Condolences for Vijay Malla, the renowned singer of Jammu and Kashmir, who
breathed his last on Wednesday after a massive heart attack. The 50 year old
renowned singer is survived by his wife, son and daughter.
His death has come as a shock to his fans all over the country and as the news
of Vijay Malla's death spread here thousands of his fans rushed to his residence
to express their grief and shock.
JK Governor NN Vohra, Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and Union Minister Dr Farooq
Abdullah expressed grief over the demise of Malla terming his death as a great
loss to the artist fraternity and the society.
They conveyed sympathies with the bereaved family and prayed for eternal peace
to the departed soul. Former Director Radio Kashmir Srinagar, Bashir Arif called
Malla as "an institution in himself". Adbee Markaz Kamraz has also
expressed its condolences on Mallah's demise.
The organizations of artists and KP organizations who expressed grief and sorrow
over the demise of the prominent singer including Athwas Foundation led by
Bihari Kak, Ramesh Hanglu of Pir Panchal,Radio Sharda, Sitar Maestro O N Raina,
Anil Raina, Sunil Raina, Sarojni Raina/Malla, Dr Agnishaker of PK,Ashwani
Chrungu,PK, DR Ajay Chrungoo of PK, A. N. Vaishnavi,RK Raina,M L Chatta of ASKPS,
Moti Kaul of AIKS, and others have also expressed their shock and grief over
demise of singer Vijay Malla.
Artists of Song and Drama Division also expressed grief and sorrow over the
demise of the prominent singer.
J&K Pradesh Congress Committee has also expressed profound grief over the
sad demise of Vijay Malla, a well known singer of Kashmir.
Senior leaders of Pradesh Congress Committee has said that the sad and sudden
demise of Mr. Malla has caused great loss and state has loss a great singer. The
Congress leaders conveyed heartfelt condolence to the family members, relatives
and friends and expressed sympathies with them.
In a press statement, President of the State Disciplinary Committee &State
Working Member Lalit Kumar Moza has expressed great sorrow and grief on the
untimely death of Vijay Malla, a Kashmiri singer of great quality and repute. He
said that Vijay Malla's death is a irreplaceable loss to his family and that of
the entire Kashmiri Diaspora in exile.
His death is tragic not only on account of his young age but also on account of
having been a great social and cultural sheet-anchor of the exiled Kashmiris.
His melodious renderings of Kashmiri bajans, songs and gazals had been acting as
a binder and glue for the entire Kashmiri samaj at cultural and linguistic level
and had helped it to retain its moorings in exile. He prayed for the peace of
the departed soul and for giving strength to face this tragedy for the bereaved
family.
Meanwhile, United Music Art Association has expressed grief and sorrow over the
demise of the prominent singer. In a statement, president of the Association
Aijaz Rah said that the demise of Malla has left a great void in the music and
arts industry in the state.
Social networking sites also witnessed an over whelming outpouring of grief for
the singer whose soulful voice had the quality to touch the deepest chords of
human hearts.
It may be mentioned here that renowned Kashmiri singer, Vijay Malla passed away
Wednesday after he suffered massive heart attack at 4.30 pm and was immediately
rushed to Government Medical College Hospital Jammu. But the doctors pronounced
him as brought dead.
His death has come as a shock for the Kashmiri music industry. Malla is best
remembered for his melodious voice and compositions. His experiment with fusion
of Indian and Kashmiri classic music was also widely appreciated. Malla is also
known for his efforts to revive the culture of Kashmiri Ghazals.
Hailing from Mallapura Gadoobagh, Habbakadal, Malla came to prominence as a
singer from his school days as singing was his family trait. He was also Music
Director for Maa Sheranwali a Bhajan production of Song and Drama Division,
which Mr Malla had joined in year 1982. His thousands of magical song numbers
made him a heartthrob of many of his fans especially in Kashmir Valley.
He
spent years in Mumbai and gave a splendid musical tribute titled Justaju.
On his return he continued to work with Song and Drama Division.
Vijay Malla was an institution and a lighthouse of subtle musical
nuances that he used to decorate his songs with. All this was
natural to him.
