


Do you have any special memories associated with this song? ‘Chitti Ayi Hai’ is one of your most popular songs. Also, Ghazal singing is slightly different to other types of singing, I liked its uniqueness. When you read a great shayar (couplet), the whole world applauds. The couplets in Ghazal have a tremendous impact, that was my favourite part. The thing I like most about Ghazal is the shayari (poetry). I remember that the first competition I took part in, I sang a Ghazal instead of a Hindi film song, and due to the style I sang it, it was greatly appreciated by music director Shankar Jaikishen, who was one of the competition’s judges. There was an air of magic in her voice and when I started college is Mumbai, I started singing Ghazals. In spite of not knowing the language of ghazal, I was attracted by her vocals. At that time, my knowledge of Urdu was limited but I did understand Hindi though. Though I was very young, I used to listen to listen to Begum Akhtar’s ghazal’s on the radio. Winning the inter-college competition trails back to radio again. So, this was a big support, both my parents were very very supportive and they were very very encouraging.Īfter completing your secondary school education, you moved to Mumbai and won an intercollege competition.
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So obviously you can imagine, you’ve got to give full compliments and credit to the parents who would encourage their son to sing instead of taking up a job. Firstly my elder brother Manhar Ji, he was the first one to start singing professionally and let me tell you that, Manhar Ji is by qualification a mechanical engineer. I am so very thankful to both my parents. When you made the decision that you want take music further, what were your parent’s views on the matter? I enrolled myself and started learning tabla. In Rajkot, there was the Sangeet Natak Academy, a nationwide government institution where music is taught. When it came to learning music, contrary to what everybody thinks, I was crazy about Tabla in my childhood. My favourite was Lata Ji’s ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’, and with that song, I won many prizes in my school competitions.

I used to sing Lata Ji’s songs in school as a small child. I used to listen to them attentively.įrom childhood, I was a very big fan of Lata (Mangeshkar) Ji. In that era, we had no other sources of entertainment expetd for a radio, and I loved listening to songs on the radio. I’d say my first inspiration came from the radio. In think periodically, there are many elements that affected and influenced me from childhood. Who was and had been your Gurus (Teachers)? Who inspired you to sing at that age? I remember when I was about five or six years old, I was singing since my school days. During my growing up years, from the time I realised about anything in life, I think music was the first thing I was introduced to in my house, and this is the reason why I had an interest in music. Would you like to share some memories of your growing up years? And especially, were you fond of music and singing at back then?Įveryone in our house loved music and it was a quite a musical environment. You were born in Gujarat and hail from a heritage of landowners. With a singing career spanning over 35 years, Udhas continues to be a music icon to millions of fans around the world.ī’s Anil Kumar Bharath caught up with him, ahead of his 2019 UK concert tour. That is the immensity of the soulful voice of the Padmashri awardee. This anthem of longing still tugs at our heartstrings and evokes a deep sense of nostalgia. There isn’t an Indian music lover whose heart doesn’t fill with emotion on hearing the song ‘Chitthi Aayi Hai’ by the legend, Pankaj Udhas.
