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Anita Singhvi makes her debut with "Naqsh-e-Noor"
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NEW ENTRY: Anita Singhvi in New Delhi
`Ghazal is a talk between two lovers. Each couplet is complete in itself and is philosophical,' says Anita Singhvi, singer and wife of Congress leader Abhishek Singhvi. She has recently cut her debut album Naqsh-e-Noor.
Music is not new to Anita as she started learning at the age of seven and managed to continue her lessons even after her marriage. "I started learning classical music from Pandit Kshirsagar from the Gwalior gharana. After coming to Delhi, I got the privilege to learn from Mujahid Ali Khan of Sehaswan gharana of Rampur. Besides, I am honing my Urdu. I am taking lessons in Urdu and Persian. You can't understand ghazal without having good command over Urdu, let alone singing," says she.
Once a student of classical music, today her prime interest is ghazal and sufiana kalaam. "As years passed, my interest shifted from classical to semi-classical to ghazals. I find ghazals amazing. In limited words, you can convey so much. It gives you a spiritual harbour," says Anita.
She has performed in around 40 shows in India and abroad and has been felicitated with awards like Mahia Shiromani, Bharat Nirman, Rajiv Gandhi Rashtriya Ekta Puraskar and Fakr-e-Hind.
Why such delay in coming out with an album? "There are many reasons. Firstly, whenever, I approached producers, they said that ghazals are not commercially viable and suggested me to try something else. The case would not have been the same had I been a pop singer. Then I am a housewife and it's not easy to do all this at the cost of household chores," maintains she.
Anita calls Naqsh-e-Noor - meaning light of gem - a tribute to the ghazal greats of yesteryears like Begum Akhtar and Noor Jahan. The album by Saregama features seven famous ghazals including "Main Tere Sang", "Ashiane Ki Baat Karte Ho" and "Ai Ishq hamein Barbad."
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