I also introduced western instrumentation to make them livelier." Jagjit said: "I was determined to polish up the genre and make it more acceptable to modern tastes, so chose simple poems and set them to simple tunes. I still remember how people from far-off places would throng at the concerts of Jagjit and Chitra. I often used to accompany my father MR Khairi, who was a ghazal lover, and my mother Anjuman - a ghazal singer in Patna. The musical nights, held during Dussehra celebrations in Patna, are etched in my memory. The sessions would start late evening and extend to the wee hours, sometimes to the mornings, with people asking for more even with the sun high up on the horizon.Jagjit Singh's contribution to the revival and popularisation of the ghazal is indisputable. He chose poetry that was easy for the masses to understand his intricately carved rendition of every word and its unique weight stemmed from his deep understand of Urdu poetry.
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