Pankaj Udhas
– Photo: Amar Ujala
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The demise of Pankaj Udhas, who made the residents of Aligarh fans with the ghazals sung in his velvet voice, made everyone sad. There were countless fans of his ghazals in the city of Neeraj and Shahryar. The people here had seen him face to face not once or twice but four times and appreciated him. Last time he came to perform in Aligarh exhibition in the year 2018. When he narrated Niklo Na Expok, Jamana Bad Hai…. So the entire pandal was in celebration.
Whenever he was called from Aligarh, he would definitely come. People associated with organizing the exhibition say that they came to the exhibition a total of four times. Out of which he performed three times in Krishnanjali Natyashala. Last time was the fourth performance on Kohinoor stage on the night of 30 January 2018. Vishnu Kumar Bunty, executive member of Numaish, associated with this event, says that Kohinoor stage was newly built, then the officials of Numaish arrangements decided that this time the night of such a big star will be organized on Kohinoor stage instead of Krishnanjali. When this diamond of ghazal singing appeared on the Kohinoor stage, people got lost in the magic of his voice.
First he presented the ghazal of his choice ‘Se Niklo Na Benakaab Jamana Bad Hai’. Your complexion is like silver, your hair is like gold, it feels good to cry against the walls…we too will go mad…it seems like everyone knows that I am not an alcoholic…still what should I do if someone makes me drink? On the demand of the public, very expensive liquor…drink it a little and the letter has come…the letter has come. People kept dancing for a long time. He also interacted with the media.