New Delhi, (IANS) Remembering “Voice of India” contest winner Ishmeet Singh as a “wonderful”, “down-to-earth” and “sincere” person, members of the Indian music industry said they were shocked by the drowning of the “dynamic singer” in the Maldives.
The 19-year-old, from a middle-class family in Ludhiana, Punjab, had gone to the Maldives for a promotional event with the music company with which he had a contract.
The singer left Mumbai Tuesday morning for the Maldives, where he was to perform Aug 1. However, he drowned Tuesday in a swimming pool at a beach resort.
Music composers Jatin Pandit and his brother Lalit Pandit, who co-judged Ishmeet on “Voice of India” (VOI), told IANS they were shocked by the news of Ishmeet’s death.
Jatin said: “I am shocked. He was an innocent boy. Ishmeet always had it in the back of his mind that he had to be the ‘VOI’ winner. I had even been to his house in Ludhiana and had food with his family. I know everyone in his house. I can’t believe he is no more. If he would have continued with the same zeal, he would have made his mark in the industry.”
Lalit revealed that he was working with Ishmeet on his album that is still in the composing stage and said the young singer’s death “is a very sad and terrible action of fate”.
“Ishmeet had recorded a song for one of his albums with me and it had turned out very well. I will see to it and ensure that the song is released and his voice reaches the people of India. His death has totally shocked me,” he said. (Read the article)