Hawayein Arijit Singh Jab Harry Met Sejal

 

Hawayein  - Jab Harry Met Sejal - Arijit Singh

"Hawayein" is a popular romantic song sung by Arijit Singh from the 2017 Bollywood film Jab Harry Met Sejal, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma. The track was composed by Pritam, with lyrics written by Irshad Kamil, and became a major hit shortly after its release. 

The song was well-regarded for its soothing composition and emotional depth, reflecting the romantic journey of the characters Harry and Sejal.

Hawayein...

Tujhe kahan le jaun

Tu mujh ko le ja

Hawayein... 

Anoop was driving us to Arya Nivas, Aristo Junction. 

Hawayein was flowing through his music system. We were hooked  and Arijit Singh became our favourite.

 Arijit Singh, one of India’s most celebrated singers is well known for his simplicity and excellent music. His life, hailing from an ordinary family had been full of challenges and struggles. Today, he is the most celebrated singer in the country. Singer, music producer.and leading figure in Hindi and Bengali music, he is the recipient of several accolades. 

We were shocked when we heard that he was retiring from playback singing.

Arijit Singh grew up in a musical family, with his mother fostering his interest in music, and he had received training in Indian classical music from a young age. 

Arijit's music is the heartbeat of his town, Jiagunj, Murshidabad, West Bengal. Arijit and Jiaganj are inseparable. He still plays cricket with the boys in the town. He prioritises the welfare of his own people. He has ensured that each and every boy he grew up with has found employment.  A few of them work as part of his team. 

He is the kind of person who can sit and talk for hours , unhurried, as if time itself can wait. We may even spot him heading out on his scooty at Jiaganj.

When he visits his school, he requests his teachers to sit on the chair while he sits on the floor. There is no hesitation in him, no sense of ego. At the Jiaganj Raja Bijoy Singh Vidyamandir, where Arijit had studied from classes 5 to 10, memory blends with the present. According to his teachers, music had been instinctive to Arijit. They had surmised at his young age, what had stood out about him was his temperament more than his talent.

Arijit has overseen the extensive restoration of the century old institution. He has restored the field in front of the school and its three acre playground.. When he realised the playgound needed development, he had it enclosed and  had set up a cricket academy and a sports academy  there, named after his mother Aditi 

Arijit  visualises the establishment of a 500 seat auditorium as well as a science museum in the space behind the school. As on date, construction work is in progress for the music academy Arijit is building to train young aspiring musicians. 

He was a shy boy when he joined the school. Arijit had been assigned to sing at every cultural event in the school. The senior teachers in the school had often thought he would go on to do something meaningful in life. Later, despite his growing engagement with music he remained gentle and approachable. Even today, whenever he meets his teachers, he touches their feet.

He has set up an advanced home studio at Jiagunj. Fame has not altered him. From childhood it was his mother Aditi who had shaped his love for music. Music was what he had lived for all along.  Arijit Singh's home is the place where  he effectively recharges himself.  Jiagunj is the location where the enigmatic musician lives, creates and follows his calling far away from the spotlight. He dislikes  being remembered solely as a singer. He is the artist who is on a creative exercise for ever.. Even if Arijit the singer slows down, he'll far more be  the most  valuable asset to music and cinema. 

He is relentless. Once he sets his mind upon anything, he ensures he achieves it.. 

It is to his greatness, he has  sung all kinds of songs.He knows if he doesn't make way new talents won't emerge. He is truly inimitable He has never insisted on singing a song. Quite a large numbrer of singers had received  a break when he had pushed for retention of the scratch singer.  He often does that. It seems he has announced his retirement from playback singing as he considers he has reached a stage in life where he should not box himself into just one identity.   You can't contain his creativity like that. He aspires to achieve more more 

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Arijit Singh is of Bengali descent. He was born on April 25, 1987, in Jiaganj, Murshidabad, West Bengal, to a Punjabi father and a Bengali mother. While he is a renowned Indian playback singer, he has deep roots in Bengal and often sings in Bengali, in addition to his extensive engagements in Hindi cinema.  He is considered Bengali by the state and he brings a blend of both Bengali and Punjabi cultures to his life and music. 

Arijit Singh is married. He tied the knot with his childhood friend, Koel Roy, in January 2014 in a private ceremony. The couple prefers to keep their personal life private and distant from the media .They have three children. Consequent to his 2014 marriage with childhood friend Koel Roy, he became a father of two sons Ali and Jul from her.  They are enrolled in a school in Jiaganj, Murshidabad. He looks after the stepdaughter from his wife's previous marriage as his own.. The family resides in Jiagunj, Murshidabad, West Bengal.