Jagjit's ghazals run through my veins: Chitra Singh

Chitra stopped singing and quit the limelight for a quieter life following the death of their son Vivek in 1990 But in an old interview she said Jagjit Singhs music never really left herI remember him every moment there is not one thing that I cant think of His ghazals run through my veins Chitra told in an interview The album The Master and His Magic was released on Singhs first death anniversary on October 10 2012 by Sony MusicThe album contained eight original unreleased compositions by Singh Chitra said the recordings came to her through an admirer We have this friend of ours in Ahmedabad who has been a fan of Jagjitji since a very long time He had a collection of Jagjits unreleased songs from various performances lying with him and he handed them over to me None of them were studio recordings so I had to work on restoring and remastering of these recordings said ChitraThis album is a tribute from me to Jagjitji and a gift to millions of his fans These songs were sung at different time periods during Jagjitjis live performances between say late 80s and mid 90s To give his fans something new Jagjitji used to present new compositions every time she addedChitra who complimented Singh in memorable duets like Yeh Tera Ghar Yeh Mera Ghar Tum Aao To Sahi Woh Nahin Milta Mujhe and LabeKhamosh Se were also part of the album but not as a singer I am not a part of this album but you will be able to hear me However I would not like to divulge any detailsThe lyrics were penned by Indias greatest lyricists Wasim Bareilvi Farag Roohvi Ghalib and the ghazals took us through the different phases of Jagjitjis life When asked her about the possibility of bringing out more albums of the singer and Chitra says May be but right now we are happy about The Master and His Magic The world remembers Singh as one of the greatest singers but Chitra said he was very grounded in real lifeHe was an extremely humble person he was humility personified she said Apart from the album Chitra is also planning to open a foundation on the singers name to keep his memory alive Jagjitji was very fond of children I would like to take the responsibility of 20 poor children and form a foundation in his nameApart from preserving memorabilia and music the prime objective was to educate and take care of children But everything depends on the government grant that we have applied for nowThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever