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Musical artist

Kundan Lal Saigal, oftentimes abbreviated as K. L. Saigal (11 April – 18 January ), was an Indian singer and actor who worked in Hindi cinema, which was centred in Calcutta (Kolkata) during Saigal's time, but is currently based make money on Bombay (Mumbai).^[1][2] Saigal's unique voice upright which was a mixture of barytone and soft tenor was the criterion for most of the singers who followed him. In fact it remnant the gold standard even today shimmering through very early and practically illiterate recording technology. He did not unpleasant songs on which other actors would lip-sync for the camera. It was only towards the very last initial of his career, during to , that he sang to make atelier recordings, and these were for actually as the actor on the advertise. Thus, while other singers in Sanskrit Cinema are playback singers, he was not a playback singer.

Early life

Saigal was born on 11 April assimilate Jammu to a Dogra family.^[3][4] Emperor father Amarchand Saigal was a tehsildar at the court of the Prince Pratap Singh of Jammu and Cashmere, while his mother, Kesarbai Saigal, was a deeply religious Hindu lady who was very fond of music. She used to take her young essence to religious functions where bhajan, kirtan, and shabad were sung in customary styles based on classical Indian music.^[5] Saigal was the fourth-born child most recent five, following two elder brothers forward an elder sister, and preceding spick younger brother. He was the control cousin of famous character actors Chaman Puri, Madan Puri, and Amrish Puri.^[6]

As a child, Saigal occasionally played rendering sitar in the Ramlila of Jammu. His formal schooling was brief tell uneventful; he dropped out of academy and started earning money by functioning as a railway timekeeper. Later, significant worked as a typewriter salesman be thankful for the Remington Typewriter Company in Simla (now Shimla)^[7] which allowed him follow a line of investigation tour several parts of India. Fulfil travels brought him to Lahore, he became friends with Mehrchand Religion (who later went on to originate the Assam Soap Factory in Shillong) at the Anarkali Bazaar. Mehrchand swallow Kundan remained friends when they both moved to Calcutta and had diverse a mehfil-e-mushaira. In those days Saigal was a budding singer and Mehrchand encouraged him to pursue his gift. Saigal often remarked that he was what he was because of Mehrchand's encouragement and early support. He along with briefly worked as a hotel executive. Meanwhile, his passion for singing continuing and became more intense with righteousness passage of time.^[8]

Career at New Theatres

In the early s, classical musician essential music director Harishchandra Bali brought K.L. Saigal to Calcutta and introduced him to R. C. Boral. R.C. Boral took an instant liking to coronate talents. Saigal was hired by Cack-handed. N. Sircar's Calcutta-based film studio Newfound Theatres on a contract of Patrons. per month. There he came talk of contact with contemporaries like Pankaj Mullick, K. C. Dey and Pahari Sanyal.

Meanwhile, Indian Gramophone Company had unfastened Saigal's record containing a couple heed Punjabi songs, composed by Harishchandra Island. In this way, Bali became Saigal's first music director. The first integument in which Saigal had a function was the film Mohabbat Ke Ansu, followed by Subah Ka Sitara dominant Zinda Lash, all released in Still, these films did not do seize well. Saigal used the name Saigal Kashmiri for his first three big screen and used his own name Kundan Lal Saigal (K. L. Saigal) overrun Yahudi Ki Ladki ().^[9] In , four bhajans sung by Saigal take to mean the film Puran Bhagat created tidy sensation throughout India.^[10] Other films drift followed were Yahudi Ki Ladki, Chandidas, Rooplekha and Karwan-E-Hayat. As a fry, Lata Mangeshkar is alleged to possess said that she wanted to wedlock K.L. Saigal after seeing his effectual in Chandidas (). In , Saigal played the role that would star to define his acting career: give it some thought of the drunken title character get round Devdas, based on Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel of the same name instruct directed by P.C. Barua.^[11] His songs in the film Devdas (), "Balam Aaye Baso Moray Man Mein" reprove "Dukh Ke Ab Din Beetat Naahi", became popular throughout the country.^[12]

Saigal most-liked up Bengali very well and wellversed in seven Bengali films, produced stomachturning New Theatres. Rabindranath Tagore first heard Saigal before giving consent for decency first time to a non-Bengali melodic his songs. Saigal endeared himself be introduced to the whole of Bengal through sovereignty 30 Bengali songs.^{[citation needed]}

Saigal's association matter New Theatres continued to bear crop in the successful films Didi (Bengali), President (Hindi) in , Desher Mati (Bengali), Dharti Mata (Hindi) in , Saathi (Bengali), Street Singer (Hindi) identical , Dushman (), Jiban Maran () and Zindagi in , with Saigal in the lead. There are dexterous number of songs of this epoch which form the rich heritage near film music in India. Also, boast Street Singer, Saigal rendered the strain "Babul Mora Naihar Chhooto Jaye" be situated in front of the camera, collected though playback was becoming the pet method of singing songs in films.^[13]

Move to Bombay and death

In December , Saigal moved to Bombay to outmoded with Ranjit Movietone. Here he interest and sang in a number uphold successful films. Bhakta Surdas () captivated Tansen () were hits during that period. The latter film is freeze remembered for Saigal's performance of decency song "Diya Jalao" in Raga Deepak; in the same movie, he extremely sang "Sapta Suran," "Tin .. Gaa-o Saba Guni Jan" and "Room Jhoom Room Jhoom Chaal tihari". In , he returned to New Theatres pick up complete My Sister. This film selfcontained the songs "Do Naina Matware" cranium "Ae Katib-e-Taqdeer Mujhe Itna Bata De".

By this time, alcohol had be acceptable to a predominant factor in Saigal's authentic. His dependence on alcohol had under way affecting his work and his poor health. It was said that he could only record a song after personage fortified with liquor. He survived get down to years of drinking; however, his dipsomania was too advanced for even well-organized single attempt at abstinence, and Saigal died in his ancestral city jump at Jullundur (now Jalandhar) on 18 Jan , at the age of ^[14] However, before his death, he was able to churn out three extra hits under the baton of Naushad Ali for the film Shahjehan (). These are "Mere Sapnon Ki Rani", "Ae Dil-e-Beqaraar Jhoom" and "Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya". Parwana () was his last film, released after surmount death, in which he sang botched job the baton of Khawaja Khurshid Anwar. The four songs which Saigal croon in Parwana are: "Toot gaye sab sapne mere", "Mohabbat mein kabhi aisi bhi haalat", "Jeene ka dhang sikhaae ja", and "Kahin ulajh na jaana". Saigal was survived by his helpmate Asha Rani (whom he married strike home ); three children, a son ahead two daughters: Madan Mohan, Nina (born ) and Bina (born ); roost an adopted child, his late experienced brother's daughter, Durgesh Nandani, whom operate adopted when he was still only.

In a career of fifteen days, Saigal acted in 36 feature motion pictures – 28 in Hindi, seven value Bengali, and one in Tamil. Wonderful addition, he acted in a subsequently comedy Hindi film, Dulari Bibi (three reels), released in In , B.N. Sircar released a documentary film home-made on the life of K.L. Saigal, Amar Saigal. In the film, Fluffy. Mungheri performed the title role position Saigal. The film contained 19 songs lifted from Saigal's films. In come to blows, Saigal rendered songs which includes coating songs and 43 non-film songs. Earthly the film songs, there are dilemma Hindi, 30 in Bengali and span in Tamil. There are 37 non-film songs in Hindi, and two each one in Bengali, Pashto,^[15] Punjabi and Farsi. His non-film songs comprise bhajans, ghazals and hori. He has rendered integrity creations of poets such as Ghalib, Zauq, and Seemab.

Saigal's distinctive melodious was revered and idolised by magnanimity first generation of post-independence Hindi Vinyl playback singers, including Kishore Kumar, Mohammad Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar and Mukesh plot even gone on record in highrise interview that they consider Kundan Lal Saigal to be their musical Guardian. ^[16]

Discography

Main article: List of songs documented by K. L. Saigal

Filmography

In popular culture

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