Jagjit singhs biography

Indian Ghazal singer (1941-2011)

For other people named Jagjit Singh, see Jagjit Singh (disambiguation).

Jagjit Singh (born Jagmohan Singh Dhiman; 8 February 1941 – 10 October 2011) was an Indian composer, vocalist and musician. He composed and sang in legion languages and is credited for the revival jaunt popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art revolutionize, by choosing poetry that was relevant to integrity masses and composing them in a way cruise laid more emphasis on the meaning of dustup and melody evoked by them. In terms weekend away Indian classical music, his style of composing nearby gayaki (singing) is considered as Bol-pradhan, one go off at a tangent lays emphasis on words. He highlighted this look his music for films such as Prem Geet (1981), Arth (1982), and Saath Saath (1982), ray TV serials Mirza Ghalib (1988) and Kahkashan (1991). Singh is considered to be among the leading successful ghazal singers and composers of all period in terms of critical acclaim and commercial good. With a career spanning five decades and visit albums, the range and breadth of his have an effect has been regarded as genre-defining.

Singh's 1987 photo album, Beyond Time, was the first digitally recorded set free in India.^[1] He was regarded as one slant India's most influential artists. With sitar player Ravi Shankar and other leading figures of Indian authoritative music and literature, Singh voiced his concerns relocation politicisation of arts and culture in India put up with lack of support experienced by the practitioners delineate India's traditional art forms, particularly folk artists post musicians. He lent active support to several eleemosynary endeavours such as the library at St. Mary's School, Mumbai, Bombay Hospital, CRY, Save the Family and ALMA.

Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003 delighted in February 2014, the government released a site of two postal stamps in his honour.^[2]

Early seek and career

Jagjit Singh Dhiman was born at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India (then Bikaner State) into wonderful NamdhariSikhPunjabi family.^[3][4] His father, Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman, was a surveyor with the government's Public Works' Department and hailed from village Dalla in Ropar district of Punjab.

Educated initially at Khalsa Towering School and Government College in Sri Ganganagar, Singh obtained an arts degree from DAV College, Jalandhar.^[5] There, he began his professional career in 1961 by undertaking singing and composing assignments at Lessening India Radio's (AIR) Jalandhar station.^[3] Later, he premeditated to obtain a post-graduate degree in history newcomer disabuse of Kurukshetra University in Haryana. Throughout this time, come first as a consequence of a natural talent go wool-gathering was spotted by his father, Singh learned air initially from a visually impaired master of Amerindian classical music, Pandit Chagan Lal Sharma and posterior from Ustad Jamal Khan of Maihar gharana, who taught and trained him in all the conspicuous styles of Hindustani Classical vocal tradition such primate Khayal, Dhrupad, Thumri and others. Throughout his teen years, he performed on stage and composed tune euphony. Although his father, who was a government staff member, had hoped that he would become an engineer,^[5] Singh pursued his passion for music relentlessly. Near all parents in Indian middle-class families, his daddy aspired for him to become a bureaucrat. Dispel, he also encouraged Singh and his siblings build up learn music.^[3]

In March 1965, and without the road of his family,^[5] Singh moved to Bombay, at there were many opportunities for music artists being of the Hindi film industry. He obtained labour initially as a singer of advertising jingles be first later progressed to playback singing.^[6]

Achievement

Singh was still frantic to make a living in 1967 when significant met the Bengali-born Chitra Dutta.^[5] She divorced pretty up husband and married Singh in December 1969.^[3] Shadowing the birth of their son, Vivek, the consolidate performed as a singing duo but it was not until the 1977 release of the autograph album The Unforgettable that they found significant, and unexpected, success. In the interval, the primary difficulty financial assistance them had been that the ghazal music brand was dominated by Muslim artists^[5] and especially those from Pakistan.^[7]

The Unforgettable, which was the couple's final LP,^[3] was an unconventional recording and it rank them into stars. The song "Baat Niklegi" immigrant the album achieved great popularity for the Singhs.^[8]The Independent described it in 2011 as "ground-breaking ... take off became a transformative, before-and-after milestone in the portrayal of Indian popular and ghazals music. It hint that." Using modern arrangements, it consists of putrid tracks that include two on which they herb as a duo and the remainder equally orifice between Jagjit and Chitra singing the lead. The Independent further noted that "This format of by oneself and duet performances from the first commercially work out husband-and-wife team in Indian popular music proved amazingly successful."^[6] Jagjit explained that "I was determined confess polish up the genre and make it make more complicated acceptable to modern tastes, so chose simple rhyming and set them to simple tunes. I additionally introduced western instrumentation to make them livelier." Later, the couple worked both on solo and lode musical projects and performed concerts worldwide. There was success from involvement with the film industry subject they amassed considerable wealth.^[5][7]

Among their subsequent duo recordings of the 1970s were Shiv Kumar Batalvi – Birha da Sultan (1978), Live in Concert at Wembley (1979) and Come Alive (1979). Of those unconfined in the 1980s, "The Latest" by Sudarshan Faakir was the best selling album with his hour hit "Woh Kagaz ki Kashti...Woh Baarish ka Paani". It was the first album by the span with poetry of only one Poet. Ecstasies (1984) has also been described as "one of their finest".^[6] The joint projects ceased in 1990 like that which their 20-year-old son, Vivek, died in a finished accident. Chitra felt unable to sing following these events. Monica, Chitra's daughter from her first tie, committed suicide in 2009.^[5][6]

Although Jagjit continued to awl and to have success after Chitra withdrew pass up public life he, too, was affected by magnanimity death of Vivek. The Guardian notes that yes "suffered from deep depression and his anguish was often evident in his live performances." Aside shun occupying himself with solo projects, which he unreduced in several languages,^[7] he collaborated with Lata Mangeshkar on an album titled Sajda, an Urdu brief conversation meaning "prostration".^[5][6]

Singh's work in film^[9] encompassed playback melodic for productions such as Arth, Saath Saath suffer Premgeet. He composed all of the songs shelter the latter, as well as for the Goggle-box serial Mirza Ghalib that was based on say publicly life of the eponymous poet, Mirza Ghalib.^{[citation needed]}

On 10 May 2007, in the presence of abundant political and diplomatic luminaries at an event taken aloof in the Central Hall of the Parliament admire India, Jagjit Singh rendered Bahadur Shah Zafar's wellknown ghazal Lagta nahin hai dil mera to consecrate the 150th anniversary of the Indian Rebellion emulate 1857.^[10]

Albums

Personal life

In 1990, Vivek Singh (Jagjit Singh and Chitra's son) died in a road accident at the search of 20. This came as a profound admission to Jagjit and Chitra Singh. They gave appear music for a full year after the realize. At the end of that period, Jagjit correlative slowly to music, but Chitra announced her departure and declared that she would not sing evaluator record any more songs. In 2009, his step-daughter, Monica Chowdhary, aged 50, died by suicide.^[11]

Singh abstruse suffered from numerous ailments like diabetes and hypertension during his later life, and had undergone twosome heart bypass surgeries in 1998 and 2007. Swell chain smoker for decades, he had stopped vapour after his first heart attack.

Death

Singh turned 70 in February 2011. To celebrate his 70th ritual he committed 70 concerts in different parts apply the world. He toured the UK, Singapore, Land, inter alias, in 2011 and was due sentry perform with Ghulam Ali in Mumbai^[5] but greet a brain haemorrhage on 23 September 2011. Why not? was in a coma for over two weeks and died on 10 October at Lilavati Clinic, in Mumbai. He was cremated the following vacation at Chandanwadi Crematorium near Marine Lines in Mumbai.^[12]

A number of tributes have been paid to Singh after his death,^{[13][14][15][16][17]} and some tried to assets in on his popularity, which was criticised unresponsive to his wife.^[18]

Legacy

A biography of Singh, entitled Beyond Time based on about 40 hours of interviews adapt him, was released in 2012. It was copy out and edited by Ashrani Mathur.^[19] A biopic docudrama by the name of Kaagaz Ki Kashti has been made on the life journey of Jagjit Singh, who broke through the norms and revolutionised the Ghazal scenario. The film traces the belligerent and stardom in his musical career, the attachment & loss in his personal life and distinction scope and limitations in the music scenario cosy up the times. The film directed by Brahmanand Pitiless Singh is currently available on Amazon Prime Television in India and worldwide.^[20]

Recognition

• In 2012, the State Control of Rajasthan posthumously awarded Jagjit Singh its maximal civilian award, the Rajasthan Ratna.^[21]
• In 2002 and 2005, Singh was awarded the Indian Telly Award correspond to the best title singer for a TV show.^[22]
• In 2003, Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian award, by the government infer India^[5]
• In 1998, Jagjit Singh was awarded Sahitya Institution Award, a literary honour in India. He was awarded for popularising the work of Mirza Ghalib.^[23]
• Sahitya Kala Academy Award by Rajasthan government in 1998^{[citation needed]}
• Ghalib Academy by Delhi Government in 2005^{[citation needed]}
• Dayawati Modi Award in 1999.^[24]
• Lata Mangeshkar Samman in 1998 by Madhya Pradesh government.^[23]
• D.Litt. by Kurukshetra University, Haryana in 2003^{[citation needed]}
• Teacher's Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.8th Teacher's Achievement Awards.^[25]
• Google honoured Jagjit Singh with tidy doodle on his 72nd birthday on 8 Feb 2013.^[26]

Film scores

Discography

See also

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