All that she sought, then, was to stay at home and play mother to her first-born: Hemant. In 1980, Asha married musician, Rahul Dev Burman. Ganpatrao and Asha had three children together. "It is anytime a privilege to be part of a film having Asha ji on board," popular Bollywwood singer Papon who has sang for films like Barfi, Madras Cafe and Special 26, said. When Asha Bhosle was 16, she married Ganpatrao Bhosle, who was 31 at the time. "It took nearly a month to complete the recording and she never failed a date," he said.ĭirector Sanjoy Nag, who earlier directed Memories In March starring Deepti Naval, said the husky, dulcet pitch required for the song was not possible by anybody other than Bhosle.īesides Bhosle, popular Bollywood singer Papon lent his voice to a song Mukhomukhi featuring Martin Kuebert and Achim Fink. Soumyajit said the song retained the typical Asha Bhosle touch as in R D Burman's Ekta Deshlai Kathi Jalao or Sandhyebelay tumi ami bose achhi of the 80s. When explained, she then rendered it exactly the way I wanted," he said. I wanted some changes here and there, but couldn't utter a word," Sourendro of the Sourendro-Soumyajit duo, who are the music directors of Parapar, said. Once she crooned the lines, I had goosebumps. He used the tune again for the Bengali non-film song 'Aaj Tobe Ei Tuku Thaak' (1982) sung by Lata.
"We sent the scratch to Asha ji and she called back the next day. Pyar Hai Pyar Aur Kuchh Bhi Nahin Singer: Asha Bhosle. R D Burman-Asha Puja albums were also much-awaited by their fans. In the mid-70s to 90s, Bhosle, 81, regularly sang in Bengali films to tunes set by famous music directors like Sudhin Dasgupta, Nachiketa and Hemanta Mukherjee.
Has lent her voice in a Bengali movie after eight long years, for a situational song in Sanjay Nag's Parapar.