Editing Jagjit Singh (section)

==Achievement==
[[File:Lata Mangeshkar Jagjit Singh still2.jpg|thumb|left| Singh with [[Lata Mangeshkar]] at the audio release of Saadgi]]
Singh was still struggling to make a living in 1967 when he met the Bengali-born [[Chitra Singh|Chitra Dutta]].<ref name=Guardian20111025 /> She divorced her husband and married Singh in December 1969.<ref name=TOI20021110 /> Following the birth of their son, Vivek, the couple performed as a singing duo but it was not until the 1977 release of the album ''The Unforgettable'' that they found significant, and surprising, success. In the interval, the primary difficulty for them had been that the ghazal music genre was dominated by Muslim artists<ref name=Guardian20111025 /> and especially those from Pakistan.<ref name=BBC />

''The Unforgettable'', which was the couple's first [[LP album|LP]],<ref name=TOI20021110 /> was an unconventional recording and it turned them into stars. The song "Baat Niklegi" from the album achieved great popularity for the Singhs.<ref name="tele">{{cite news | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8820731/Jagjit-Singh.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8820731/Jagjit-Singh.html |archive-date=12 January 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live | title=Jagjit Singh | work=The Telegraph | access-date=1 March 2012 | date=11 October 2011}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ''[[The Independent]]'' described it in 2011 as "ground-breaking&nbsp;... it became a transformative, before-and-after milestone in the history of Indian popular and ghazals music. It remains that." Using modern arrangements, it consists of ten tracks that include two on which they sang as a duo and the remainder equally split between Jagjit and Chitra singing the lead. ''The Independent'' further noted that "This format of solo and duet performances from the first commercially successful husband-and-wife team in Indian popular music proved astonishingly successful."<ref name=Independent20111013 /> Jagjit explained that "I was determined to polish up the genre and make it more acceptable to modern tastes, so chose simple poems and set them to simple tunes. I also introduced western instrumentation to make them livelier." Thereafter, the couple worked both on solo and joint musical projects and performed concerts worldwide. There was success from involvement with the film industry and they amassed considerable wealth.<ref name=Guardian20111025 /><ref name=BBC>{{cite news|title=Indian singer Jagjit Singh dies|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-15236222|access-date=11 January 2012|publisher=BBC |date=10 October 2011}}</ref>

Among their subsequent duo recordings of the 1970s were ''[[Shiv Kumar Batalvi]]&nbsp;– Birha da Sultan'' (1978), ''Live in Concert at Wembley'' (1979) and ''Come Alive'' (1979). Of those released in the 1980s, "The Latest" by [[Sudarshan Faakir]] was the best selling album with his lifetime hit "Woh Kagaz ki Kashti...Woh Baarish ka Paani". It was the first album by the duo with poetry of only one Poet. ''Ecstasies'' (1984) has also been described as "one of their finest".<ref name=Independent20111013 /> The joint projects ceased in 1990 when their 20-year-old son, Vivek, died in a road accident. Chitra felt unable to sing following these events. Monica, Chitra's daughter from her first marriage, committed suicide in 2009.<ref name=Guardian20111025 /><ref name=Independent20111013 />

Although Jagjit continued to work and to have success after Chitra withdrew from public life he, too, was affected by the death of Vivek. ''[[The Guardian]]'' notes that he "suffered from deep depression and his anguish was often evident in his live performances." Aside from occupying himself with solo projects, which he performed in several languages,<ref name=BBC /> he collaborated with [[Lata Mangeshkar]] on an album titled ''[[Sajda]]'', an [[Urdu]] word meaning "prostration".<ref name=Guardian20111025 /><ref name=Independent20111013 />

Singh's work in film<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.asianimage.co.uk/news/world/9297270.Tributes_to_Jagjit_Singh/ | title=Tributes to Jagjit Singh | work=Asian Image | date=10 October 2011 | access-date=1 March 2012}}</ref> encompassed playback singing for productions such as ''[[Arth (film)|Arth]]'', ''[[Saath Saath (film)|''Saath Saath'']]'' and ''[[Premgeet]]''. He composed all of the songs for the latter, as well as for the TV serial ''[[Mirza Ghalib (1988 TV series)|Mirza Ghalib]]'' that was based on the life of the eponymous poet, [[Ghalib|Mirza Ghalib]].{{Citation needed|date=January 2012}}

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 II|Bahadur Shah Zafar's]] famous ghazal ''Lagta nahin hai dil mera'' to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Vyas|first=Neena|title=Small streams of protest swelled into national movement to regain freedom, says Kalam |url=http://www.hindu.com/2007/05/11/stories/2007051106991200.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015120835/http://hindu.com/2007/05/11/stories/2007051106991200.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 October 2007 |access-date=11 January 2012|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=11 May 2007}}</ref>