RUHANI AWAAZ. Review on A Journey - Jagjit Singh

JAGJIT SINGH, MY FAVOURITE GHAZAL SINGER IS DESCRIBED AS THE ONLY PERSON IN INDIA POSSESSING A '' RUHANI AWAAZ'' AND WHY NOT??ITS THE FACT..THE WAY HE SINGS A GHAZAL IS REALLY FANTASTIC..THE TOUGHEST GHAZALS HAS BEEN PRESENTED BY HIM IN SIMPLEST WAY AND THE SIMPLEST GHAZALS IN TOUGHEST WAY..THATS THE STYLE OF JAGJIT SINGH..

JOURNEY (PART I & PART II) IS SIMPLY AN XTRAORDINARY COLLECTION OF GHAZALS.. I CAN ONLY TRY TO DESCRIBED IN MY WAY AS FOLLOWS:

(PART I)

1) BAAT NIKLEGI TO PHIR DOOR TALAQ JAYEGI, LOG BEWAJAH UDAASI KA SABAB POOCHENGE, YE BHI POOCHENGE KI TUM ITNI PARESHAN KYON HO?,UNGALIYAN UTTHENGI SOOKHE HUE BAALON KI TARAF,IK NAZAR DEKHENGI GUZRE HUE SALON KI TARAF...the ghazal has been presented in such a manner that while listening one can easily compare with one's own past days when one was in love..and it is depicting the truth that how people will react to one's affair..

2) DER LAGI AANE MEIN TUMKO ..just listen to the ups and downs jagjit singh has made in his voice..it must be really dificult but see there u can sense the proficiency in his voice..especially the lines where he has xplained the meanign of the words SHAFAK (KIRNE), DHANUK (RAINBOW), MEHTAAB (CHANDRAMA), GHATAYEIN (TO AAPKO MALUM HI HAI),TARE, NAGME BIJLI, PHOOL...he tries to be with the audience in front of him and sings/jokes acordingly..

3) APNI AANKHON KE SAMANDAR MEIN UTAR JAANE DE...one can just feel the passsion in his voice depicting a lover and the calmness in the music composed by him..

4) TUM NAHI GUM NAHI SHARAAB NAHI,AISI TANHAYEE KA JAWAAB NAHI..i would say jitni behtarin lyrics utni hi jaandar peshkash..especially the way he has sung lines like ..GAHE GAHE ISE PADHA KIJIYE,DIL SE BEHTAR KOI KITAAB NAHI..simply a soul thrilling voice..

(PART II)

1) HAZAARON KHWAHISHEN AISI KI HAR KHWAHISH PE DUM NIKLE,,BAHUT NIKLE MERE ARMAAN LEKIN FIR BHI KAM NIKLE..(GHALIB)..ab Mirza Ghalib ki Ghazalen Jagjit singh se behtar kaun gaa sakta hai..do tel me if I m erroneous.. the pronounciation of each urdu word, sher/nazm etc is done in the most explicit and tuned way...IF ONE HASN'T LISTEN TO MIRZA GHALIB ALBUM BY JAGJIT SINGH,ITS MY SINCERE REQUEST ONE SHOULD IF HE IS REALLY A FAN OF HIS.

2) MERI ZINDAGI KISI AUR KI..yet another masterpiece of Jagjit Singh Sahab.. how easily he has made the lyrics live in the lines like...TERE DS MEIN ,MERE BHES ME, KOI AUR THA KOI AUR HAI..

3) TUM ITNA JO MUSKARA RAHE HO...nothing but xcellent ghazal from an xcellent combination (SAATH SAATH-ARTH)..my favourite lines are ...REKHAON KA KHEL HAI MUKAADAR, REKHAON SE MAAT KHA RAHE HO..one can feel the emotions flowing out from his golden voice..

LAST BUT NOT AT ALL LEAST, I WANT TO SAY THAT I HAVE BEEN LISTENING TO JAGJIT SINGH GHAZALS SINCE 7 YRS AND I ALONG WITH SOME OF MY CLOSE FRIENDS ARE REALY ARDENT FAN OF THIS GREAT MAN'S VOICE..I HAVE JUST SEEN ONE OF HIS LIVE SHOWS AND IT WAS SIMPLY AN EXQUISITE XPERIENCE FOR ME..I WISH IF CHITRA SINGH ALSO STARTS SINGING WITH HIM THEN THAT WOULD BE A PERFECT BLEND IN THE WORLD OF GHAZALS...I WISH THIS MELLIFLUOUS VOICE OF THE LEGENDARY PERSONALITY BE BESTOWED ON US FOR EVER...HOWEVER, HIS OLD ALBUMS WILL ALWAYS REMAIN GOLD FOR ME ...

BEST REGARDS

GAURAV AGRAWAL