{"id":10590,"date":"2026-04-24T18:03:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:03:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/2026\/04\/24\/aamir-khan-compares-arijit-singh-to-mohammed-rafi-lata-mangeshkar-asha-bhosle-kishore-kumar-and-sonu-nigam-all-are-storytellers\/"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:03:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T18:03:44","slug":"aamir-khan-compares-arijit-singh-to-mohammed-rafi-lata-mangeshkar-asha-bhosle-kishore-kumar-and-sonu-nigam-all-are-storytellers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/?p=10590","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan compares Arijit Singh to Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Sonu Nigam: \u2018All are storytellers\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"e9jwa\">\n<div class=\"vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"GfdvZ\">\n<section class=\"_bIDB  clearfix id-r-component leadmedia undefined undefined  E9tg9 \" style=\"top:0px\">\n<div class=\"_bIDB\" data-ua-type=\"1\" onclick=\"stpPgtnAndPrvntDefault(event)\">\n<div class=\"ypVvZ\">\n<div class=\"WGttI\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/thumb\/msid-130499096,imgsize-88264,width-400,height-225,resizemode-4\/623411462_1354488356721978_4436409132310807595_n-1.jpg\" alt=\"Aamir Khan compares Arijit Singh to Mohammed Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Kishore Kumar and Sonu Nigam: \u2018All are storytellers\u2019\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After reports of acclaimed singer <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/arijit-singh\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Arijit Singh<\/a> announcing his retirement from playback singing earlier this year, Bollywood superstar <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aamir-khan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aamir Khan<\/a> visited him at his home in Murshidabad and urged him not to step away from music.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"6\"\/>Speaking about the visit, <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/aamir\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\">Aamir<\/a> called it an \u201camazing, lifetime experience\u201d and said, \u201cI was extremely happy after meeting him.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"10\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018We were shocked when we heard about retirement\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Aamir told Radio Nasha, \u201cWe were shocked, wondering if he would sing for us now,\u201d referring to the retirement buzz around Arijit.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"13\"\/>He added that it was his idea to travel to Arijit\u2019s home with composer Ram Sampath for recording sessions for Ek Din, a film co-produced by Aamir and starring his son Junaid Khan.<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"17\"\/>Aamir recalled, \u201cI called Arijit to ask whether we should come, and he said he would fulfil the commitment he made to us.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"19\"\/>Describing the time spent together, Aamir said, \u201cIt was a magical four days.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"21\"\/>He added, \u201cArijit is not just a great singer&#8230; he is also a storyteller. He tells stories through his songs.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"23\"\/> <\/p>\n<div class=\"wLCOS vdo_embedd\">\n<div class=\"ap_Bf\">\n<div class=\"ZM4zO\">\n<p><i class=\"bo2C4\"\/> <span>Watch<\/span><\/p>\n<p> <!-- -->Aamir Khan Remembers Dharmendra Loved his &#8216;Lahore 1947&#8217; Script!<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"26\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>\u2018All legendary singers are storytellers\u2019<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Drawing comparisons with Indian music legends, Aamir said, \u201cRafi saab, Kishore da, Asha ji, Lata ji, and <!-- -->Sonu Nigam<!-- --> have all told stories through their singing. Arijit has that same quality.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"33\"\/>He further said, \u201cHe is a really gifted and talented singer and storyteller,\u201d and added, \u201cHe is an amazing human being who immerses himself in his work.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"35\"\/>Aamir also shared, \u201cWe had so much fun even while we were working.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"37\"\/>Aamir said, \u201cI got to meet his father, wife and children. They are all very nice people, and so is his team.\u201d<span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"39\"\/> <span class=\"id-r-component br\" data-pos=\"42\"\/><\/p>\n<p><h2>About Ek Din<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<p>Ek Din, starring Sai Pallavi and Junaid Khan, is directed by Sunil Pandey and written by Sneha Desai and Spandan Mishra. The film is produced by Aamir Khan Productions and is set for a worldwide release on May 1.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/entertainment\/hindi\/bollywood\/news\/aamir-khan-compares-arijit-singh-to-mohammed-rafi-lata-mangeshkar-asha-bhosle-kishore-kumar-and-sonu-nigam-all-are-storytellers\/articleshow\/130498944.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After reports of acclaimed singer Arijit Singh announcing his retirement from playback singing earlier this year, Bollywood superstar Aamir Khan visited him at his home in Murshidabad and urged him not to step away from music.Speaking about the visit, Aamir called it an \u201camazing, lifetime experience\u201d and said, \u201cI was extremely happy after meeting him.\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10590"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10590\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharanews.in\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}