Days after Arijit Singh stunned followers along with his January 27, 2026 retirement announcement from playback singing, a deeply private story about his roots has come to mild. In a current interplay, his father Surinder Singh opened up in regards to the household’s journey from pre-Partition Lahore to West Bengal — and Arijit’s early musical beginnings in a neighborhood gurdwara.
‘Our ancestral dwelling was close to Lahore’
Recalling the household’s migration, Surinder Singh advised The Telegraph India, “Our ancestral dwelling was close to Lahore. After Partition, my father and his three brothers migrated to Lalgola.”
Like numerous households displaced throughout that point, they had been pressured to go away the whole lot behind. “They had been material retailers and one way or the other ended up in Jiaganj and located their dwelling by the river,” he added, explaining how the household step by step rebuilt their life from scratch.Some family members later settled in what’s now generally known as Panjabipara, the place the Sikh neighborhood established a gurdwara that turned central to prayer and neighborhood life.
Arijit as ‘Shomu’: Singing kirtan in his early years
Jiaganj ultimately turned greater than only a place of refuge — it turned dwelling. It was right here that Arijit grew up as “Shomu,” lengthy earlier than he turned a family title in 2013.Recalling his son’s early musical days, Surinder Singh shared that Arijit would accompany his mom to the gurdwara to sing kirtan throughout particular events. Music, clearly, was at all times a part of his upbringing.Talking about what it feels wish to be the daddy of one in all India’s most celebrated singers, he stated with a smile, “Moja lagey. I really feel amused. Folks ask me ‘what’s your son doing’, ‘what’s his subsequent venture’.”
‘Ei maatir emoni taan’
Regardless of a profitable profession in Mumbai, Jiaganj has at all times pulled Arijit again. “That is such a peaceable place. Even my son could not reside in Mumbai and needed to return. Ei maatir emoni taan,” his father stated, describing the emotional bond the household shares with their hometown.Even at present, Arijit stays intently linked to Jiaganj. His kids examine there, and several other of his charitable initiatives deal with upgrading native faculties and services. In the meantime, the singer lately launched Raina, composed by Shekhar Ravjiani and written by Priya Saraiya. The observe is offered on the Garuuda Music YouTube channel and has already begun drawing consideration.