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This story is from May 30, Monica was Chitra's daughter from her first marriage. Chitra, now the wife of ghazal singer Jagjit Singh, had been staying with her daughter for the past one month. The mother-daughter chatted late into the night on Thursday, after which both retired to their rooms.
On Friday morning, when Monica didn't emerge from her room and wouldn't respond to repeated knocking, her elder son Armaan entered through a bathroom window. He found his mother hanging from the ceiling fan. No suicide note was found. Monica was first married to Jahangir Chaudhury and had two sons--Armaan and Umer. He used to do live concerts for AIR Jalandhar six times a year. Later, he shifted to Mumbai then-Bombay to pursue his career as a singer.
He initially survived by doing odd jobs, which included acting as an extra, before making a living by composing ad jingles and performing at weddings. Sharing a small room with four others in Worli, Jagjit used to go up to Dadar for his meals, where the restaurant owner gave him meals for free.
Gradually, he made a name for himself in the world of advertising jingles and started getting work as a playback singer. Times changed, and in , Jagjit came out with his first album.
Two years later, he met Chitra Singh in a studio. Singh, born Chitra Shome to a Bengali family, had had no formal training. When she met Jagjit Singh in , she refused to sing an advertising jingle with him.
However, the duo clicked, in the studio and outside it. In , the two married. Share Via. Get our Daily News Capsule Subscribe.
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