Frases de Kundan Lal Saigal (7 citas)

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“…a fakir singing a ghazal of Ghalib’s. They sat down and listened and when it was over Saigal put his hand in his pocket and whatever was in it – 5,000 rupees, a great sum in those days – gave to the fakir. And when the friend asked whether he knew how much he had given, Saigal said, “Did Oopar Wala count the money when he gave it to me?”

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K. L. Saigal

Saigal meant 'god' as Ooparwal in "Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals".

“Sorry, I don’t understand ragas. Just show me the tune and I sing.” Then sing anything you like, said Boral, and Saigal started singing something in Raag Asawari.”

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K. L. Saigal

“The two hundred or so songs that Saigal sang, touched a popular chord despite their, or perhaps because of their, profundity.”

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Saigal, the unforgettable

“I have no knowledge with me to make you a better singer than you are.”

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By Fayyaz khan in [Ranganathan Magadi, The Literary Works of Ranganathan Magadi, http://books.google.com/books?id=zU-xAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA645, 1 February 2007, Ranganathan Magadi, 978-1-4116-7004-4, 645–]

“I was told when he died he was listening to Jab Dil Hi Toot Gaya, which I thought was far-fetched, because Saigal never liked his film songs, just his Ghalib compositions. But it was dramatic, so we used it. So imagine my surprise, when after a show in Delhi, a lady came up to me and said she was the niece, Durgesh, seen in that death scene, and her uncle had indeed listened to that song on his deathbed.”

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By M Syed Alam in "A tribute to KL Saigal."

“Never before had I heard such melody from human throat. It was superhuman. Was he a Gandharva come to earth? No expression on his face. Not much movement of lips. Perfect control over breath. Perfect pauses. Clear pronunciation. I was spellbound.”

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By Raychand Boral in "Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals".

“Sorry, I don’t understand ragas. Just show me the tune and I sing.”

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Then sing anything you like, said Boral, and Saigal started singing something in Raag Asawari.
In Begum Akhtar the Undisputed Malika of Ghazals, 28 September 2012, accessdate3 January 2014, New Age Islam http://www.newageislam.com/islamic-culture/begum-akhtar-the-undisputed-malika-of-ghazals/d/8820,