Moviedom Mourns Sharda Sinha

‘The
great
singer
Shardaji
took
Bhojpuri
music
and
singing
to
the
national
and
international
level
with
her
singing!’

Anurag
Kashyap,
Manoj
Bajpayee,
Richa
Chadha,
Huma
Qureshi
and
Sonu
Nigam
were
among
those
who
condoled
the
death
of
popular
folk
singer
Sharda
Sinha,
fondly
called
‘Bihar
Kokila’
by
her
fans.

Sinha,
who
was
undergoing
treatment
at
All
India
Institute
of
Medical
Sciences
(AIIMS)
in
Delhi
following
a
health
complication
due
to
multiple
myeloma,
died
on
Tuesday
night.
She
was
72.

The
Padma
Bhushan
recipient
lent
her
voice
to
songs
prominently
in
Maithili,
Bhojpuri
and
Magahi
languages
such
as

Chhathi
Maiya
Aayi
Na
Duaariya,
Ho
Deenanth,
Dwar
Chekai
and

Patna
Se.

She
had
also
sung
Hindi
film
songs
like

Taar
Bijlifrom

Gangs
of
Wasseypur,

Kahe
Toh
Se
Sajna
from

Maine
Pyar
Kiya
and

Babul
from

Hum
Aapke
Hain
Koun..!

Kashyap,
who
directed

Wasseypur,
shared
Sinha’s
photograph
on
his
Instagram
Stories
with
the
lyrics
of

Taar
Bijli.

‘Sharda
Sinha,’
he
captioned
the
post
with
a
broken
heart
emoji.

Bihar-born
Bajpayee,
who
played
the
role
of
Sardar
Khan
in
the
2012
film,
said
he
was
saddened
by
the
news
of
the
singer’s
death.

‘I
pay
my
respects
to
the
great
singer
Shardaji
who
took
Bhojpuri
music
and
singing
to
the
national
and
international
level
with
her
singing!
May
God
give
peace
to
her
soul,’
he
wrote
on
X.

In

Wasseypur,

Taar
Bijli
plays
out
as
part
of
the
pre-wedding
celebrations
of
Faizal
Khan
(Nawazuddin
Siddiqui)
and
Mohsina
Hamid
(Huma
Qureshi)
with
the
Khan
family
matriarch
Nagma
Khatoon
(Richa
Chadha)
singing
the
song.

Chadha
said
the
news
of
Sinha’s
death
has
come
as
a
shock.

‘The
world
of
folk
songs
and
music
will
miss
a
natural
and
trained
singer
like
Shardaji…
We
are
grateful
to
her.
My
respects,’
she
wrote
on
her
Instagram
Stories.

Varun
Grover,
who
penned

Taar
Bijli,
in
his
tribute
recalled
how
Sinha
came
into
the
lives
of
non-Biharis
like
him
as
the
voice
of

Kahe
Tohse
Sajna,
the
song
from
1989’s

Maine
Pyar
Kiya.

‘When
we
developed
an
understanding
of
folk
music,
her
true
status
was
revealed
to
us.
It
was
a
great
fortune
that
I
got
the
opportunity
to
create
a
song
with
her.
Rounds
of
tea,
laughter,
stories
and

paan
continued
and
the
song
kept
being
created,’
the
lyricist
wrote
on
X.

‘My
respects.
Your
voice
is
and
will
always
be
the
background
music
of
every
Chhath
festival,’
he
added,
sharing
the
link
to
Sinha’s
Maithili
song

Mohi
Lelkhin
Sajni
Mor
Manwa.

In
a
video
about
the
making
of
the
music
of

Wasseypur,
composer
Sneha
Khanwalkar
described
Sinha’s
voice
as
‘pure
wine’
and
recalled
how
they
first
met:
‘Anurag
suggested,
‘Do
you
want
to
try
Shardaji?’
So
I
went
to
her
house
and
I
sang
a
few
lines
to
her.
She
brought
out
her
harmonium
and
sang
those
lines
so
I
thought
this
is
the
best.’

Sinha
also
sang
the
song

Nirmohiya
for
the
second
season
of
the
Bihar-set
Web
series

Maharani,
fronted
by
Qureshi.

The
actor,
who
plays
the
lead
role
of
Rani
Bharti
in
the
SonyLIV
show,
shared
a
clip
of
the
song
on
Instagram
and
wrote,
‘RIP@shardasinha_official
ma’am.’

Born
in
Supaul
in
Bihar,
Sinha
became
famous
not
only
in
her
home
state
but
also
in
parts
of
eastern
Uttar
Pradesh.

A
devotee
of
Chhath

pooja,
dedicated
to
the
sun
god,
the
singer
released
a
song
to
celebrate
the
festival
every
year.
She
did
so
this
year
too,
notwithstanding
her
ill
health.
Sinha
died
on
the
first
day
of
the
four-day
festival.

Sonu
Nigam
said
it
was
extremely
saddening
to
lose
‘respected
Sharda
Sinhaji
during
the
great
festival
of
Chhath
Puja’.

Ravi
Kishan
said
without
Sinha’s
voice,
every
festival
seemed
empty,
especially
the
festival
of
Chhath,
which
is
why
‘chhati
maiya’
called
her
back
during
this
time.

‘The
untimely
demise
of
the
popular
singer,
Bihar
Kokila,
Swar
Samrajni,
Padma
Bhushan
awardee
respected
Sharda
Sinhaji
is
very
sad.
Chhath
in
UP
and
Bihar
was
incomplete
without
her
music,’
wrote
Bhojpuri
actor-politician
Dinesh
Lal
Yadav,
popularly
known
by
his
stage
name
Nirahua.

‘I’m
unable
to
come
to
terms
with
this.
I
hope
this
is
fake
news.
She
gave
me
so
much
love,
I
can’t
forget
any
of
it.
Irreparable
loss.
I’m
speechless,’
said
singer
Kavita
Seth
in
an
Instagram
post.

Former
Bhojpuri
actor
and
BJP
MP
Manoj
Tiwari
visited
the
bereaved
family
after
Sinha’s
death,
and
later
shared
a
heartfelt
post:
‘Today
I
had
my
last

darshan
of
elder
sister
Sharda
Didi,
who
spread
the
sweetness
of
Bhojpuri
across
the
country
and
the
world
through
Chhathi
Maiya
and
devotional
music,
at
AIIMS
Delhi.
The
demise
of
Didi
Sharda
is
an
irreparable
loss
for
the
Bhojpuri
world
and
the
country.’