Jagjit’s Sing(h)ing was the highlight

The soundtrack of Sarfarosh (1999) was one of my favourite Hindi film albums in my teenage years.

Deservedly, Jatin-Lalit were nominated in the Best Music Director category at the 45^th Filmfare Awards in 2000.

It wouldn’t be incorrect to state that Hoshwalon Ko Khabar Kya – which was five minutes and a couple of seconds long – was the best song in the film.

The ghazal was dedicated to Nida Fazli, who penned it, and Jagjit Singh, who rendered it. Incidentally, the former was born on October 12, 1938, and the latter died on October 10, 2011.

Jagjit’s rendition certainly induced goosebumps

Jagjit Singh’s fans have probably been paying homage to the king of ghazals by crooning, “Chitthi na koi sandes, jaane woh kaun sa des, jahan tum chale gaye”.

The track from Dushman, whose male version is on this blog, could be translated to, “You haven’t written a letter or even a message. I don’t know to which country (where, in this context) you have gone”.

The female version of the song, which Anand Bakshi penned, was rendered by none other than Lata Mangeshkar.

It was composed by Uttam Singh, and was worth playing on loop.