Jagjit Singh composed and sang in numerous languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, an Indian classical art form, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them.
17 Facts About Jagjit Singh
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Jagjit Singh highlighted this in his music for films such as Prem Geet, Arth, and Saath Saath, and TV serials Mirza Ghalib and Kahkashan.
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Jagjit Singh was regarded as one of India's most influential artists.
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Jagjit Singh lent active support to several philanthropic endeavours such as the library at St Mary's School, Mumbai, Bombay Hospital, CRY, Save the Children and ALMA.
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Jagjit Singh was awarded the Padma Bhushan by the government of India in 2003 and in February 2014, the government released a set of two postal stamps in his honour.
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Jagjit Singh Dhiman was born at Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, India.
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In March 1965, and without the knowledge of his family, Jagjit Singh moved to Bombay, where there were many opportunities for music artists because of the Hindi film industry.
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Jagjit Singh obtained work initially as a singer of advertising jingles and later progressed to playback singing.
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Jagjit Singh was still struggling to make a living in 1967 when he met the Bengali-born Chitra Dutta.
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Jagjit Singh divorced her husband and married Singh in December 1969.
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Jagjit Singh composed all of the songs for the latter, as well as for the TV serial Mirza Ghalib that was based on the life of the eponymous poet, Mirza Ghalib.
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On 10 May 2007, in the presence of numerous political and diplomatic luminaries at an event held in the Central Hall of the Parliament of India, Jagjit Singh rendered Bahadur Shah Zafar's famous ghazal Lagta nahin hai dil mera to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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In 1990, Vivek Singh died in a road accident at the age of 20.
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Jagjit Singh had suffered from numerous ailments like diabetes and hypertension during his later life, and had undergone two heart bypass surgeries in 1998 and 2007.
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Jagjit Singh toured the UK, Singapore, Mauritius, inter alias, in 2011 and was due to perform with Ghulam Ali in Mumbai but suffered a brain haemorrhage on 23 September 2011.
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Jagjit Singh was cremated the following day at Chandanwadi Crematorium near Marine Lines in Mumbai.
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The film directed by Brahmanand S Jagjit Singh is currently available on Amazon Prime Video in India and worldwide.