As far as tragedies go, 2011 is turning out to be a really bad year. First M F Hussain, then Steve Jobs, and now Jagjit Singh.
Jagjit Singh was responsible for bringing the ghazal to the common man. True, there are other noted singers, like Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Munni Begum, but few have been able to transcend from the high art and reach out to the common man. Jagjit Singh managed to do that, with his soulful and soothing voice. Ask a layman, and he will be able to recall a Jagjit Singh ghazal before one by Ghulam Ali.
His songs for films like Arth, Saath Saath right till Sarfaosh were a testament to his talent.
All one can say is,
Jagjit Singh was responsible for bringing the ghazal to the common man. True, there are other noted singers, like Ghulam Ali, Mehdi Hassan, Munni Begum, but few have been able to transcend from the high art and reach out to the common man. Jagjit Singh managed to do that, with his soulful and soothing voice. Ask a layman, and he will be able to recall a Jagjit Singh ghazal before one by Ghulam Ali.
His songs for films like Arth, Saath Saath right till Sarfaosh were a testament to his talent.
All one can say is,
तुम चले जाओगे तो sओचेगे , हमने क्या khoya, हमने क्या पाया
note: the trinsliteration does not work as well I ad hoped it would.
1 comment:
Chitti na koi santhesh
jaane wo kaun sadesh,
yahan tum chale gayi...
I don't think that his music is so great.. I mean the background score... but all of his songs has some kind of magic... just like,
haat toote bi tu
rishte nahi toda..
it helps me to be in my own world even though I don't know Hindi or urdu language
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