Bhupinder Singh had worked with the biggest names of the music industry ranging from Mohammad Rafi, RD Burman, Madan Mohan, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle.
Bhupinder Singh had worked with the biggest names of the music industry ranging from Mohammad Rafi, RD Burman, Madan Mohan, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle.
Veteran singer and guitarist Bhupinder Singh, who has lent his voice to an injured heart over the years, died at the age of 82 in Mumbai on Monday evening due to multiple health issues.
Over the years, Mr Singh’s heavy bass voice captured the fatigue of the soul like no other. The heart searches for the same leisure day and night , weather) remains a trusted balm for heartache. thought provoking ghazal no one ever got a perfect world , non-historic) continues to make statements on the incompleteness of life. Not just a versatile singer, the guitar pieces he played for Ustad Vilayat Khan Kadambari, or for that matter, deceptive Rasiya Mann Behkaye that he sang for MB Srinivasan Manjuputs him in the rare classical universe.
Born in Amritsar, Mr. Singh grew up in Delhi’s West Patel Nagar and was introduced to music by his father, Prof. Nath Singh, who was also a musician. Interested in playing various instruments from a young age, there was never any doubt that he would take up music as a career.
After learning guitar, he started working as a casual artist with All India Radio under the guidance of musician Satish Bhatia. He found that Mr. Singh’s voice had a distinct tonal basis and began to give him opportunities to sing. It was Bhatia who introduced Mr. Singh to Madan Mohan when the musician was on a tour of Delhi. He sang the song of Bahadur Shah Zafar I don’t feel my heart is free For him. Impressed, he called Mr. Singh to Mumbai and offered I must have forgotten him In Haqeeqat , Like most of his songs, the song has stood the test of time.
While rehearsing, he realized that it was not a complete song but could not muster up the courage to ask the composer. Later, when Madan Mohan introduced him to Rafi, Manna Dey and Talat Mahmood, he realized that he did not want Mr. Singh to feel the pressure of singing his first song with such stalwarts.
Soon news of his proficiency with Hawaiian, Spanish and electric guitar also spread and he became part of the famous RD Burman team. dum maaro doom The riff came out of Mr. Singh’s instrument. “When Dev (Anand) sahib narrated the situation in his own unique way, he said imagine clouds of smoke and heroin. Impressed by his description, I began to play a tune on my electric guitar, and the RD said, that’s it,” Mr. Singh once told this journalist.
Mr. Singh adopted it equally effectively When have you you met , laughing hurt ) for his mentor Madan Mohan and spark no fire , immortal love) And you have stolen , the procession of memories) again for RD. This was the time when Hindi cinema was passing through a generation where his young guitar was more in demand than his sad voice. So even though he was singing classics like Beti Na Bitai Raina , introduction), he was seen more as a guitarist. He made good use of the time by cutting private albums, where he introduced guitars to ghazals.
His voice structure was not suitable for playback singing and that is probably why it took time for him to be accepted as the voice of the protagonist. However, he used to say that he could survive as his voice was different from that of the trinity of Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and Mukesh.
When Madan Mohan called him again to sing for Sanjeev Kumar weatherMr Singh was ready to give a song heart seeks Madan Mohan composed the sad and happy versions in two different rhythms as in two flavors and two tempos.
The mid-1970s was also the time when everyone was giving a good fight to Angry Young Man at the box office and Mr. Singh’s voice could convey the pain of the common man struggling to get a good place in the big city. Most of his songs survive because they evoke the same sentiments they did in the late ’70s. Being a migrant himself, he could identify with the emotional dilemma he expressed I’m the only one in this city , gharaunda) or the urge to embrace life life come to my house , distances,
Outside the sublime world of Khayyam and Jaydev, Mr. Singh also sang a unique ghazal with Bappi Lahiri, Some eyes still waiting for you , once again) For him.
In the 1980s, he once again focused on personal albums and emerged as a force to be reckoned with in singing ghazals with his wife Mithali Mukherjee. He helped them adapt to the requirements of the stage show. The duo entertained lakhs of people during the New Year programs of Doordarshan.
Mr. Singh won several awards but he got excited only when the Sangeet Natak Akademi presented him with its award in the category of ‘Sugam Sangeet’ (Light Music).
Mr Singh lamented the lack of depth in computerized music, but continued to dream of recording with a live orchestra.