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Chitra Singh launches Ghazal Maestros unreleased album with Universal Music India
MUMBAI: Remembering Jagjit Singh on his second death anniversary, Chitra Singh launched Ghazal Maestros’ unreleased album with Universal Music India.
The late Jagjit Singh’s album was presented with great pride by his wife, noted Ghazal singer Chitra Singh and leading music label, Universal Music India on 10 October.
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Titled ‘The Voice Beyond’, the album includes seven of Jagit Singh’s unreleased, original compositions. The album was launched on the maestro’s second death anniversary at an event conceptualised by his wife Chitra Singh. Music and memories marked the evening which saw eminent personalities like veteran actor/politician, Shatrughan Sinha and director Subhash Ghai sharing anecdotes about the time spent with the singer.
The music fraternity came together to commemorate Jagjit Singh’s legacy. Creating a wave of nostalgia, a soulful medley of Jagjit Singh’s earlier hits sung by Anup Jalota, Deepak Pandit, Pandit Sanjeev Abhyankar and Pandit Vishwa Mohan Bhatt stirred the audience.
Speaking on the occasion, Chitra Singh said, “If the album is successful in celebrating Jagitji’s music and the legacy created by him, then I am successful. We wanted to pay tribute to his genius by releasing previously unheard tracks. As they are unreleased compositions, I am releasing them for him, as that is what he would have wanted as a gift to his million fans.”
Universal Music India VP marketing Sunil D’sa said, “We are proud to have the opportunity to launch the album of a true legend. Universal has always been a platform for talent. It will be exciting to see audiences react to the album, as we are sure Jagjit Singh’s Ghazals will create frenzy among his fans even today.”
The album The Voice Beyond will be available in physical and digital formats at all leading music stores.
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Remembering Gyan Sahay, the lens behind film, television and advertising
From a puppet rabbit selling poppadums to Hindi cinema, he framed it all.
MUMBAI: There are careers, and then there are canvases. Gyan Sahay, the veteran cinematographer, director, and producer who passed away on 10 March 2026 in Mumbai, had one of the latter. Over several decades in the Indian film and television industry, he turned lenses, lights, and the occasional puppet rabbit into something approaching art.
A graduate of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune, Sahay built his reputation as a director of photography across a career that stretched from the early 1970s all the way to the digital age. He was the kind of craftsman who understood that a well-composed shot is not merely a technical achievement but a quiet act of storytelling.
For most Indians of a certain age, however, Sahay will forever be the man behind the rabbit. His direction of the iconic long-running television commercial for Lijjat Papad, featuring its now-legendary puppet bunny, gave the country one of its most cheerfully persistent advertising images. It was the sort of work that sneaks into the national subconscious and takes up permanent residence.
His big-screen credits as cinematographer include Anokhi Pehchan (1972), Pagli (1974), Pas de Deux (1981), and Hum Farishte Nahin (1988). In 1999, he stepped behind a different kind of camera altogether, making his directorial debut with Sar Ankhon Par, a drama that featured Vikas Bhalla and Shruti Ulfat, with a cameo by Shah Rukh Khan for good measure.
On television, Sahay was particularly prized for his command of multi-camera production setups, a skill that made him a go-to technician for large-scale shows and reality programmes. In an industry that has never been especially patient with complexity, he was the calm hand on the rig.
In later life, Sahay turned teacher. He participated regularly in masterclasses and Digi-Talks, often hosted by organisations such as Bharatiya Chitra Sadhna, sharing hard-won wisdom on cinematography, the comedy of timing in a shot, and the sweeping changes brought by the shift from celluloid to digital. He was also said to have been involved in a project concerning a biographical film on Infosys co-founder N.R. Narayana Murthy.
Tributes from the film industry poured in following the news of his passing, with colleagues remembering him as a senior cameraman who served as a rare bridge between two entirely different eras of Indian cinema. That is, perhaps, the finest thing one can say of any craftsman: he kept up, and he brought others along with him.
