Maan Mausam Ka Kaha Out Now: Veteran Singer Hariharan Pays A Tribute To Lendandary Jagjit Singh

Maan Mausam Ka Kaha voiced by Hariharan is out now. It is a tributary song dedicated to popularly known as The Ghazal King, Jagjit Singh who was an Indian composer, singer and musician. He composed and sang in several languages and is credited for the revival and popularity of ghazal, by choosing poetry that was relevant to the masses and composing them in a way that laid more emphasis on the meaning of words and melody evoked by them.

The music to this melody is given by Shameer Tandon and is written by Dr Bashir Badr. The direction is given by Dhruv Sachdev and produced by Kumar Taurani. The song has a soothing and calming vibe with great lyrics.

Hariharan is an Indian playback, bhajan and ghazal singer whose songs have been featured mainly in Tamil and Hindi. Also, he sang notable songs in Telugu, Malayalam, Kannada, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. He is a remarkable Ghazal singer and one of the pioneers of Indian fusion music. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2004 by the Government of India and is a two-time National Award winner.

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Jagjit Singh Dhiman began his professional career in 1961 by undertaking singing and composing assignments at All India Radio. In 1990, Vivek, his son died in a road accident at the age of 18. The couple gave up music for a full year after the death. At the end of that period, Jagjit returned slowly to music, but Chitra. his wife announced her retirement and declared that she would not sing or record any more songs. Singh turned 70 in February 2011. To celebrate his 70th birthday he committed 70 concerts in different parts of the world. He toured the UK, Singapore, Mauritius, inter alias, in 2011 and was due to perform with Ghulam Ali in Mumbai but suffered a brain haemorrhage on 23 September 2011. He was in a coma for over two weeks and died on 10 October. He was cremated the following day at Chandanwadi Crematorium near Marine Lines in Mumbai.