Poet Surjit Patar’s son releases music video
Tribune News Service
Ludhiana, May 25
Silsila, a music video of a ghazal by celebrated poet Surjit Patar, sung by his son Manraj Patar was released here today.
“I’ve received music as a legacy from my family,” Manraj said, during the release.
He said he had recorded “Baba Bulleshah” and “Shah Hussein” too, but the imagery in this ghazal — “Nit soorjan ne chadna, nit soorjan ne lehna, parbatan ton sagran wall nadian ne roz vehna; ik dooje magar ghumna rutan te mausman ne, eh silisla jogon-jug edan hee chalde rehna” — made them choose it for a video recording.
“We wished to connect the younger generation with good poetry and my father’s ghazal was the first choice,” he said.
“The younger generation prefers listening to poetry more than reading it,” Surjit said.
The gamut of emotions such as love and separation are the themes which have always been popular and with every generation, he said. While the video, choreographed by Surjit Patar’s elder son Ankur Patar, is already available on Itunes, it has been made freely available with today’s release.
Dr SS Johl, eminent economist and Chancellor of Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, lauded the effort for according due prominence to lyrics than instruments. Former president of Punjabi Sahit Academy, Gurbhajan Singh Gill, recalled the artistic credentials of Patar family.
Well-known poets, academics and patrons of art and literature were present on the occasion. They include Jaswant Zafar, Swarnjit Savi, Trilochan Lochi, Dr Surjit, Rajinderpal Singh Brar and HS Walia from Punjabi University and Pargat Singh Grewal of Mohan Singh Memorial Foundation.
