Jagjit Singh an san shi a matsayin mawaƙin ghazal mafi nasara a kowane lokaci wanda ya sami babban yabo da nasara na kasuwanci kuma wanda muryarsa mai rai ta taɓa zukatan miliyoyin zukata.
Muryar mawakiya Jagjit Singh ta sanya miliyoyin mutane a Indiya a duniya. Magoya bayansa sun yi hauka saboda gazalinsa masu ban sha'awa - daya daga cikin mafi yaduwa da shaharar nau'ikan wakoki, musamman a Gabas ta Tsakiya da Kudancin Asiya. Jajit Singh ya ƙware wajen bayyana raɗaɗi da baƙin ciki ta hanyar rubutattun waƙoƙi masu daɗi.
Tafiyar wannan mutumin daga Jagmohan zuwa Jagjit ba abu ne mai sauki ba. An haifi mahaifin Jagmohan Amir Chand a dangin Hindu amma ya rungumi addinin Sikh kuma yanzu ana kiransa Sardar Amar Singh. Yanayinsa sun yi muni saboda ya kasance matalauta kuma yana aiki a tsawon yini. Duk da haka, ya sadaukar da kansa don yin karatu da dare kuma ya sami aikin gwamnati inda aka fara buga shi a Bikaner a Rajasthan. Wata rana mai kyau lokacin da yake tafiya daga Bikaner zuwa garinsu Sri Ganganagar, ya hadu da wata kyakykyawar yarinya Sikh mai suna Bachchan Kaur a cikin jirgin kasa kuma da zarar hirar tasu ta fara ba ta kare ba duk sun yi aure. Suna da 'ya'ya 11, daga cikinsu hudu ne kawai suka tsira wanda Jagmohan na daya daga cikinsu wanda aka haifa a Sri Ganganagar a 1941.
Bayan da Indiya ta sami 'yancin kai a shekarar 1947, lokaci ne mai matukar wahala ga al'ummar kasar inda ta fara tsayawa da kafafunta kuma kowane mutum yana kokawa da abinci da sana'o'i. A irin waɗannan lokutan gwagwarmaya da kyar babu wani wuri don fasahar fasaha kamar kiɗa. Amma kamar yadda labarin ke tafiya, a cikin wannan duka wani matashi mai alƙawarin da ya fito daga titunan Sri Ganganagar a Rajasthan a arewacin Indiya.
A wata rana mahaifin Jagmohan ya kai shi wurin malaminsa na addini wanda ya yi hasashen cewa idan Jagmohan zai canza sunansa to wata rana zai ci nasara a kan duniyar nan da fasaha ta musamman. Daga wannan rana Jagmohan ya zama Jagjit. Babu wutar lantarki a wancan lokacin kuma Jagjit ya kasance yana karatu a karkashin fitilar kananzir bayan magariba duk da cewa ba shi da sha'awar karatu. Jagjit ya kasance mai tsananin kauna da sha'awar rera waka tun yana karami kuma wakar da ya fara rera ita ce tun yana karatu a makarantar Khalsa sannan daga baya a shekarar 1955 ya rera waka. mawallafi. Har ila yau, ya kasance yana rera Gurbani (waƙoƙin addini) a cikin Gurudwaras - wuri mai tsarki na Sikhs tun yana matashi.
Daga baya Jagjit ya koma Jalandhar da ke Punjab a arewacin Indiya don yin karatu mai zurfi inda ya kammala digirinsa na farko a kwalejin DAV. A cikin kwanakin koleji ya rera wakoki da yawa kuma a cikin 1962, ya rera waka a gaban Dr Rajendra Prasad, shugaban farko na Indiya, yayin bikin kowace shekara na kwaleji. Mahaifinsa ya kasance yana fatan Jagjit ya kara karatu sosai kuma ya zama injiniya ko ofishi a matsayin wani aiki mai mutuntawa sosai a gwamnati don ya cika burin mahaifinsa, Jagjit ya tafi Kurukshetra a Haryana don yin Master of Arts a tarihi.
Bayan kammala karatunsa Jagjit ya yi tattaki zuwa Shimla da ke Himachal Pradesh domin yin waka a wani lokaci kuma ya yi hadari ya hadu da Om Prakash wanda fitaccen jarumi ne a masana’antar fina-finan Indiya. Om Prakash ya ji dadin wakar Jagjit, inda nan take ya nemi Jagjit da ya zo Mumbai, gidan masana’antar fim da waka ta Indiya. Nan da nan Jagjit ya amince kuma ya koma Mumbai inda da farko ya tsira ta hanyar yin ayyuka marasa kyau, sannan ya fara samun kuɗi ta hanyar shirya jingles na tallace-tallace da kuma yin wasan kwaikwayo a wuraren bikin aure.
Abin takaici, wannan ba tafiya mai dadi ba ce ga Jagjit don ya kasa cimma komai kuma an bar shi ya rasa ransa ko da ya tsira a Mumbai don haka ya koma gida yana tafiya a boye a cikin dakin wanka na jirgin kasa. Duk da haka, wannan kwarewa ba ta kashe ruhun Jagjit ba kuma a cikin 1965 ya kuduri aniyar cewa zai yi rayuwarsa da kiɗa don haka ya sake komawa Mumbai. Daya daga cikin makusantan Jagjit mai suna Haridaman Singh Bhogal ya shirya wa Jagjit kudi don tafiya Mumbai kuma zai ci gaba da aika kudi domin ya tsira a babban birni. Jagjit ya sami taimakon kuɗi daga abokinsa mai karimci amma a cikin kwanakin gwagwarmayar ya fuskanci matsaloli da yawa.
Daga karshe Jagjit ya koyi kade-kade na gargajiya daga shahararrun mawakan wancan lokacin – Mohammed Rafi, KL Sehgal da Lata Mangeshkar. Daga baya sha'awarsa ga sana'ar sana'a a cikin kiɗa ta ci gaba kuma ya yanke shawarar samun horon tsari a cikin kiɗan gargajiya daga ƙwararren Ustad Jamal Khan da Pandit Chagan Lal Sharma ji. Wani abin sha'awa a lokacin gwagwarmayar da ya yi a Mumbai, har ma ya yi wani dan wasan kwaikwayo a fim din Darektan fim Subhash Ghai na 'Amar' a matsayin abokin babban jarumi.
Iyalan Jagjit ba su san cewa yana Mumbai ba kamar yadda ya saba zuwa gida lokacin hutun karatunsa na jami'a. Lokacin da ya daɗe bai ziyarci gida ba, mahaifinsa ya nemi ɗan'uwan Jagjit ya nemi bayani daga abokan Jagjit game da inda yake. Ko da yake daya daga cikin abokansa ya sanar da kanin Jagjit cewa Jagjit ya daina karatunsa kuma ya koma Mumbai amma dan uwansa ya zabi yin shiru game da wannan. Bayan kusan wata guda, Jagjit da kansa ya rubuta wa iyalinsa wasiƙa yana gaya musu gaskiya gaba ɗaya kuma ya daina sanya rawaninsa saboda yana jin cewa masana'antar waƙa ba za ta karɓi mawaƙin Sikh ba. Mahaifinsa ya fusata da sanin haka, ya daina magana da Jagjit tun daga ranar.
A lokacin zamansa a Mumbai, Jagjit ya sami damar yin aiki tare da kamfanin HMV, babban kamfanin kiɗa na wancan lokacin kuma EP ɗinsa na farko (extended play) ya shahara sosai. Daga baya ya sadu da Chitra Dutta, ɗan Bengali lokacin da yake rera jingle na tallan duet kuma abin mamaki Chitra baya son muryar Jagjit da farko. Chitra ta yi aure a lokacin kuma ta haifi diya mace duk da haka ta rabu a 1968 kuma Jagjit da Chitra sun yi aure a 1971. Wannan shekara ce mai daraja ga Jagjit Singh kuma shi da Chitra an kira su 'ma'auratan Ghazal'. An albarkace su da ɗa ba da daɗewa ba wanda suka sa masa suna Vivek.
A cikin wannan shekarar Jagjit ya sami babban kundi na kiɗa mai suna 'Super 7'. Albam dinsa mafi mahimmanci da almara shine 'The Unforgettables' ta hanyar amfani da mawaƙa da na'urorin lantarki, damar da HMV ya ba shi bayan ya zama tauraro cikin dare kuma wannan ita ce babbar nasararsa ta farko. 'The Unforgettables' albam ne da ake sayar da shi sosai a lokacin da babu kasuwan albam sai fina-finai. Ya sami cak na INR 80,000 a cikin 1977 wanda yayi yawa sosai a lokacin. Bayan ganin Jagjit ya samu nasara mahaifinsa ya sake yin magana da shi.
Album din Jagjit na biyu mai suna 'Birha Da Sultan' ya fito a shekarar 1978 kuma yawancin wakokinsa sun yi nasara. Daga baya, Jagjit da Chitra sun fitar da jimlar albums goma sha shida. Ya zama mawaƙin Indiya na farko da ya yi rikodin kundin CD na dijital kawai 'Bayan Lokaci' a cikin 1987 da aka yi rikodin a bakin tekun waje a wajen Indiya, a cikin wannan nasara da Jagjit da Chitra suka yi. Ɗansu Vivek ya mutu a hatsarin mota yana ɗan shekara 18 a ƙarami. Bayan wannan mummunan bala'i a cikin 1990, Chitra da Jagjit duka sun daina waƙa.
Jagjit ya koma waka a 1992 kuma ya ba da muryarsa ga mawaka da yawa. Ya shirya albam da yawa tare da marubuci Gulzar kuma ya tsara waƙoƙin wasan kwaikwayo na talabijin 'Mirza Ghalib' wanda Gulzar ya rubuta. Jagjit kuma yana ba da muryarsa ga 'Geeta Shloko' da 'Shree Ram Charit Manas' da irin waɗannan waƙoƙin lokacin da Jagjit Singh ke karantawa ya ba da jin daɗin sama ga masu sauraro. Wasu kyawawan ayyukan Jagjit sun zo ne bayan ya rasa ɗansa saboda da alama hakan yana da tasiri a zuciyarsa. A Indiya mutane sun san kiɗan gargajiya amma yadda muryar Jagjit ke haɗawa da talaka yana da ban mamaki. Ko da yake ya rera waƙa a cikin irin wannan murya mai daɗi, shi mutum ne mai yawan abokantaka da ban dariya. Yana son hawan keke yayin da ya tuna masa da wannan matashi.
Mutane na kowane zamani suna sha'awar ba kawai waƙar Jagjit Singh ba har ma da waƙoƙin rairayi da waƙoƙin ghazal. Jagjit ya yi wakoki masu kyau kuma ya ba kowane marubucin waƙa ta salonsa na musamman. Ya kasance mai matukar goyon bayan abokan aikinsa wadanda a koda yaushe suke da alakar soyayya da su. A shekarar 1998, ya yi fama da babban bugun zuciya bayan da likitan ya ba shi shawarar a yi masa tiyatar wuce gona da iri wanda bai yarda ba. A maimakon haka ya yanke shawarar ziyartar abokinsa a Dehradun, Uttrakhand wanda kwararre ne na ayurvedic kuma Jagjit ya ba da cikakken imani game da maganinsa. Bayan wata daya ya cigaba da aikinsa.
Jagjit Singh shi ne mawaƙin Indiya ɗaya tilo da ya yi wa tsohon Firayim Ministan Indiya Atal Bihari Vajpayee albam guda biyu wanda shi kansa mawaƙi ne - mai suna Nayi Disha da Samvedna. A shekara ta 2003, ya sami Padmabhushan, lambar yabo ta uku mafi girma na farar hula a kasar saboda gudummawar da ya bayar wajen waka. A shekara ta 2006, ya sami lambar yabo ta ci gaban rayuwa ta malamai. Abin takaici, wani bala'i ya faru a cikin 2009 lokacin da Jagjit da 'yar Chitra suka rasu wanda ya sa su sake nutsewa cikin baƙin ciki.
A cikin 2011, bayan ya cika shekaru 70, Jagjit ya yanke shawarar yin 'concert 70' inda ya gabatar da wata waka a cikin ƙwaƙwalwar ɗansa mai suna 'Chitti Na Koi Sandes, Jaane Who Kaunsa Desh, Jahan Tum Chale Gaye' an fassara shi azaman 'babu wasiƙa ko sako, ba ku san wanene wurin da kuka tafi ba'. A watan Satumbar 2011 Jagjit Singh ya sami bugun jini a kwakwalwa kuma bayan ya shafe kwanaki 18 a suma, ya rasu a ranar 10 ga Oktoba, 2011. Wannan mutumi ya kai wa talakan kasa hari kuma ya samu gagarumar nasara saboda yawancin wakokinsa ana daukar su na zamani. Tabbas shi ne mafi shahara mawaƙin ghazal na kowane lokaci. Wakokinsa 'Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar' da 'Tum Jo Itna Muskra Rahe Ho' daga cikin fim din Hindi na Arth sun bayyana rashin jin daɗin soyayya da sha'awa da kuma sha'awar shiru. Wakokinsa irin su 'Hosh Walon Ko Kya Khabar Kya' da 'Hothon Se Chhu Lo Tum' sun nuna bakin ciki, bege, zafin rabuwa da soyayya mai ban sha'awa. Jagjit Singh ya bar kyakkyawan gado na wakoki masu daɗi waɗanda miliyoyin masu sauraro za su ji daɗinsa na dogon lokaci mai zuwa.
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