Death of Bhupinder Singhji at the age of 82 years marked the end of ghazal oriented songs in bollywood films.

Death of Bhupinder Singhji marked the end of ghazal oriented songs in Bollywood films: On 18th July 2023, veteran ghazal king Bhupinder Singhji expired at the age of 82 years. With his expiry, the great era of ghazal singing in Bollywood films ended. After Rafisahab and Talatsahab, Bhupinder Singhsahab’s deep bass voice had great ghazal expression. Early in his career, Bhupinder performed on All India Radio, Delhi. He was also attached to the Delhi Doordarshan Center, Delhi. He learnt guitar and violin. In 1962, music director Madan Mohan heard him at a dinner hosted by Satish Bhatia in his honour (Satish Bhatia was Producer in AIR Delhi and Bhupinder was working under him as a guitarist), and called him to Bombay. He gave him a chance to sing the song Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga with Mohammed Rafi, Talat Mahmood and Manna Dey in Chetan Anand's Haqeeqat. He was given a solo by Khayyam in film Aakhri Khat. Bhupinder's voice is one of the most unique in playback singing. Thereafter Bhupinder started releasing private albums wherein his first LP had three self-composed songs and was released in 1968, a second LP of ghazals wherein he introduced the Spanish guitar, bass and drums to the ghazal style, released in 1978 and his third LP titled Woh Jo Shair Tha, for which the lyrics were written by Gulzar in 1980. Entering wedlock with Bangladeshi singer Mitali, he moved away from playback singing in the mid-1980s and since then has been singing jointly for several albums and live concerts. Together they have produced many ghazal and geet cassettes. His famous songs include "Dil Dhoondta hai", "Do diwane shahar mein", "Naam gum jayega", "Karoge yaad to", "Meethe bol bole", "Kabhi kisi ko mukammal", "Kisi nazar ko tera intezaar aaj bhi", and "Ek akela is Shehar Mein". His lovely songs matched the brilliant actors like Sanjeev Kumar sahib in film Mausam, the song “dil dhoonta hai phir wohi phursat ke raat din”, Amol Palekarji in film Gharonda, composed by Jaidevji, “ek akela is shahar me”, Uttam Kumar in film Dooriyan “zindagi zindagi mere ghar ana” composed by Jaidev sahib. He was the favourite singer of the off-beat composers like Madanmohansahab, Roshansahab (who used him in film Nayi Umar ki nayi fasal), Khayyam sahib Jaidevji. Some of his famous songs include the following. • Hoke Majboor Mujhe Usne Bulaya Hoga", composed by Madan Mohan • "Aane Se Uske Aaye Bahar" from the movie Jeene Ki Raah (1969) with Mohammed Rafi (Music composed by Laxmikant-Pyarelal) • "Duniya Chhute Yaar Na Chhute" from the movie Dharam Kanta (1982) with Mohammed Rafi (Music composed by Naushad) • "Kisi Nazar Ko Tera Intezar Aaj Bhi Hai" from the movie Aitbaar (1985) with Asha Bhosle (Music composed by Bappi Lahiri) • "Awaaz Di Hai Aaj Ek Nazar Ne" from the movie Aitbaar (1985) with Asha Bhosle (Music composed by Bappi Lahiri) • "Thodi Si Zameen Thoda Aasman" from the movie Sitara (1980) with Lata Mangeshkar (Music composed by R. D. Burman) • "Gulab Jism Ka", film Anjuman (1986) (composed by Khayyam) • "Beeti Na Beetai Raina", film Parichay (1972) (composed by Rahul Dev Burman) • "Dil Dhoondta Hai", film Mausam (1975) (composed by Madan Mohan) • "Naam Gum Jayega", film Kinara (1977) (composed by Rahul Dev Burman) • "Ek Akela Is Shaher Mein", film Gharonda (composed by Jaidev) • "Daro Deewar Pe..Khush Raho Ahle-Vatan!" composed by Jaidev[5] • "Huzoor Is Kadar bhi na Itra ke Chaliye" (movie:-Maasoom), composed by Rahul Dev Burman • "Hothon Pe Aisi Baat", composed by Sachin Dev Burman • "Kaise Kahoon kuch kaina sakoon" from Tamil film Nandu 1981, composed by Ilayaraja • "Tum say jo bat hui tum say jo mulaqat hui" (composed by Uttam-Jagdesh) • "Baadalon se Kaat Kaat ke" from the movie Satya (1998) (composed by Vishal Bharadwaj) • "Karoge Yaad to Har Baat Yaad Aayegi" from the movie Bazaar (1982) composed by Khayyam • "Kabhi Kisi Ko Mukammal Jahan nahi milta" from the movie Ahista Ahista (1981) (composed by Khayyam) • "Rut Jawan Jawan" from the movie Aakhri Khat (composed by Khayyam) • "Layee Hayaat Aye Qaza Le Chali Chale" { Bhupinder Singh } Ibrahim Zauq *Mirza Ghalib • "Zindagi Zindagi Mere Ghar Aanaa", film Dooriyaan (1979) (composed by Jaidev) • "Soorajmukhi Tera Pyar Anokha Hai", film "Sooraj Mukhi" (1992), lyrics by Shardanand Tiwary and composed by Ajay Swami. His songs require restoration and publicity.