![]() I watch movies, I catch up on films on OTT platforms. My all-time favourite is Lata Mangeshkar, there is no one like her. Calling Lata Mangeshkar his favourite singer, he had said in the interview, “I listen to western music, African music and also cinema music. Pandit Jasraj’s granddaughters Shraddha Pandit and Shweta Pandit have followed in the footsteps of the legendary musician. ![]() I was sweating and I almost fainted, I was maybe 22-year-old then.” Talking about his first concert when he performed for the Nepal King Tribhuwan Bir Bikram Shah in 1952, he had told PTI in an interview, “The king told his men to announce that he has awarded me 5,000 gold coins. Talking about his career, the music maestro had once revealed that he almost fainted on receiving a prize of 5000 gold coins from the king of Nepal. In 2008, he also sang the romantic number, Vaada Tumse Hai Vaada, in 1920. The bhajan was followed by a jugalbandi with Pandit Bhimsen in Birbal My Brother almost a decade later. ![]() He first sang in V Shantaram’s Ladki Sahyadri Ki (1966). Jasraj’s Bollywood songs were few but each one of them was a testimony to his mastery over music. A stage performer all his life, he even took to teaching students over Skype in his later years. He left behind an epic saga of Indian classical music and a rich legacy. Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj died on Monday at the age of 90.
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