Madan Gopal Singh

DOB : 1950
Gender : Male

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Madan Gopal Singh, an Indian composer, singer, songwriter, actor, screenwriter, film theorist, editor, and polyglot, was born in Amritsar in 1950. During his leave from Satyawati College (Evening Classes), where he taught English literature, he is a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library in New Delhi. As the son of renowned Punjabi poet Harbhajan Singh Harbhajan Singh is a popular and most talented cri >> Read More... , Madan Gopal Singh has written and spoken widely on film, art, and cultural history, in addition to playing with his ensemble "Chaar Yaar" all over the globe. Madan Gopal Singh composed the script and songs for Anup Singh's highly acclaimed Punjabi film Qissa. Singh is a screenwriter whose work includes the 1995 National Award-winning short film Rasayatra, based on the renowned Hindustani classical singer Mallikarjun Mansur.

The director of the film is Nandan Kudhyadi Nandan Kudhyadi is a cinematographer and director >> Read More... . Based on the biography of the late Ritwik Kumar Ghatak, he co-wrote the script, dialogues, and songs for the feature film "Ekti Nadir Naam (The Name of a River)" with the film's director, Anup Singh. The 2002 Zanzibar International Film Festival awarded the film the G. Aravindan Award and the Silver Dhow. He also adapted Baba Bulle Shah's "Toona." Later, it was performed by Shubha Mudgal This famous Hindustani Classical singer, trained i >> Read More... in "Kama Sutra: A Love Story." Additionally, he composed several lines for the 1984 anti-Sikh riots film "Kaya Taran." The film, directed by Sashi Kumar Sashi Kumar is an Indian journalist, actor, and fi >> Read More... , received the 2004 G Arvindan Award. He penned the lyrics for the 2007 lounge music album Truth by Aman Ali Ayan Ali, published by Times Music, and for Pankaj Udhaas' renditions of Ustad Amjad Ali Khan's songs, Yaara, released by Music Today in October 2007. Madan Gopal Singh has created and performed the poetry of Rumi, Shah Husain, Sultan Bahu, and Bulle Shah.

He has also glorified the works of modern poets such as Bertolt Brecht, Federico Garca Lorca, and even John Lennon. He translated Lennon's "Imagine" into Hindustani and sang widely. He has sung for films like "Kasba" and "Khayal Gatha" by Kumar Shahanias well as Mani Kaul's " Idiot The series is based on Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel, >> Read More... ." As a vocalist, he visited old Sufi cities such as Isfahan, Hamadan, and Kermanshah along with the great Kurdo-Persian singer Shahram Nazeri. Furthermore, in 2001, he played at the 2nd Sufi Soul World Music Festival in Lahore, Pakistan. Singh received an invitation to be the presenter at the 2002 Smithsonian Folklife Festival in Washington. He presented a total of 28 performances, talks, and workshops. He wrote music for the Meenu Gaur Meenu Gaur is a renowned director and screenwriter >> Read More... and Abir Bazaz. Also, he directed a documentary named “Kashmir: Paradise on a River of Hell.”