Shreya Ghoshal to Go Unplugged With This Lata Mangeshkar Ghazal

Find out which ghazal by Lata Mangeshkar will Shreya Ghoshal sing unplugged this weekend.

Shreya Ghoshal pays tribute to Lata Mangeshkar on MTV Unplugged. (Photo courtesy: MTV)

After AR Rahman gave a grand start to the Royal Stag Barrel Select MTV Unplugged last week, we’ll next see one of Bollywood’s most popular female playback singers, Shreya Ghoshal, performing on the sixth season of the show.

The singer will be performing on 6 timeless classics and one of them will be Lata Mangeshkar’s famous ghazal Rasm- e- ulfat-ko nibhayein... composed by the one and only Madan Mohan.

Shreya Ghoshal on MTV Unplugged. (Photo courtesy: MTV)

Speaking about singing Lata ji’s ghazal, Shreya said:

Ever since I began my journey in music, Lata Ji has been one of my biggest inspirations. I am extremely honoured to be performing a ghazal originally sung by her and composed by the legendary Madan Mohan saab. It’s a beautiful haunting song with very soulful lyrics by Naqsh Lyallpur ji, which leaves the heart with an incomprehensible emotion. I will be performing the unplugged version of ‘Rasm-e-ulfat ko nibhayein’. It’s an attempt to go unplugged with a ghazal very close to my heart and I really hope everyone likes this effort.

Shreya Ghoshal

Here’s the original song sung by Lata Mangeshkar:

To watch Shreya perform her version of the ghazal, tune into MTV Unplugged on Saturday, 21 January at 8pm on MTV.