Asha Bhosle is celebrating her 90th birthday on Friday, September 8. The legendary singer has sung over 12,000 songs in her career spanning around 80 years. Last month, during the CNN News18’s Rising India-She Shakti conclave in New Delhi, Asha Bhosle revealed why she never wanted to sing like her late sister Lata Mangeshkar, also called the ‘Nightingale of Bollywood’ or ‘Queen of Melody’.
“From the beginning, we sisters had very similar voices. If I would have sung like her (Lata Mangeshkar), nobody would have called me up. They would have said, ‘Lata hai toh Asha ka kya kaam hai?’ This is what happens. Therefore I changed my style. I never wanted to sing like her. I never wanted to copy her,” Asha said in Hindi.
“Today, a lot of people copy her. Copy is a copy, it is never original. I wanted to be something original. I wanted to establish Asha Bhosle as a name. This is why I listened to different songs, Spanish, Italian. I listened to them and changed my voice. That’s what I did in films and people loved it. Nobody used to sing the way I used to,” the singer added.
Asha Bhosle was honoured at CNN News18’s Rising India-She Shakti conclave by the President of India, Droupadi Murmu. The legendary singer was honoured for her illustrious contributions to the field of music. Not only did the President present her with a memento but also requested her to sing a song for her. Bhosle gracefully accepted and sang the song Radha Kaise Na Jale from the film Lagaan.
Meanwhile, Asha Bhosle will also be hosting a mega concert in Dubai today on the occasion of her 90th birthday. Talking about the show, she told PTI in a recent interview, “I do rehearsals before the concert. Since this time we have chosen some different kinds of songs, something which I’ve never sung, so for those songs, we are working hard, doing more rehearsals.”
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