Mumbai, Oct 10 (ANI): Bollywood has expressed its grief over the demise of eminent Ghazal singer Jagjit Singh and noted that his death marks the end of an era of singing.
Santoor maestros Pandit Shivkumar Sharma said that his singing filled a music void that was felt during the action era of Indian cinema in 1970s.
"There came a time when a lot of action movies were being made in our film industry and there was no importance of music and poetry. That void was filled by Jagjit Singh with poetry and music. He gave a new twist to the singing of Ghazals in which orchestration was beautifully merged," said Sharma.
"So, all those who were missing good film music, for them the non-film music fulfilled it. I had known him personally for many years. He was a very good person and we will always miss him, but his voice will continue to live," he added.
Veteran lyricist and writer Javed Akhtar noted that Singh was successful for making popular a separate genre of music.
"This is a loss of a great singer because in our country the film music is more popular and classical singing is considered a different world, but to make such a name for himself in popular genre, out of the film world and to stick to his position for 30 years and to remain consistently successful is not easy," said Akhtar.
"I remember his first album came in late 1970s and the first song was 'Baat Niklegi Toh Door Talak Jayegi' and he did take his music far and beyond," he added.
Veteran actress and wife of Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, added that the movie 'Arth' in which she acted was given a new meaning with Singh's voice.
"I feel that the world of artistes is under an adverse spell. All our friends are leaving us one after the other and now Jagjit Singh's death is a great loss for the entire world. At a personal level, my film 'Arth', its songs 'Tum Itna Jo Muskura Rahe Ho', 'Koi Ye Kaise Bataye Ki Who Tanha Kyun Hai' and 'Zukhi Zukhi Si Nazar', I think without Jagjit Singh's voice there would have been no importance of the Arth film. The honesty and sweetness in his voice was because he was a very good person," she added.eanwhile, actor Raza Murad credited Jagjit Singh for popularising Ghazals, which till 1970's was considered a genre liked by the classical music lovers.
"Ghazals have not popularised Jagjit Singh, in fact Jagjit Singh has popularised the Ghazals. The popularity that the Ghazals received was due to Jagjit Singh. The Ghazal singing before that used to have very difficult words, never understood by the commoners," said Murad.
"Jagjit Singh chose the Ghazals which could be understood by a common man and rendered them in melodious voice. That is the reason why the old and young people across the world are his fans," he added.
Filmmaker Subhash Ghai said Jagjit Singh besides being a great singer, lived a spiritual life that helped him in facing certain difficulties in his life.
"He was one of the best friends of mine and a big inspiration to me. I used to share all my ups and downs with him. He came on by birthday this year. And the best quality in him was that he had a strong spiritual power," said Ghai.
"He faced the loss of his son and brickbats, ups and downs with the help of his big strength of spiritual power that also made him a very good person. Everyone knows as a singer, he will remain alive in our hearts for many years," he added.
Jagjit Singh, who was admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of Mumbai's Lilavati Hospital last week, passed away this morning. He was 70.
Jagjit Singh was admitted to the ICU due to a brain hemorrhage and he underwent an emergency neurosurgery on admission.
He is survived by his wife Chitra Singh, with whom he had produced several record-breaking albums. Their only son Vivek Singh had died in a road accident in 1990.
Born on February 8, 1941, Jagjit Singh was a singer, composer, activist and entrepreneur. He has sung in several languages including Hindi, Urdu, Punjabi and Nepali.
Unlike other ghazal singers, Singh did not hesitate in lending his voice for films. His voice ruled during early 80's in films like Prem Geet, Saath Saath and Arth. However, his major work is spread over more than 60 filmy and non filmy albums.
Jagjit Singh was the first Indian music director to use the technique of multi-track recording for his album 'Beyond Time'. (ANI)
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