Jagjit
Kaur,
veteran
singer
and
wife
of
late
music
composer
Khayyam,
passed
away
on
Sunday
following
age-related
illness.
She
was
93.
Kaur
sang
several
songs,
including
the
ones
composed
by
Khayyam
like
"Dekh
lo
aaj
humko" from
Bazaar,
the
1982
film
featuring
Supriya
Pathak
Kapur
and
Farooq
Shaikh;
"Pehle
to
aankh
milana"
from
1961's
Shola
Aur
Shabnam,
starring
Dharmendra;
and
"Tum
apna
ranj–o-gham
apni
pareshani
mujhe
de
do"
from
the
1964
Waheeda
Rehman-starrer
Shagoon.
According
to
Pritam
Sharma,
spokesperson
of
the
Khayyam
Jagjit
Kaur
KPG
Charitable
Trust,
the
singer
breathed
her
last
around
6
am
at
her
residence
in
Juhu.
The
last
rites
were
performed
with
limited
attendance
at
Pawan
Hans
Crematorium,
Vile
Parle.
Kaur
started
her
career
in
the
early
'50s,
singing
songs
in
films
like
"Posti"
(Punjabi
language)
and
"Dil-e-Nadan",
starring
Talat
Mehmood
and
Shyama.
She
got
married
to
Khayyam
in
1954.
She
also
sang
a
song
in
the
Khayyam-composed
memorable
soundtrack,
"Umrao
Jaan"
in
1981.
In
2016,
Kaur,
along
with
her
husband-composer,
started
the
Khayyam
Jagjit
Kaur
KPG
Charitable
Trust
to
support
budding
artists
and
technicians
in
India.
Khayyam
passed
away
in
2019
aged
92.