{"id":40276,"date":"2021-08-15T14:58:00","date_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=40276"},"modified":"2021-08-15T14:58:00","modified_gmt":"2021-08-15T14:58:00","slug":"veteran-singer-jagjit-kaur-wife-of-composer-khayyam-dies-at-93","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/?p=40276","title":{"rendered":"Veteran Singer Jagjit Kaur, Wife Of Composer Khayyam, Dies At 93"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" id=\"ins_storybody\"><!-- \n\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"sp-cn ins_storybody\" id=\"ins_storybody\">--><\/p>\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv\">\n<div class=\"ins_instory_dv_cont\"><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Veteran Singer Jagjit Kaur, Wife Of Composer Khayyam, Dies At 93\" alt=\"Veteran Singer Jagjit Kaur, Wife Of Composer Khayyam, Dies At 93\" id=\"story_image_main\" src=\"https:\/\/c.ndtvimg.com\/2021-08\/9glohieo_jagjit-kaur_625x300_15_August_21.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p class=\"ins_instory_dv_caption sp_b\">A throwback of Jagjit Kaur. (courtesy: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Bollywoodirect\/status\/1426782112405803011\/photo\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bollywoodirect<\/a>)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"highlghts_Wdgt lft-highlghts\">\n<h3>Highlights<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The last rites of the veteran singer were performed earlier on Sunday &#13;<\/li>\n<li>Her husband Khayyam died 2 years back in August &#13;<\/li>\n<li> She died at her residence in Mumbai<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><b class=\"place_cont\">New Delhi: <\/b><\/p>\n<p>Veteran singer and wife of late music composer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/after-legendary-composer-khayyams-death-gulzar-sonu-nigam-and-others-visit-family-2087663\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Khayyam<\/a>, died at the age of 93 on Sunday moring, reported news agency ANI. &#8220;According to the late artist&#8217;s spokesperson, Jagjit Kaur, the widow of the late music composer Mohammed Zahur Khayyam, breathed her last around 6 am at her residence in Mumbai,&#8221; stated the ANI report. The last rites of the veteran singer were performed at Pawan Hans Crematorium, SV Road Vile Parle in Mumbai earlier on Sunday. Jagjit Kaur was best-known for singing tracks like <i>Dekh Lo Aaj Humko<\/i> from <i>Bazaar<\/i> and <i>Pehle To Aankh Milana<\/i> from the film <i>Shola Aur Shabnam<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>Jagjit Kaur began her musical career in the &#8217;50s. She also sang tracks for films like <i>Posti<\/i> and <i>Dil-e-Nadan<\/i>. She got married to Khayyam in 1954. She also sang a song in the Khayyam-composed memorable soundtracks of <i>Umrao Jaan<\/i> in 1981.<\/p>\n<p>Her husband Khayyam died in a Mumbai hospital in August 2019. He died at the age of 92. The legendry music composer, best known for his music in films such as <i>Kabhi Kabhie<\/i> and <i>Umrao Jaan<\/i>, died after suffering from a lung ailment at Sujay Hospital in Juhu.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/khayyams-unforgettable-legacy-from-aakhri-khat-to-umrao-jaan-2087568\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\">Khayyam<\/a>, who started his musical career at the age of 17, was also a recipient of Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Bhushan. He was also honoured with the National Award and Filmfare Award. His other notable works included films such as <i>Trishul, Noorie<\/i> and <i>Shola Aur Shabnam<\/i>. He had also composed music for actress Meena Kumari&#8217;s album <i>I Write, I Recite<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from news agency ANI)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.ndtv.com\/entertainment\/veteran-singer-jagjit-kaur-wife-of-composer-khayyam-dies-at-93-2510928\\\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A throwback of Jagjit Kaur. (courtesy: Bollywoodirect) Highlights The last rites of the veteran singer were performed earlier on Sunday &#13; Her husband Khayyam died 2 years back in August &#13; She died at her residence in Mumbai New Delhi: Veteran singer and wife of late music composer Khayyam, died [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40277,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40276","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hindi-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/9glohieo_jagjit-kaur_625x300_15_August_21.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40276","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40276"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40276\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/40277"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bengalnewstimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}