Jagjit Kaur

Jagjit Kaur
Kaur in 2016
Kaur in 2016
Background information
BornMay 1930
British Raj
OriginPunjab, India
Died15 August 2021(2021-08-15) (aged 91)
GenresFolk, ghazals, playback
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1950–1990
Spouse
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (m. 1954; died 2019)

Jagjit Kaur (May 1930 – 15 August 2021) was an Indian Hindi/Urdu singer. She was married to the music director, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam.

Personal life and death

Kaur belonged to an aristocratic family from Punjab. She married composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam in 1954, one of the first inter-communal marriages in the Indian film industry. They had a son, Pradeep, who died of a heart attack in 2012. Inspired by their son's helping nature, they started a trust, "Khayyam Jagjit Kaur KPG Charitable Trust" to help artistes and technicians in need. Khayyam died on 19 August 2019 following a cardiac arrest at the age of 92. Kaur died on 15 August 2021 at the age of 91.

Selected songs

Some of her songs are the following:

Jagjit Kaur also composed Punjabi Movie music-(Satguru Teri Oat) 1974 Star cast like Dara Singh, Som Dutt

References

  1. ↑ "Legendary Music Composer Khayyam speaks about his illustrious career in last interview". 21 August 2019. Event occurs at 22:52. Retrieved 24 August 2019 – via YouTube.
  2. ↑ "Some timeless songs of Jagjit Kaur". songsofyore.com. 24 April 2011. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  3. 1 2 "1954: A love story, featuring Khayyam and Jagjit Kaur". Mumbai Mirror. 14 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  4. ↑ "We were inspired by the divine to do what we did: Khayyam & Updates at Daily News & Analysis". DNA India. 22 May 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  5. ↑ "Music composer Khayyam passes away". The Indian Express. 19 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2019.
  6. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Jagjit Kaur, veteran singer and wife of composer Khayyam, dies at 93". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  7. ↑ "Jagjit Kaur, veteran singer and wife of composer Khayyam, dies at 93 - Times of India". The Times of India. 15 August 2021. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
  8. ↑ "Singer : Jagjit Kaur : Lyrics and video of Hindi Film Songs – Page 1 of 2". hindigeetmala.net. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  9. ↑ "Jagjit Kaur albums". raag.fm. Retrieved 28 October 2016.
  10. ↑ "Shagoon – Suman Kalyanpur, Jagjit Kaur – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 28 October 2016.