Today marks a special day for all fans of Bollywood as Anubhav Sinha’s ‘Tum Bin’ completed a magical 20 years. The movie is known for the plot and the amazing song ‘Koi Fariyaad’ ghazal sung by the legendary Jagjit Singh.
But folks, do you all know that Anubhav Sinha wasn’t really happy with his singing in the initial stages? Yes, that’s true. He was quoted by Indian Express saying,
“Ghazal was to play a very integral part in telling the story. Faaiz Anwar was essentially a shayar and not a lyricist, but when I told him to write a ghazal for Tum Bin, the whole idea was I’d approve one sher (couplet) and then he would write the song around that. He would tell me a sher every now and then, and I kept refusing. Finally, I was at some shoot and he called me, and recited the lines “Ek lamhe mein simat aaya hai sadiyon ka safar. Zindagi tez bahut tez chali ho jaise.” I jumped at it and said this is it.”
He further added,
“I was leaving for Canada straight from the studio, the same night Jagjit ji was dubbing for “Koi Fariyaad”. We were walking to our respective cars and Jagjit ji had his arm around my shoulder. He asked me, “You don’t like what I did, right?” Now look at my audacity. I told him I don’t, and he agreed that he didn’t sing it well. That wasn’t the time when you could record it and send it through the internet. He told me to go and shoot the song with what he had recorded that day, and before my return, he’ll dub it again. I agreed and left. When I came back, I got to know Jagjit ji came to record it in portions, in three sessions. That’s the version you guys hear and love so much.”
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