Their parents were supremely melodious: composer Roshan was a giant in his time—a man who died just as he had become the composer of all-hit scores like Barsat Ki Raat, Aarti, Dil Hi To Hai, Chitralekha, Mamta, Bahu Begum and Anokhi Raat. Ira Roshan, his wife, loyally assisted him as an accomplished musician, and gotRead More
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- 1/28/2017
- by Rajiv Vijayakar
- BollywoodHungama
She is the legend who has sung in hundreds of Hindi films, worked with Michael Stipe and Robbie Williams, and been immortalised on a UK No 1 record. Rob Fitzpatrick talks to Asha Bhosle
'In the old days all the movie songs were recorded right there on set," remembers Asha Bhosle, the quintessential Bollywood singer. Now 77, Bhosle was just 11 when she performed her first song on a movie soundtrack, Chala Chala Nav Bala from Majha Bal in 1943. In the 68 years since, she has provided the on-screen singing voice for generations of actresses unable to capture and deliver a song as brilliantly as she could, singing around 20,000 tunes in 14 languages, as well as recording with Robbie Williams, Michael Stipe and the Kronos Quartet, and lending her name to Cornershop's Brimful of Asha, one of the landmark No 1 hits of the 1990s.
"My son Anand first heard that song in San Francisco and told me all about it,...
'In the old days all the movie songs were recorded right there on set," remembers Asha Bhosle, the quintessential Bollywood singer. Now 77, Bhosle was just 11 when she performed her first song on a movie soundtrack, Chala Chala Nav Bala from Majha Bal in 1943. In the 68 years since, she has provided the on-screen singing voice for generations of actresses unable to capture and deliver a song as brilliantly as she could, singing around 20,000 tunes in 14 languages, as well as recording with Robbie Williams, Michael Stipe and the Kronos Quartet, and lending her name to Cornershop's Brimful of Asha, one of the landmark No 1 hits of the 1990s.
"My son Anand first heard that song in San Francisco and told me all about it,...
- 3/15/2011
- by Rob Fitzpatrick
- The Guardian - Film News
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