Ghulam Ali & Ranjit together

 In the cacophony going on they came as breath of fresh air.

The two ghazzals churned out by the duo were

ye dil ye pagal dil mera (raag bhairavi all over)
hungama hai kyu barpa (raag darbari)

 

It was interesting to see Ghulam sahab going for lower scale than the song is in, do not know if it was because of his age or Ranjit singing together.

Ghulam sahab is still the king of ghazals as he demonstrated his pakad over several facets of classical singing in hardly a 5 minute performance.

Ranjit was fine but paled out in comparison ...(no offence meant please)

Ghulam Ali is very humble , once in the house of Ustaad Zakir Hussain's house in London while celebrating new year eve, Mehandi Hassan (who was drunk) came across Ghulam Ali and directly challenged him over pakad of sur taal etc. Ghulam sahab bowed out saying he is nothing compared to Mehandi ..! We know the truth of course..!

This story is mentioned in Journey with thousand strings.

All the best to Ranjit, hope he will keep art of ghazal singing alive.

I thought the open stadium was not the best of atmosphere for gazal gayaki. It would have been better if they had invited Ghulam Ali before and both performed in the regular studios. But overall, I enjoyed their singing.