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For decades, Sharda Sinha’s voice has been inseparable from the spirit of Chhath Puja. Born in Bihar in 1952, she elevated Bhojpuri and Maithili folk music to national recognition, becoming the festival’s defining sound. In this Outlook conversation, her children — music producer Anshuman Sinha and singer Vandana Sinha — reflect on her journey, her Padma awards, and her final song “Chhath Maiya Ke Darbar,” released posthumously in 2025.
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00:00Hi, I am Rani Jana, and today I am with Outlook Talks with Anshuman Sinha and Vandana Sinha,
00:20the children of legendary singer Sharda Sinha, fondly known as Bihar Pokkila.
00:25Bihar के लोगों के लिए, शारदा जी की आवाज सिर्फ संगीत नहीं थी, वो एक याद है.
00:32And for those who left Bihar, her songs are the way back home, from Karthik Maas Ejoria to Ho Dina Nat.
00:40पिछले साल नवेंबर में उनके गुजर जाने के बाद भी, उनकी मौजूदी हर छट में महसूस होती रहेगी.
00:47कार स्कॉर पर इस साल क्योंकि उनका लेटिस्ट गाना चट मैया की दरबार posthumously रिलीज किया गया है.
00:56Anshuman Vandana जी, welcome to Outlook Talks and thank you so much for joining us today.
01:02वाश्कर रानी जी.
01:03तो Vandana जी, मैं आपसे questions चालू करती हूँ.
01:08मैंने कहीं पढ़ा था कि आपने अपनी मां के गुजरने के बाद कहा था कि उनके होटो पर लिप्स्टिक लगाई जाए.
01:17क्यूंकि उनके लिए मेकप और म्यूजिक दोनों ही discipline और dignity का हिस्सा था.
01:24How did that moment capture who she truly was?
01:29आपने सही सुना है.
01:31मा जब जीवित थी तो बिल्कुल बहुत थी अप्याग को बड़े चिंदर से सजा कर रखती थी लप सचधाजी के रहती और जब मा का देहान हुआ उसके कुछी दिन पहले एक महीने पहले हमारे पिताजी का भी देहान होगे तो उन्होंने सब कुछ लगाना कम कर दिया थ
02:01जब वो चली गए को मुझे उनकी सारी बात क्योंकि जब वो कारिक्रम के लिए भी तयार होती थी घर में भी रहती थी तो हम लोग उनको हमेशा वैसे ही देखते थे
02:10तो मुझे जाने के बाद भी लगा कि मैं अब भी वही करूंगी जो मैं पहले कर रही थी उनका रोप वैसा ही होना चाहिए तो मैंने वो लिप्स्टिक वैसे ही लगाया
02:20कि हम सब लोग नहीं नहीं सारे लोग कह रहे थे कि नहीं उनकी वो लाल बड़ी बिंदे और उनका लेप्स्टिक होना चाहिए वो एक बहुत ही अजीब सा मोमेंट था कि अगर आप देखेंगे तो जो रिचुल्स हैं जो कस्टिवरीज हैं उसके लिए लोग फनाटिक होत
02:50कि जो उनके शूता है जो फ्रैंस हैं उनके दिल में इतना ज्यादा वो उनकी इमेज डीप गुसी होई है कि सबके बर्दास्ट से बाहर था उनके सब माथे बिंदी नहीं हो और होटों पर लिप्स्टिक नहीं हो
03:03वो सब आगे बढ़के इसमें सबने योगदान दिया और कहा कि नहीं यही अच्छा दगेगा और मां भी जब तक थी मजाक मजाक में कभी कभी बोला करती थी ऐसे कि जब भी मैं दुनिया में नहीं रहूंगी ना तो मुझे सजा कर ही विदा कर भगवान ने ऐसा दिन चु
03:33दूला कि जब तो आपके जो पिता जी थे प्रज क्षोर सिनाजी और शारदा सिनाजी का रिष्ता सिर्फ शादी तक समित नहीं था दोनों एक दूसरी के क्रिएटिव कंपानियन भी थे उनकी गुजर जाने का शारदा सिनाजी Pे क्या असर हुआ
04:01and both emotionally and musically?
04:05Musically, I will tell you that
04:09we can see what the impact of musically
04:13that we can see.
04:17She was physically weak.
04:21She was actually fighting herself with a disease.
04:25Especially that blood cancer
04:29in her will.
04:31When the will of her will
04:33is very important.
04:35When the will of her will
04:37is very important.
04:39When the will of her will
04:41is very important.
04:43That's why she succumbed
04:49to the disease
04:53and the pain
04:55she came to her,
04:57but it's so important
04:59that when
05:01both of them were
05:03and her mother
05:05had to go outside
05:07while
05:09Raja Kishore Sina was not well
05:11so she had to go
05:13and leave her
05:15and she had to go outside
05:17and she had to go outside
05:19and she was always
05:21in the line.
05:23But she was also
05:25asking for her
05:27to get her
05:29to get her
05:30to get her
05:31to get her
05:32and the
05:46to get her
05:47to get her
05:48to get her
05:49to get her
05:50to get her
05:51What was the meaning of this song for you and your family, how did you grow up with that attitude?
06:02I was thinking that it was recorded in the hospital.
06:10It was recorded in the hospital.
06:12It was recorded in the hospital.
06:18I felt like this was the moment that I received the meaning of the hospital.
06:25It was recorded in the hospital.
06:26Every person was exhausted.
06:29They were all suffering from their parents.
06:32They were all suffering from their families.
06:34They were suffering from their suffering.
06:37So his words and his song, his song, his song,
06:41he feels like he is feeling like he is going to go.
06:48He is feeling like the pain of God.
06:52In fact, the last song was the last song of Chhati Mahiya,
06:57which was the last song that they saw,
07:02which they saw their eyes,
07:05I am going to look at my eyes are not too close to my eyes.
07:09I'm going to look at the eyes of my eyes when I am looking for photos on my eyes,
07:12I hope so much you can see that I have to go elsewhere in my eyes.
07:15And even though I am not getting one or two years away,
07:20you need to go for more and more.
07:21You can see that in your mind,
07:24you need to learn to learn more from your eyes,
07:27especially your friends,
07:29all of a sudden you need to learn more and more.
07:32In my mind, I felt that your work will be fulfilled in my life, so I will see them.
07:41That's why I am very careful that when it was released, they gave me a blessing that you will get a lot of joy.
07:51You have already mentioned that Lal Bindi has always been aware of their knowledge.
07:57What does that mean for you and for them?
08:02They were also called Bihar Kokila.
08:07How did they see this title itself?
08:11Lal Bindi was recognized.
08:14I think that our culture was recognized by our culture.
08:18The whole country, the whole world, where people wore clothes,
08:23and then with them, it was the same kind of the same style,
08:28and the same style, the same style,
08:35the same style, the same style, the same style,
08:39the same style of humility and beauty,
08:42I would like to say that I would like to say that I would like to make up
08:52which is the feminine part and that is what every female does.
08:56Every female has a feeling that I can feel good, I can feel good.
09:01But in their composition, it was a very balanced perception.
09:09So, if they are going to what kind of curriculum, if there is a concert that is based on someone's tribute,
09:23then they will be different.
09:28She will try to be different.
09:34She will try to be different.
09:41She will try to be different.
09:44She will try to be different.
09:51She will try to be different and then she will try to be different.
09:58But, she will try to be different.
10:00We have seen this.
10:04Getting well dressed before the practice and then sitting there.
10:10That was the sanctity that she had inside her for the reals.
10:14Very well said.
10:15So, Sharda Sinha ji's latest gana posthumously released,
10:22Chhat Maiya ke Darbar.
10:24After her, it was released.
10:26Can you tell us how to make this song?
10:30What is your emotion?
10:33Yes, absolutely.
10:35Chhat Maiya ke Darbar bhi pre-recorded,
10:40that I recorded the song pre-recorded.
10:42I recorded the beat on the sample.
10:45It was a little bit of time.
10:48They didn't have the song pre-recorded in the sample.
10:56I didn't seem to get the song to me.
10:58Without a song.
11:00The song pre-recorded was taken to me.
11:02The song is also released in the hospital.
11:05It was about to be different.
11:07But, she begins to read the song.
11:10and in the vocals there was some work that was still in the same place.
11:14Then, when people thought that they would not get the sound of the song,
11:22I would not have the power of the whole world,
11:28but now we have the money, the hero,
11:32which can be reached by the roshni and the kushbuk.
11:36it feels like she's singing from heaven even though
11:47it feels like she's singing from heaven
11:57so it feels like she's singing from heaven
12:11so it feels like she's singing from heaven
12:15so it came out to be very interesting that
12:32sneha khanvalkarji se meri baat ho rey thi and then we started remembering the days when
12:38tarbijli se patle jab hua tha so tarbijli se patle mein woh patna ahi thi ishi ghar mein
12:44and then what composition she kept in front of her came out to be in raag beharvi so that was very sweet one
13:03and her treatment to kher sneha ji ka pul duniya jantai hai ki ek dum hi out of world ho ta hai
13:09so unho ne waiset kiya tha then she i would really want to say that i'm so grateful to her
13:17she came forward to design the entire music for this song as a tribute and not as a commercial thing
13:25inside inside her ki nahi sharda ji ke liye mein tribute deena chahathe ho so yeh deekh karke
13:31am sab ka dil bhi bhar gaya tha ki ki yeh bhot asan baat nahi hai itna bada production
13:37karna music ka or usko a tribute ki tarah deena yeh toh maa ke liye unke emotions hain sentiments hain so an
13:45artist a great artist giving tribute to a great artist of course
13:50green
14:01and you both are only with a mother and a cultural icon
14:06they have been raised with a stage or mike
14:14So, how was your childhood in such a house?
14:18It's a great joy that our childhood is in this case.
14:22Because in truth, mother is a very disciplined performer.
14:29In the house, she is a very strong and strong.
14:35She is a very strong and strong.
14:38She was a very good mimicking artist and caricature also.
14:45If someone is going to the house, she is going to the house.
14:50She was a very good mimicking artist and caricature also.
14:57If someone is going to the house, she would make a chair.
15:02How could she do that?
15:06She is a very good cook.
15:09She was a very good cook.
15:11She was a very good cook.
15:13When she was making food, she was so happy.
15:18And she has been a very good cook.
15:23Vyanjan was a very good cook.
15:27When she was making food, she was so happy.
15:31She was really good.
15:46She was a good cook.
15:48She was an excellent cook.
15:50I was a good home maker, because everything was perfect.
15:55There was no silver bed, there was no dust on the table,
15:59and it was straight.
16:00In the hospital, there was also a table that was straight.
16:08So, when we came to meet, we would have to go straight.
16:12We would have to say straight.
16:14So, it was that time too.
16:17Yes, that was it. I liked the most, because I was a little unorganized.
16:24Wow, it sounds very pleasant.
16:27And I hope that you also recall how was it.
16:31Rani ji, yes.
16:32We are going into a tunnel of memory.
16:38I am glad.
16:40And for the fans and the audience,
16:44without their ears, it would always be a relief.
16:48Because if you talk about the ears,
16:52then their ears automatically relate to them.
16:56Right?
16:57And so, when they were making their own songs,
17:02did they have a special ritual?
17:05And how was their process?
17:08Music, when they were making songs and songs,
17:11did they have a ritual?
17:13Or did they have a very instinctive?
17:16Or did they have a perfectionist?
17:18They have a very own song.
17:22I remember that they were perfect.
17:23I remember that we were perfect.
17:26Perfect.
17:28Perfect.
17:28When she started doing the composition, she had to sing 100 times.
17:38When the imagination of the mind, the song, the time, the meter,
17:46she would not stop.
17:56It will happen, then it will leave.
17:58It will leave.
17:59Then it will sit.
18:00Then it will sit.
18:02Then it will go to the morning and then it will go to the morning.
18:06Then it will ask, look, Anshu, how did it become?
18:09Look, Anandana, you tell us, we will listen to it.
18:13It will become how it will become.
18:14So, when they don't think about it, they will not be able to reach.
18:19Yes, and you understood that if we started this work at the evening,
18:24we started it at 7.
18:26We are now getting dinner,
18:29we are opening the lights off,
18:31we are late,
18:36then we are going to try.
18:39Now we are trying to get our music.
18:41If there is a reason for the lyrics,
18:44we don't want to get the lyrics to the other.
18:47I will come back to the song because the lyrics will change the lyrics.
18:52I don't know the compromise either.
18:57When they don't feel like they are cut,
19:00or cut, or cut, or the word,
19:02they will have emotions.
19:04One thing was that
19:06the words of the word,
19:08which are very soft.
19:10There are such words,
19:12like Bhoshpuri or Methli,
19:15but there are many words in it.
19:18It's true that
19:19they are talking about the word.
19:22but she is not getting in the song.
19:25At the song, you need to keep your self-setting,
19:30even if there is a song, you should want to keep your self-setting,
19:35you should be able to keep your self-setting.
19:38In every song, you will see that she can hear from her.
19:41She is the same, but she is the same,
19:44she has always maintained the quality of her.
19:47Wow, that's a great time.
19:52So, we have talked about folk music.
19:57Today, not actually.
20:00Folk music is more than Bollywood songs.
20:05At such a time, when Bollywood songs are trended,
20:11they kept their focus and regional focus.
20:17What was that?
20:19Like, she did not change or she did not be like,
20:23oh, like, more Bollywood music.
20:26Of course, she has offers.
20:28She also has songs for Bollywood films.
20:31So, how did she maintain that regional music is her focus?
20:37When it started,
20:40I also felt that there was a place like this.
20:44There was an audition,
20:46so people were singing.
20:48They also had songs for her,
20:51and they had to be different from that point.
20:57At that time, they didn't have songs for the film.
21:00They could listen to them.
21:02After them, they performed at stage.
21:04Because they were reading classical music,
21:06It's different from the music.
21:08In the music, people have changed everything from the music,
21:13and the music has changed everything from the music.
21:17It's not the same as the music.
21:20It's not the same as the music.
21:22It's a bit of a beautiful feeling.
21:25It's a bit of a traditional music.
21:28I think it's a different sound.
21:34It's a lot of fun.
21:37Just imagine,
21:39in the audience,
21:41the people of the audience
21:43gave me the name of Dupatta
21:44or the Raviyya Vastaviyya type,
21:48which were the songs of Bollywood.
21:51People were singing good,
21:53polished,
21:55standing there.
21:57What did they sing?
21:59It was singing.
22:01I would say,
22:03if I knew they would,
22:05they'd sing all thehings.
22:10Then a song begins.
22:11Tell me.
22:12My husband's song,
22:14that was all,
22:15but it was the song begins—
22:16even theə wonderful song ratings are—
22:18Say,
22:20I think that when we were young, we would listen to this, that at that time, people would sing another song.
22:29So when my mother started singing, they reached their song to the speakers.
22:36So they would get to hear their songs.
22:38They'd get to hear their songs.
22:51They'd better be able to get their songs, because it didn't happen to us.
22:58We'd get a record of their songs.
23:03After that, I don't know how much feedback is, but after that, I got a lot of effort.
23:10That's why I had to say that it was a custodian of the culture.
23:20Yes.
23:21I would say, Rani Ji,
23:33shooting
23:39why it became class of art
23:42reasonbee he has bowles
23:52zoon
23:55And the polished song of Bollywood, they made a new stream, a new song which was a new mix
24:09through which people could hear their own culture, they could see a very nice reflection
24:17of their own culture in her voice.
24:19I agree.
24:20I think you are absolutely right.
24:22I think that all of our songs are very famous, but the bapol that you have learned, the song
24:32has stayed with me like nothing else from that entire music album.
24:38I think that song could be the only one that Sharda ji can sing, for sure.
24:44Imagine, we wonder, Rani ji, how is it?
24:48I have loved all the songs, as well as your own style, all the songs are very good.
24:54It's very experimental songs.
24:56It's the same style of music.
25:13It was because of people's hearts.
25:16And we have already talked about folk music,
25:20but beyond that,
25:22like Bhikari Thakur and Mahindr Misir,
25:29like Kavii's work,
25:31also reached people.
25:33Did she talk to you about why preserving those poetry and words
25:39was so important to her?
25:43Yeah, yeah, of course.
25:45They have been very close to her heart
25:48because she had a background of literature.
25:53She had English honours.
25:56So that would be your English honours.
25:59And then Bojkuri and Mathly and Magi.
26:02Basically, love for language.
26:05And because my nana ji,
26:08he was a great educationist and
26:12a very learned person.
26:13I remember that the library was a good example.
26:18It was a good library in the village.
26:21A voracious reader.
26:23So that was all in my mother.
26:25So the language was very strong.
26:29And it was instinctive.
26:32Well, you know,
26:34it's a good example.
26:35You know,
26:36you know,
26:37if you were a child,
26:38you know,
26:39that's a good example.
26:41You know,
26:42you know,
26:42that's a good example.
26:43He keeps his hands on his hands, he keeps his hands on his hands, and he keeps his hands on his hands.
26:53While that time, some people play flute in the village. While that time, some people sing folklore.
27:02And they sing in their own musti.
27:06Yes, that's true.
27:08He has the tone, his language, his accent, his voice and his accent.
27:14He keeps his soul moving away.
27:18He has a special interest in his language.
27:24And when he comes to Sahit, he focuses on the Bhagavad Gita.
27:31Mahindr Mishir Ji.
27:34Bhikari Thakur Ji.
27:37Sneh Halata Ji.
27:39Bindu Ji.
27:41He has the name of Sahit, his son in Sahity.
27:46He is his name for these Mahindr Ma.
27:48He says,
27:49He means that he is his name for the 56th century.
27:52He says,
27:53He is the one who has the first time.
27:56Hence,
27:58He says,
28:00It's a great pleasure to have you in such an environment where Bindu Ji is also living in Kirtan
28:08and Nehlata Ji's life is still alive and if anyone is singing, Mahindra Michir's life is still alive.
28:14They didn't have to find out that today I am going to be with Vikari Thakur.
28:20Vikari Thakur was inside her, Mahindra was inside her since her childhood.
28:26That is absolutely beautiful to think about how literature, music and folk traditions and culture
28:37threading it together is a task and of course makes her music and songs classed apart.
28:45In all these songs, in Bollywood's songs, you can see all these songs and all the songs,
28:52how beautiful they are and how good they are.
28:56Because the songs could go very well.
28:58If you were to say that it is a song or a song that you have taught.
29:02The songs and the songs and the songs were full of their songs.
29:06They were doing their work.
29:08Thank you so much.
29:09Thank you so much.
29:10And those who listen to the songs in the world,
29:17what do you want to say that when Sharda Ji's voice is heard,
29:23what do you remember?
29:25I am speechless.
29:27I am.
29:28I am.
29:29I am.
29:30I am.
29:31I am.
29:32I am.
29:33I am.
29:34I am.
29:35I am.
29:36That is the dramaticism in the music.
30:06That she executed so incredibly, and I would say the dedication is that not even one song,
30:24but that is the same thing with marriage.
30:31It's a juxtaposed image that no one can separate them now.
30:41But then in Bihar we see the same thing with marriage.
30:46If you go to the villages, it starts as a Gayatri Mantri.
30:52You always have to be used, and you always listen to it.
31:02You always listen to it.
31:05So when you come to the village, you always get away from the village.
31:09You always say, I've had to go to the village,
31:15So, how much time did they put them in those fields?
31:17Very, very, very
31:19It seems to be hard, there are a lot of challenges
31:23to reach the range
31:25So, if there is a challenge to reach the range,
31:29I think that Ikaaz songs are such a way
31:31that they practice more than 1,200 times
31:36and they have to reach the range
31:38Dedication and their work
31:41This was a lot of time
31:43�
31:48और उसी च्ठ के आल्बम में
31:52सामा चभ्वा का काना भी है
31:55सामा चकेवा च्ठ क्षट जब खतम हो जाता है
31:57उसी दिन से शुरू होता है
31:59और ती मितलाँ चल का है
32:02और बयाई वेम का पर्व होता है
32:05तो उसके गीत जो होते हैं वो बहुत
32:09नौटी-कल की होते है
32:13In the last album, the other color can see how they can do it.
32:21It was probably the craftsmanship that it was such a way to see,
32:29the way it should be.
32:31So it was probably very big.
32:34The song is called Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla Chugla
33:04I didn't know how to get out of the library and get out of the sound.
33:08So, the one who had this sound was like,
33:12I'm coming, I'm coming, I'm coming.
33:14She said, no, I need this song.
33:17So, she...
33:19She made the song full.
33:21She didn't leave the song.
33:24The music was going,
33:26and the whole feel was going.
33:30After her album cover,
33:32what I need to show and what I need to show,
33:34what I need to show and what I need to show.
33:36It's all.
33:38Full packaging.
33:40The dedication of my work was very much,
33:42that I had to think about it.
33:44You need to learn this.
33:48You need to stay rooted.
33:50You need to try to do your work until perfection.
33:54You need to try to do it.
33:56You need to try to do it.
33:58You need to try to do it.
34:00You need to try to do it.
34:03Thank you so much.
34:04And you need to ask us to teach today.
34:06Thank you. Thank you so much.
34:11And my last question for you,
34:14when you listen to their songs today,
34:17what does it say to you?
34:20Are the artists who remember the world
34:23or are the mother who talks about you now?
34:28If we say one more time, we will have one answer.
34:31If you think about it,
34:33she is the mother.
34:35She is the mother.
34:37She is the mother.
34:39As you asked her,
34:40she has a song.
34:41She has a mother.
34:43She has a mother.
34:45She has a mother.
34:47When do you listen to her?
34:49When you listen to her?
34:51When you listen to her,
34:53I was gone to my mother,
34:55to her mother,
34:57to her house.
34:59So this song was sung
35:02The song was sung
35:04What happens is that
35:0610-15 tracks are working on
35:08like ten, ten, fifteen tracks.
35:09A male or female,
35:10A female voice is playing
35:11an act like playing
35:13so it's playing DJ.
35:14Among them,
35:16the mother,
35:18it starts to feel like
35:20that someone has
35:21a dry smile
35:23or someone has a sadness
35:24or a drop into her
35:26It's totally different. It's a heavenly voice. It was heavenly voice. It will be heavenly voice forever.
35:41Because we are failing as the songs of our songs, the songs of the song, the songs of our songs, the songs of our songs, the songs of our songs.
36:09So, my mother is listening to her songs and remember her songs.
36:16Thank you so much Vandana and Anshuman Ji.
36:19You talked with your time and talked about the outlook. Thank you so much.
36:24It was a very fruitful conversation and I'm sure that their fans and audience will feel good
36:31about their lives. And of course, the new song released also.
36:39So, thank you so much for taking out the time to speak with me.
36:44Thank you so much. You made us feel familiar and comfortable.
36:51I have a lot of people who are speaking with you and talk to you.
36:53I am very grateful for you.
36:56I have a lot of people who are speaking with you, who are sitting there.
37:00And she is giving them the same way as to the parents, the parents, the parents, the teachers
37:05and so on. And I am very grateful for this.
37:08I also felt that you were very grateful for yourself.
37:12I felt that you both were grateful.
37:15The reason why we met and we are talking about this is
37:19So we'll end it by singing it. Did you sing that song?
37:49So we'll sing it.
38:19Thank you so much. It was so good. You both are very good. Thank you so much. And thank you so much for taking out the time. You both looked very good. I hope you enjoyed the conversation. But it was really, really nice. Thank you so much.
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