Late ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh, whose 72nd birth anniversary is Friday, has topped a list of popular singers of the genre. According to Google Search Trends, Jagjit Singh was people's first choice - both in India and abroad, when it came to songs, lyrics, and mp3s of ghazals. ...
10:38 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Jagjit Singh looks at you with his calm eyes from the Google doodle on his 72nd birth anniversary. ...
05:48 AM, Feb 08, 2013
Mumbai: Pakistani ghazal singer Ghulam Ali says he will pay a tribute to late ghazal maestro Jagjit Singh on the latter's birth anniversary Feb 8 next year. Ghulam Ali celebrated his 71st birthday here Wednesday along with his son Aamir Ali, and revealed his plans for Jagjit Singh's birth anniversary at the event. "It is his (Jagjit Singh) birthday that day. They are saying it will be legend to legend,...
03:09 PM, Dec 06, 2012
New Delhi: Pakistani ghazal singer Tina Sani, who considers India as her second home, says she would love to collaborate with Oscar-winning composer A R Rahman in future. "I have an endless list of Indian artistes whom I want to work with. But the one I would really like to collaborate with is AR Rahman because his style of singing is similar to mine. His emphasis is on melody and...
02:09 PM, Sep 05, 2012
Mumbai: Ghazal singer Talat Aziz was the first celebrity contestant to be eliminated from the fifth season of dance reality show 'Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa'. Talat was among TV hosts Archana Vijaya and Shibani Dhandekar to get minimum scores after combining audience votes and the judges' scores. Talat was competing alongside Gurmeet Chowdhary, Giaa Manek, Sanath Jayasuriya, Bharti Singh, Pratyusha Banerjee, Sushil Kumar, Darsheel Safary, Ravi Kishan, Isha Sharvani and Jayati...
01:59 PM, Jul 01, 2012
New Delhi: Famous Pashto singer Ghazala Javed and her father were shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Pakistan's Peshawar city, police said. The attack took place in Dabgari area when Javed went to a beauty parlour along with her father Mohammad Javed on Monday night, the Dawn News reported Tuesday. Hailing from Swat valley, Javed married around two years ago. Following differences with her husband, she started living with her...
01:22 PM, Jun 19, 2012
Ahmad Faraz, the Urdu poet, told me an interesting anecdote. Once, he was very late in catching his flight back home from Delhi. The airport ...
12:03 PM, Jun 15, 2012
Kozhikode: He left with a promise that he would return to the city to sing again. And when the news broke amongst music lovers in the city of Mehdi Hassans demise on Wednesday, it was also confirmation that it was a promise he would not be able to keep. Hassan had performed at the Tagore Centenary Hall in 2002 - reportedly his last in India - and the performance came...
11:01 AM, Jun 14, 2012
New Delhi: Mehdi Hassan, the legendary Pakistani ghazal maestro born in India, passed away at a Karachi hospital Wednesday and his son says that the funeral will take place Friday. "My father's funeral will take place Friday in Karachi," Arif Mehdi told IANS on phone from Karachi, adding that they have yet to finalise the place. "We have asked for the permission from the government to bury him at Quaid-e-Azam...
07:07 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ghazal maestro Mehdi Hassan first mesmerised connoisseurs with his rendition of 'Gulon main rang bhare;, step one of a long musical journey that lasted five decades. The death of the artist, who gave voice to ghazals such as 'Patta patta boota boota' and 'Abke bicchde khwaabon mein mile', brings the curtains down on an era of lyricism, melody and poetry in light Hindustani classical music. Born in undivided...
03:26 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: India-born Pakistani ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan died at a Karachi hospital on Wednesday after prolonged illness. He was 84. Better known as 'King of ghazal', Hassan ruled the Pakistani music industry for years. He was born in a village called Luna in Rajasthan. His family migrated to Pakistan after 1947 and had to face financial problems as well. Not many know that Hassan used to work at a...
02:28 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan died on Wednesday following multiple organ failure at the age of 84 in a Karachi hospital. ...
02:10 PM, Jun 13, 2012
India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan died on Wednesday following multiple organ failure at the age of 84. ...
01:37 PM, Jun 13, 2012
Karachi: India-born Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan, the melodious voice behind evergreen hits like 'Patta patta, boota boota' and 'Kab ke Bichhare', died on Wednesday following multiple organ failure at the age of 84. Hassan, who had millions of fans in India and Pakistan, had been admitted to the Agha Khan Hospital in the southern port city of Karachi some days ago. He had been in a serious condition and was...
01:25 PM, Jun 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan was admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi on Monday. Specialists are treating the 85-year-old for multiple lung, chest and urinary tract ailments. Hassan was born into a family of musicians in Rajasthan and had migrated to Pakistan after 1947. The singer who has a huge following in the subcontinent, cut back on his performances in the late 80s...
07:56 AM, Jun 12, 2012
This week on Music Maestro, we look back at the golden years of the legendary ghazal singer Jagjit Singh. ...
12:55 PM, Feb 12, 2012
New Delhi: Born on February 8, 1941 Jagjit Singh was one of the most popular singers in the country. Ghazal industry was dominated by Pakistani singers when Singh entered the industry. Because of his golden voice and dedication, Jagjit Singh soon became one of the most loved ghazal singers. Apart from his music albums, Jagjit Singh lent his voice to many Bollywood songs as well. Singh suffered a cerebral hemorrhage...
06:43 PM, Feb 07, 2012
Karachi: India-born legendary Ghazal singer Mehdi Hassan was on Thursday put on a ventilator at a private clinic in Pakistan's Sindh provincial capital Karachi after he collapsed due to respiratory problems. Eighty-four-year-old Hassan has been ill for the last few years due to a serious lung condition that has led to complications and breathing problems. "He is still in the ICU and doctors are looking after him round the clock....
10:30 AM, Jan 13, 2012
New Delhi: Ghazal legend Mehdi Hassan has been admitted to the intensive care unit of a private hospital in Karachi after he had trouble in breathing, his son Arif Hassan said on Wednesday. The 84-year-old singer, the voice behind evergreen ghazals like 'Ab ke bichade' and 'Patta patta boota boota', has also stopped speaking. Hassan, who has been suffering from lung problems for the past twelve years, was rushed to...
10:54 AM, Jan 12, 2012
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I was introduced to ghazal early in life. Though I was six years old, I took to Jagjit Singh much more than any of my ...
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