Chitra Singh is a famous Ghazal singer. Her husband Jagjit Singh is also a Ghazal singer and they formed one of the most popular duet teams in Ghazals. The couple is considered as pioneers in modern ghazal singing. Chitra singh (Née Dutta), born in a Bengali family had no formal musical traing but had strong roots of music in her family and learnt much of er music by listening to her mother's guru. Jump to: navigation, search In poetry (and as the lyrics in songs), the ghazal (Persian/Urdu غزل) is a poetic form consisting of couplets which share a rhyme and a refrain. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

Chitra singh met Jagjit singh in Bombay and both used to sing jingles for various ads, and thus started a career together. Their career as a group took off with the lanching of the Unforgettables, the album which had several firsts to its credits, revolutionised the concept of Ghazal ghayaki, which until now was confined to mehfils and elite of the society.

Along with ghazals, the duo sang and composed for Hindi, Punjabi and Bengali albums. They contributed to devotional music by releasing albums such as Krishna, Chirag, Hey Ram, Shabads. Indeed Krishna is one of the largest selling title in its category.

After the untimely death of her son Vivek singh, Chitra ceased to be a singer and confined herself to a private world. She has been learning and working on different forms of spirituality and believes in psychic healing methods.

Many of the duo's fans still miss her splendid voice which gave songs such as yeh tera ghar, Tum aao to sahi, saare badan, mitti da bawa etc etc.

Discography

• A Milestone 1980
• Main aur Meri Tanhaayee 1981
• The Latest 1982
• Ecstasies 1984
• A Sound Affair 1985
• Echoes 1985-86 Live Recordings
• Beyond Time 1987
• Mirza Ghalib 1988
• Passion / Black Magic 1988
• Ghazals from Films 1989
• Memorable Ghazals of Jagjit and Chitra 1990
• Someone Somewhere 1990
• H O P E 1991