Jagjit Singh
Personal Profile
Jagjit Singh
Common Name:
JagjitNickname:
Jeet, Ghazaljeet SinghDate of Birth:
February 8, 1941Zodiac Sign:
AquariusPlace of Birth:
Sri Ganganagar, Rajasthan, IndiaSex:
MaleHair Color:
Black Eye Color:
BrownNationality:
IndianReligion:
SikhismEducation:
Khalsa High School, Sri Ganganagar
Government College, Sri Ganganagar
DAV College, Jalandhar
Kurukshetra University
Family
Jagjit Singh
Father:
Amar Singh DhimanMother:
Bachchan KaurSpouse:
Chitra SinghSon:
Vivek
Career
Jagjit Singh
Awards
Jagjit Singh
2003 : Padma Bhushan Award by Government of India
2006 : Teacher's Achievement Award
Trivia
Jagjit Singh
- His only son died in a car crash which prompted his wife Chitra Singh to stop singing.
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- He has an appearance in Banoo Main Teri Dulhann on Tuesday April 7 2009 to promote Inteha.
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- The album 'Beyond Time' is the first digitally recorded album of India.It was recorded in the studio 'Western outdoor' by sound recordists duo 'Daman Sood and Avinash Oak.
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- In January 1998, Jagjit Singh had his First Cardiac Insufficiency (heart attack) which led him to quit smoking. In October 2007, he was hospitalized following blood circulation problems.
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- Jagjit Singh is accredited with bringing the ghazal genre, which was previously restricted to the elite classes, to the masses. His music direction can be seen to be pioneering in changing the sound layout by adding more Western instruments while mostly retaining the traditional orchestra (which includes a tablaa, dholak, bongos, sitar, sarod, santoor, flute, and harmonium, and a couple of string instruments].
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Biography
Jagjit Singh
Last Updated: Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Jagjit Singh was born on February 8, 1941 in Ganganagar (also called “SriGanganager”), Rajasthan, India. he is among the foremost singers of ghazals in Hindi/Urdu and Punjabi, a composer and a playback singer in Bollywood. His father Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman, employed with the Government of India, hailed from Dalla village in Ropar district of Punjab and his mother Sardarni Bachchan Kaur came from a deeply religious Sikh family of Ottallan village near Samralla. His siblings include four sisters and two brothers and he is fondly called Jeet by his family members. He arrived in Mumbai (then Bombay) in 1965 in search of better opportunities as a career musician and singer.
His early struggle in the music industry, though not too harsh by his own account, still had its share of trials and tribulations. He lived as a paying guest and his earlier assignments were singing advertisement jingles or performing at weddings and parties. In 1967 he met Chitra, also a singer, while doing jingles. After a two year long courtship they got married in 1969. They epitomise the first successful husband-wife singing team. Jagjit Singh, with Chitra, has contributed immensely towards changing the course of this genre of music known as ‘Ghazal’ making it more ear friendly, melodic and enojoyable by a wider audience. In 2003, he was awarded the Padma Bhushan, India’s highest award for performing arts.
Filmography
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