Record label Saregama | Genre World | |
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Albums Dar Kain Darvesh - Punjabi Sufi Poetry Similar Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, Pamela Chopra, Talat Aziz, Shamshad Begum, Mahendra Kapoor |
Jagjit Kaur is an Indian Hindi/Urdu singer and the spouse of the music director, Mohammed Zahur Khayyam. She sang fewer songs for films than her contemporaries like Lata and Asha, yet all of her songs have been described as memorable masterpieces.
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Memorable songs
Some of her memorable songs are the following:

Personal life

Jagjit Kaur belonged to a wealthy Punjabi zamindari family. She chose to marry talented upcoming composer Khayyam, forgetting religious differences. They had a son, actor Pradeep Khayaam, who expired in 2012. Khayaamji has started a trust in the name of his wife and son to help artistes and technicians in need.



Songs
Kahe Ko Byahi BidesUmrao Jaan · 1981
Tum Apna Ranj-o-gham1964
Hariyala Banna Aaya ReRazia Sultan · 1983
References
Jagjit Kaur Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA