I remember reading many emails on this matter a month ago ? Does that mean Jagjit Singh said this AGAIN ? That is really odd !
Anyways, "Jai Ho" got an Oscar, so Jagjit Singh can't do much about it except make such statements and then give a pseduo-logical / analytical explaination to what he said. May be for publicity of his new album ? Moreover to which song the Oscar should go is a decision taken by the OSCAR management based on the bunch of songs which is in front of them, so they felt Jai Ho was better over others in complete packaged product by which I mean the lyrics, music, vocals... everything ! It's a free country, so Jagjit Sing can certainly say what he should say..... we ignore it ! In any case, Jagjit Singh is good but Rahman is GREAT ! Best regards Dinesh Vaidya Pune --- In [email protected], Bivin Chandra <bivinchan...@...> wrote: > > New Delhi, Apr 7 (PTI) The world might be ga ga over A R Rahman's Oscar > winning composition 'Jai Ho' but legendary Ghazal singer, Jagjit Singh finds > the song overrated. > > The 68-year-old legend who is famous for his candid nature believes that > getting the Academy award was a golden moment in Indian history but the song > per se did not deserve the honour. > > "Getting an Oscar is no doubt a great achievement but the song, for which we > got the award, is not so special. Frankly I did not understand on what basis > it was awarded," Singh told PTI at a function where he released his new album > 'Inteha.' The Ghazal maestro, said that he did not understand the lyrics of > the composition and why it has become so popular that everybody from Indian > political parties to International pop bands is eager to use it. > > When referred that lyrics for the song has been penned by Gulzar with whom he > has given many hits, Singh said, "When I work with Gulzar Sahab I > categorically tell him to write such poetry which my fans and I can > understand." Singh, who has composed some hit music for films like 'Arth' and > 'Saath Saath' in the 80's does not seem to have a good opinion about today's > Bollywood music as he stated, "it lacks profound poetry and soulful tunes". > PTI > > > http://www.ptinews.com/pti/ptisite.nsf/0/2B0F45FB835F7D7065257591002EB0FB?OpenDocument >
