Asha Bhosle rues the fact that the music industry nowadays is not producing good music thereby robbing young talent of enough opportunities
Asha Bhosle with Band of Boys. All pics/Yogen Shah
Asha Bhosle with Band of Boys
The legendary singer who feels at this point of her career she prefers singing songs of her own choice, has collaborated with the Band of Boys for the 'Dil Sarfira' song which is from their upcoming film."I don't like to sing every song which comes my way. And I have been associated with them for a long time. I saw their first stage show and I really liked it.
Now, I am really happy that I am part of their song."My grandson Chintu Bhosle is part of that band and they have been doing good work over the years. I hope they continue doing good work in future as well."
She was every bit the proud grandmother as she continued speaking of her other grandchild Zanai Bhosle, at whose iAzure Apple mobile store she was present for the launch of IPhone XR Zanai's store supports education of underprivileged girls, Bhosle said: "Every year she donates a certain amount of money to 'Nanhi Kali' NGO."
Younger sister to the renowned Lata Mangeshkar and widow of Bollywood's "Boss" R.D. Burman, Asha Bhosle is known her voice range and versatility like none other. Her work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.
In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs. In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.
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