Thursday, April 11, 2013

Nirvana Academy pays floral tribute to K.L Saigal on 109th birth anniversary


Nirvana Academy A Regd. Cultural Club organized a cultural musical programme at Aarohi Kala Sangeet Vidhalaya Rehari Jammu to pay rich tributes to first Indian film superstar and singer Kundan Lal Saigal on his 109th birth anniversary. Kumari Tandeep Kour a noted musician and social worker was the chief guest on the occasion. Chief guest Tandeep Kour, Hitesh Badyal President NA along with other prominent persons and students of Aarohi Kala Sangeet vidhalaya paid floral tributes to their ideal singer and first Indian film superstar K.L Saigal.
In the musical programme budding artists and students of Aarohi kala sangeet vidhalaya sung bhajans and dedicated their performances to K.L Saigal. Kuldeep Kumar a veteran singer presented popular K.L Saigal numbers like “ Jab dil hi toot gya”, Gham diye mustakil,” which were highly appreciated by the audience.
Sh. Hitesh Badyal President Nirvana Academy highlighted the achievements and threw light on the life of K.L Saigal. Saigal was born at Jammu on 11 April 1904. Saigal’s song in the film ‘Balam aaye baso moray man mein’ and ‘Dukh kea b din beetat naahi’ became popular through out the country.
“In a career of fifteen years Saigal rendered 185 songs which included 142 filmi songs and 43 non filmi songs”, Badyal added.
 “Saigal’s distinctive singing voice was idolized by the first generation of post independence Hindi play back singers including Lata Mangeshkar, Mohd. Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar”, Tandeep Kour said.
Those who were presented on the occasion included Neeraj Sharma, Vice President NA, Meenakshi Sharma General Secretary NA, Ashutosh Dubey, Nishant Vaid, Neha Varma, Param Jeet Kour, Prince Nagotra, Atri, Tanya, Amit Kumar and Shaveta Sharma.

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