Chitra Singh is a renowned Indian Urdu/Hindi ghazals singer. She is married to Jagjit Singh, who is also a prominent ghazal singer. They form a highly popular duet team and are considered pioneers in modern ghazal singing. Chitra Singh (maiden name, Dutta) was born in a Bengali family. She had no formal musical training, but had strong roots of music in her family. She learned much of her music by listening to her mother's music teacher. Chitra met Jagjit in Mumbai (Bombay) in the late 1960s, and they started a musical career together by singing jingles for various advertisements. Their career took off with the launching of The Unforgettables, an album with several firsts to its credits. Their public singing before large audiences revolutionized ghazal singing. Till then, ghazal singing used to be confined to musical performances ("mehfils") before small audiences consisting primarily of the elite in the society. The duo compo

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z # TAGS