I wish I had studied more, says singer

LEGENDARY singer Asha Bhosle regrets not getting a proper education, and says she would have reached greater heights if she had studied further and crooned songs in English, too.

Asked about her message to the younger generation, she said: “A person is responsible for his own success. The one who works hard day and night and keeps doing his work, he will always be successful.

“And for your school, the message that I have is, I haven’t studied much and today, when I go abroad, or when I go to America or London, I really regret it after listening to their songs, I feel bad that I can’t get that accent.”

The legendary singer added: “I really wish that I had studied more, but back in those times, in my generation, 80 years back, there was no use of educating women. They said women are supposed to do household chores, deliver babies – why make her study?

“So, the education never happened. And now, I really believe that if we were made to study, or given an education, then we would have reached different heights in life and I would have gone way ahead with English songs because our style and English words would have taken me to greater heights.”

Bhosle is one of the most versatile singers to have been associated with Bollywood.

From cabaret to ghazals – she has sung songs like Jhumka gira re, Dum maro dum, Chura liya, Mehbooba mehbooba, Mera kuch saaman, Dil cheez kya hai and Prem mein tohre.