ASHA BHOSLE BROUGHT A UNIQUE QUALITY TO HER MUSIC, WHICH SETS HER APART TILL TODAY. SHE SANG WITH A VOCAL ABANDON THAT LIFTED THE SONGS, INCLUDING THE “VAMP SONGS”
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She has lent her voice to so many actors from Madhubala (her favourite, she says) to Mumtaz; from Rekha and Hema Malini to Madhuri Dixit and Karisma Kapoor; right up to Gracy Singh in ‘Radha kaise na jale’ in the Oscar-nominated film, Lagaan. Her last chartbuster , ‘Hungama ho gaya’, from Queen (2103) was a new take on her own song . But composer Amit Trivedi retained her original vocals. And why wouldn’t he? Her live concerts prove that her voice still holds the magic it used to. Just back from an international tour, she is amazed at the applause that greets the opening bars of ‘Do lafzon ki hai dil ki kahani’. She is struck by how people around the world remember old songs.
“I’m slightly nervous while standing in the wings,” she says. “But once I get on the stage, people shower me with love. It’s not reverence, which makes fans admire me from a distance. It’s a kind of familiar love that makes them come up to me and talk to me like I’m their mother, sister or friend.” She likens being on stage to being one with god. Even though the Delhi concert is being called a farewell tour, she’s not ready to put down the microphone yet. “The way things are going, I hope I get to sing a lot more.” The Last Empress : Farewell Tour, Asha, Live in Concert
Ambience Island, DLF Phase 3, Sector 24, Gurugram
February 25, 7 pm onwards
Micromax Moulsari Avenue
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