MUMBAI: Ask a painter to capture ever node sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Talat Aziz on canvas, and what you get will be a captivating picture. Dressed in a smart blue t-shirt and denims, high heeled brown sandals and a slick pony tail, Ghoshal walked into 92.7 BIG FM’s studio to record a show ‘Carvaan- E- Ghazal’, with ghazal maestro Talat Aziz. This is where Radioandmusic.com’s Dhairya Ingle caught up with the duo to talk about this genre extensively. Also note, the queen of melody, Ghoshal, recently launched her Ghazal album, ‘Humnasheen’.
Talking about ghazal as a genre today, both singers feel that it has fans, but it is not covered extensively by the media. Citing an example of a popular restaurant in south Mumbai, Ghoshal said, “I know an open air restaurant in south Mumbai, which plays only the ghazal of Jagjitji and each table will be occupied by youngsters, usually in their late and mid 20s. So there is an audience for ghazals.”
When asked Talat Aziz about his favourite ghazal artistes, he named a few like Begum Akhtar Mehdi Hassan, Ghulam Ali and KL Saigal, the first person to bring this genre to Bollywood. Talking about the relevance of this genre in Bollywood, the songstress said, “I loved Arijit’s voice in the ghazal ‘Phir Le Aya Dil’, in the film Barfi. It is not a period film, so we know that ghazals are relevant even today.” She also admitted that fellow singer Sunidhi Chauhan’s voice would be apt for ghazals.
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Ghoshal also revealed a particular feeling she got while recording her new album saying, “You know I have never ever sat and recorded any of our songs, but while recording for ‘Humnasheen’, I actually sat down with only one instrument that was a tanpura and this is where I got a feeling of a ghazal mehfil.”
‘Carvaan-E- Ghazal’ is a show that offers listeners a unique opportunity to appreciate some of the most beautiful ghazals, qawalis and unheard stories.
