New Delhi:
‘Parvati will you forget me …’ The film ‘Devdas’ came in 1935, adorned with the story of the lover, the yearning of not getting and the desire to get each other, with the story that brought moisture in the eyes. The actor of the film was Kundan Lal Sehgal. Yes, KL Sehgal, born on 11 April 1904, became a Devdas who is indelible in the history of Indian cinema. Let’s turn the pages of Kundan Lal Sehgal’s life … Kundan Lal Sehgal was born on 11 April 1904 in Jammu.
His father Amarchand Sehgal was a tehsildar in the court of Jammu and Kashmir and mother Kesarbai Sehgal was a homemaker. She was a religious woman and often used to go to the temple with Sehgal, where she used to join Bhajan-Kirtan. In childhood, Sehgal also used to get a chance to perform in Ramlila. He used to play the role of Mother Sita in Ramlila.
After completion of school education, he worked as a railway timekeeper. Later he also joined a company as a salesman. During the work, he got a chance to visit many places in India, what was it again, his luck made friendship with Mehrchand Jain who was living in Anarkali market of Lahore. Sehgal, who started his career as a singer, was advised by friend Mehrchand to act to enhance his talent.
KL Sehgal gave his voice to more than 180 songs in his career. His songs like to listen to people even today. He sang songs in many other languages including Hindi, Bengali and Urdu. However, there is an anecdote about Kundan, who gave voice to songs like ‘When the heart is broken, we will live…’, he used to give voice to the songs only when his throat was alcohol.
For the 1946 film ‘Shah Jahan’, he was to sing ‘Jab Dil Hi Taq Gaya’, then he gave his voice without touching alcohol. This song became a big hit and even today people hum this song. KL Sehgal had said about this song that in my last journey, the song ‘Jab Dil Hi Taut Gaya’ should be played and that was the same.
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