Jai Ho didn't deserve to win Oscar, says Jagjit Singh

Jai Ho didn't deserve to win Oscar, says Jagjit Singh
The very popular legendary ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, famous as 'ghazaljit singh', was in the city last week for the launch of his new musical album Inteha at Reliance Time Out. Very familiar to the city he keeps coming here very often. In a quick chit-chat he talks about the city, his music, fan following and his new album. Close to Gurgaon Jagjit reveals that he does not come to the city only for concerts or launch. "I have a Chinese restaurant in Gurgaon." Ghazal Samrat is also a restaurant owner!"Yes, the restaurant is on the Golf Course road with a Chinese name- ‘Hao Shi Nian Nian’ that means 'Here's to the good life'. It is just for personal savings that I am running the restaurant. I suggest every singer should have personal savings," he says. Music of sense There is a vast difference in the music of 80s and now. Reflecting on the change Jagjit reveals, "Now music has got a new definition and there is nothing like poetry in the lyrics of music today. No one understands the meaning of songs and people are just going crazy. The music of 80's used to be sensible but today's music is more of nonsense. The poetry and the melody have completely disappeared from lyrics." "Be it the Masakalli from Delhi 6 or Jai Ho from Slumdog, these songs are not at all understood and have no lyrics. Jai Ho don't even deserve to get the honour of an Oscar. I don't even understand the lyrics of Jai Ho and it has become so popular today." Love for fans Jagjit Singh always prefers to give live performance because he can interact with the audience. "Inteha is the end of wait for my fans and after a long time. In the past few years I was busy with devotional songs and had too many projects in hand."Inteha had an in-flight music launch by Big Music in collaboration with Kingfisher Airlines. "The word Inteha literally means 'extreme'. However, it has more colloquial implications to its usage which include terms like 'limits' and 'boundaries'. Inteha can therefore include a diversity of expressions and variety of meanings, similar to the mesmerizing ghazals that are part of the album." says Jagjit Singh.Jagjit Singh has composed and sung all the tracks in the album. Lyrics have been penned by a team of young lyricists comprising of Alok Shrivastav, Payyam Sayeedi, Faragh Rushvi, Rajendranath Rahbar, Sanjay Masoom, Amjad Islam Amjad and Naseem Ajmeri. The album is a part of a three-album deal that Big Music had signed with the king of ghazals. The first album was the path-breaking Jeevan Maran Chhe Ek in Gujarati. Following the overwhelming success of this album Big Music convinced Jagjit Singh to return to his forte, the romantic ghazal. And Inteha is the result.He shares, "All my fans have been asking for 'new' ghazals for a long time. This is my 'Inteha' of gratitude for all their love and support."Be it the Masakalli from Delhi 6 or Jai Ho from Slumdog, these songs are not at all understood and have no lyrics. Jai Ho don't even deserve to get the honour of an Oscar.