Ghazals by jagjit singh
You are smiling so much, bowing your eyes, how can anyone tell this – these three ghazals achieved a different position of popularity after getting Jagjit’s voice. The film had a total of five songs, of which three were ghazals by famous ghazalkar Kaifi Azmi. It also had both music and voice by Jangjit Singh. Then came Mahesh Bhatt’s film ‘Arth’ in 1983. He used to be very serious about the selection of Ghazals too. The ghazal from Javed Akhtar’s pen- Tumko Dekha Toh Yeh Khayal Aaya – in the voice of Jagjit became very popular and still is today. The magic of Jagjit Singh’s voice was also seen in the 1982 film ‘Saath-Saath’. This song became truly immortal by getting the natural voice of Jagjit Singh. That song was – Touch your lips, make my song immortal. In the 1981 film ‘Prem Geet’, Jagjit Singh not only gave music to the songs written by famous lyricist Indeevar but also gave voice to a song. From here the pair gave many hit songs and ghazals in films one after the other. It is said that after the success of this album, Jagjit Singh bought his first house in Mumbai.Īfter the success of ‘The Unforgettables’, there was no looking back for the Jagjit-Chitra duo. In this record, Jagjit-Chitra’s voice gave a different beauty to more than one ghazals of big ghazals like Firaq Gorakhpuri, Jigar Moradabadi, Amir Minai, Tariq Badayuni, Sudarshan Fakir. Jagjit Singh’s real identity came from his first long play album ‘The Unforgettables’ in 1976, which included the voice of his wife Chitra. But till now Jagjit Singh’s name had not been able to make his mark in the world of Ghazal. In 1967, Chitra Singh came into the life of Jagjit Singh, who was later taught Ghazal Gayaki by Jagjit and then in 1969 both of them also tied the knot. Jagjit’s first record came out only in 1965 and two years later another record came, but it did not give him much recognition. There was some sort of jugaad to live with the help of friends. He started singing in small parties with a hundred rupees each. In interviews, he himself has told that in the year 1965, he was spending time in Kurukshetra University in the name of studying masters, but when the time of examinations came, then he thought that if studies have not done anything, then what is the use of appearing in the examination?Īfter that he did not stop there and went straight to Mumbai to try his luck, where his struggle to make his mark in the field of music really started. The first love also happened during this period of education, but could not reach the end. Once the father caught him in the cinema hall and took him home after beating him, but Jagjit’s insistence and passion for music did not diminish.