Details of the Artist:
Music is what she breathed and lived for, Smt. Lila Chander Jhangiani. Infact she worshiped music like one worships a deity. Since childhood,she had been actively singing in sindhi tikanas and sindhi panchayat programmes and famous auditoriums throughout India she even has rendered a programme in Leh also.
She had passed her audition in music and drama from Al India Radio, Delhi in the year 1966 and was graded as a B HIGH artist. In drama dialogue delivery audition she was ranked as B HIGH grade artist. She had been singing on A.I.R. and Doordarshan TV, Delhi Ahmedabad, Bombay, Jaipur, Kutch, Bhuj and Bhopal etc. and also performed in many dramas on A.I.R. with co artists the living legend Shri Lachman Bhatia (Komal) and the famous sisters Veena and Shalini Shringi. She had been invited to perform in many concerts in Bhopal Bombay, Ahmedabad many times.
Lila Jhangiani has been honoured and felicitated with innumerable awards from renowned Sindhi institutions like Sindhu Bhawan, Sindhi Gurudwaras, and Sindhi Panchayats throughout Delhi. Her main awards were CHAMAN and Ratan Award from Sindhu Bhavan Sindhi Society.
She has arranged many stage Dramas for Mehran Group, NavJeevan, Sindhu Kala Sangam. Some of the names being:
- Jhetho Metho
- Zaal Kare Thi Tal
- Mawali Mulk Ja Wali
- Sindhi Minister
- Khapai Dil Tan Achi Mil
- Ammi Yaa Mummy.
She was honoured by Late Prof. Ram Punjwani for her famous drama Zaal Kare Thi Taal and Mavaali Mulk Jaa Wali in Bombay. She has received many mementos and awards for other dramas, also.
She has also provided play back singing in films namely:
1. Ammi Yaa Mummy
2. Ker Kehinjo
The film Ammi Yaan Mummy begins with her playback song Doolah tuhinjı mehar maya saan Music for the video film Zaal kare thi taal is also ready for release. She had given playback and recorded songs for many cassettes with her Sangeet Maestro and Guru, Dada Kan Mothihar. With Gods grace, she herself had released two of her own music albums in Sindhi Language viz:-
- Collection of 10 Sindhi songs released by the revered Dada Suresh Keswani- Chairman of Sindhi Academy.
- Baksh Medi Taqseer- Collection of 10 Nuri Bhajans and geets released by revered Dada J P Vaswani on the 136th Birth anniversary of Dada Vaswani at Sadhu Vaswani Mission Moti Bagh, New Delhi.
Apart from these two, her third album a collection of Sindhi Kalams and gazals could not be completed because of her untimely death on 13th April 2016.
Music was in her veins and heart till she breathed her last. She retired as a Class I officer from M/o Communications and despite her busy job profile did regular riyaaz and her husband C.H. Jhangiani, a Class I officer himself lent her his full unconditional support. C.H. Jhangiani himself is a great singer, percussionist and a stage artist.
She was felicitated with a cash reward, a memento and a pakkhar by Sindhi Academy, Delhi in recognition of her contribution to promote Sindhi art and culture. She was nominated as Chief Guest a number of times on various occasions by the same Academy. She was conferred with the Sher-e-Sind award by the Delhi Pradesh Sindhi Sabha in 2006.
