(MENAFN- Live Mint) "Jagjit Singh's was born on February 8, 1941, to public works department surveyor Sardar Amar Singh Dhiman and housewife Sardarni Bachchan Kaur. In Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, ...

Rekha Bhardwaj highlights the shift in focus towards instant success among youngsters, impacting the creation and use of ghazals in films. She notes the pressure to create viral hits often leads to ...

Epic filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali who also composes the music for his films, is all set to release his first independent non-film album. Containing 12 Ghazals sung by various artistes including ...

Despite his limited range, Talat Mahmood represented a generation of singers who have stood for traditions and values of Indian classical music. They are now fading away unless revived. The golden ...

Veteran Urdu poet Bashir Badr once shared a "secret". He said: "I have one enemy -- his name is Jagjit. Whatever is mine (poetry), people think it is his (when he sings it). That is why I never ...

In January last year, Ghazal singer Pankaj Udhas completed 40 long years of his career. With more than 50 albums under his belt and some ever-green film songs including 'Chitthi Aayee Hai and 'Jeeye ...

Bhupinder Singh, the renowned singer with a voice that seemed to be travelling through the aeons, died on Monday in Mumbai. Singh was 82. He is survived by his wife, the singer Mitali Singh, and their ...

There is perhaps no one in our country at least, who has not at one time or another in his or her life, been influenced by the beauty and softness of a “ghazal”. Reading a ghazal is one thing and ...

At the recently concluded ghazal festival Khazana, Rekha Bhardwaj, in an exclusive conversation with Bombay Times, spoke about the power of live performances, how ghazals have evolved in the world of ...