The pain of both is reflected in this song. This song was a superhit and became a part of people’s playlist forever. Many songs sung by Jagjit Singh are ‘Hosh Walon Ko Khabar Kya’, ‘Badi Nazuk Hai Yeh Manzil’, ‘Kaagaz Ki Kashti’, ‘Chupke Chupke Raat Din’, ‘Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho’, ‘Tumko Dekha To Ye’ ‘Khayal Aaya’, ‘Tum Bin’ are still the first choice of music lovers.
Gave voice to poems of poets
Jagjit Singh not only sang ghazals but also gave voice to the poems of poets like Mirza Ghalib, Mir, Majaz, Firaq Gorakhpuri. Jagjit Singh, who sings in many languages including Hindi, Urdu and Punjabi, was awarded Padma Bhushan by the Government of India in 2003. Jagjit Singh said goodbye to the world on 10 October 2011.
Tags: Entertainment Throwback, Jagjit Singh
FIRST PUBLISHED: October 9, 2024, 12:54 IST
