Chitra Singh

Chitra Singh
Chitra Singh in 2012
Background information
Also known asChitra Dutta
Born
Chitra Shome

(1940-04-11) 11 April 1940
Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India (present-day Kolkata, West Bengal, India)
GenresGhazal, Classical, Devotional, Folk
OccupationSinger
InstrumentVocals
Years active1970–1990
Spouse(s)
Debo Prasad Dutta (div. 1969)
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(m. 1969; died 2011)​

Chitra Singh (née Shome; formerly known as Chitra Dutta) is an Indian ghazal singer. She, alongside her second husband, Jagjit Singh, popularized the ghazal genre. Respectfully known as the "king and queen of the Ghazal world," the husband and wife duo created some of the most successful Indian music of the 1970s and '80s.

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