![]() And when it comes to expressing sad thoughts through sweet songs, Jagjit was in a league of his own. “Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought,” poet P.B. Such was the magic of the ghazal maestro’s voice. ![]() But when Jagjit Singh sang them for the Mahesh Bhatt film Aaj, he brought out the poignancy of the song in a way that transported listeners to another world. ![]() It has been about three decades since Sudarshan Faakir wrote the hauntingly beautiful lyrics that begin with Woh Kaagaz Ki Kashti… The lines, about wanting to relive childhood, attained immortality on their own. On his 77th birth anniversary, we remember the singer who gave ghazals a new identity with his soulful yet simple renditions.
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