Wht he is trying to say? His gazals are eligible ones for Oscar? Really frustating to read his coments. Not sure he is wrong or the whole world is wrong? -chris
Bivin Chandra wrote: > New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The world might be ga ga over A R Rahman's > Oscar winning composition 'Jai Ho' but legendary Ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh > finds the song overrated. The 68-year-old legend who is famous for his candid > nature believes that getting the Academy award was a golden moment in Indian > history but the song per se did not deserve the honour. "Getting an Oscar is > no doubt a great achievement but the song, for which we got the award, is not > so special. Frankly I did not understand on what basis it was awarded," Singh > told PTI at a function where he released his new album 'Inteha.' The Ghazal > maestro, said that he did not understand the lyrics of the composition and > why it has become so popular that > everybody from Indian political parties to International pop bands is eager > to use it. When referred that lyrics for the song has been penned by Gulzar > with whom he has given many hits, Singh said, "When I work with Gulzar Sahab > I categorically tell him to write such poetry which my fans and I can > understand." Singh, who has composed some hit music for films like 'Arth' and > 'Saath Saath' in the 80's does not seem to have a good opinion about today's > Bollywood music as he stated, "it lacks profound poetry and soulful tunes". > PTI http://www.ptinews. com/pti/ptisite. nsf/0/2B0F45FB83 5F7D706525759100 > 2EB0FB?OpenDocum ent >
