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  Asha Bhosle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Asha Bhosle was born in the small hamlet of Goar in Sangli, Maharashtra, into the musical family of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar.
Asha had been once asked by the director B R Ishaara to compose music for one of his films, but she had politely declined.
Asha's fashion statement is white sarees with sparkling embroidery, pearls around her neck and diamonds.
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 Screen the business of entertainment-Music-Cover Story
May 21, 2001, was one of the historic days in Asha Bhonsle’s life as she presented to the music lovers her first attempt at composing - an album humbly titled Aap Ki Asha.
Asha revealed that most of the compositions in this album were worked on while she was tarvelling in her car.
As the little hero stood next to the singing legend, Asha sung paens to him describing him as "Har Maharastrian ka dil aur Hindustan ki naak", and added that she was thrilled to have her album released at the hands of Sachin.
www.screenindia.com /20010601/mcov.html   (1060 words)

  
 www.asha-bhonsle.com
Singer Asha Bhonsle paid a visit to Mumbai's Siddhivinayak Temple to pay her respects to Lord Ganesha and also to release her album Mangalmurti Ganesh.
Asha has sung famous Marathi bhajans in Hindi for non-Marathi speaking Ganesh devotees, maybe that explains the Ganesh Chalisa sung in contemporary rap style.
Asha Bhonsle was invited recently on Star Talk show for a chat with Vir Sanghvi.
www.asha-bhonsle.com   (314 words)

  
 Articles On Asha Bhosle
Asha is probably one of the few singers today who can handle a sensuous song like Piya tu ab to aaja and ghazals such as Dil cheez kya hai with equal ease and grace.
And Asha Bhonsle sings it as though every yesterday is encompassed in all her todays and tomorrows.
Once Asha Bhonsle accepted that her Didi was ahead of her, she settled down to creating her own niche where no one, not even the mighty ‘Nightingale’ could touch her.
asha-bhosle.tripod.com /articles.htm   (3114 words)

  
 3to6 A Complete Movie Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Asha Bhosle was born in Satara, Maharshtra in 1933.
One of the most crucial aspects of Asha’s life is that she is Lata Mangeshkar’s sister.
Asha Bhosle has become one of the most prized possessions in the industry, finding an audience in cross-sections of the population.
www.3to6.com /final_music/musicprofile_playback.asp?id=20   (241 words)

  
 Down Melody Lane..::..Playback Singers.::.Asha Bhosle
Asha Bhonsle, one of the Mangeshkar sisters was born on September 8, 1933 to the renowed Maharashtrian parent, actor and singer Dinanath Mangeshkar in a small hamlet called 'Goar' in Maharastra.
Asha like her other sisters and brother was introduced to music at a very tender age.
Asha remembers her birthplace as she says " I still remember my childhood days in sangli, because of me Lata didi use to bunk the school, I cannot forget sangli as it's my birth place ".
www.downmelodylane.com /asha.html   (891 words)

  
 The Music Magazine - India's most popular music e-zine   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Asha and her celebrated sister Lata have dominated Hindi cinema's playback industry, and the story of their mutual admiration and rivalry has been enduring.
Asha has constantly been expanding her range, adapting her voice, modulating it, rendering a variety of emotions with style.
Asha sang with a host of composers, but she says she enjoyed best her work with O P Nayyar, R D Burman and Khayyam.
www.themusicmagazine.com /ashab.html   (713 words)

  
 Log in ...Tribune: IT supplement of The Tribune, Chandigarh, India. Web Jingle
Asha Bhonsle also received 32nd Dadasaheb Phalke Award, which is the highest award in cinema.
Just type Asha Bhonsle in the search box which opens a page where a long list of songs sung by her are available.
For the duets of Asha Bhonsle and Mohd.
www.tribuneindia.com /2003/20030519/login/music.htm   (723 words)

  
 The Music Magazine -- India's first and finest music e-zine
Asha also acknowledges that this was the last album that Majrooh Sultanpuri wrote lyrics for, and wishes he were around to listen to her tunes and critique them.
Asha, needless to say, handles the micro inflexions with ease and her voice adds a pouting, sultry dimension.
Asha with her long years of experience and intimate knowledge of so many great composer's styles needs to come up with her own distinct style.
www.themusicmagazine.com /aapkiasha.html   (832 words)

  
 Asha Bhosle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Pyaar Hai (2000) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
Asha Jyoti (1984) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
Yehi Hai Zindagi (1977) (playback singer) (as Asha Bhonsle)
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 Amitabh Bachchan Honoured, Asha Bhonsle, Pandit Dasraj, Jhummar, Father Marian Zelazek,
Asha Bhonsle Sings for the Aged and the Homeless
LONDON: Asha Bhonsle, one of the best vocalists in the Hindi film industry, is organising her own concerts these days for the aged, betrayed and the homeless.
Bhonsle performed at the Royal Albert Hall here to highlight the particular needs of the elderly in her homeland.
www.indiatraveltimes.com /culture/briefs_6.html   (968 words)

  
 webindia123-Indian personalities-Musicians-Asha Bhonsle
The famous playback singer, Asha Bhonsle has sung over 20,000 songs in practically every Indian language and also in English.
Asha was born on 8th September, 1933 in Goar, Maharastra to a family of musicians, the Mangeshkar's.
Asha has received accolades of awards for her talent.
www.webindia123.com /personal/music/asha.htm   (318 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle - Asha Bhonsle Singer - Asha Bhonsle Hindi Film Industry
Asha Bhonsle the legendary playback singer of the country belongs to the Mangeshkar clan-the famous family of musicians.
Asha started her musical career in the shadow of her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar.
Asha is the first Indian singer to be nominated for the Grammy Award in 1997.
music.indobase.com /composers-playback-singers/asha-bhonsle.html   (370 words)

  
 The Hindu : Chords & Notes
Jab Samne Tum Aa Jate Ho by Asha Bhonsle and Jagjit Singh is hummable but is a disappointment for the fans of Jagjit Singh who is heard only in the interlude.
Kahin Kahin Se Har Chehra with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhonsle and Jagjit Singh, is notable for its sarod interludes.
Asha Bhonsle's Jo Huwa Woh Huwa Kis Liye sounds like a mujra and Kya Batayen Mohabbat Kya Hai has Sabri Brothers singing in a qawwali style.
www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/2000/07/17/stories/09170704.htm   (629 words)

  
 Asha Bhosle - Desiest - Hindi Singers - Hindi Music Mp3s - Singer Asha Bhosle Mp3 Download Backup   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
The living legend Asha Bhosle, one of the Mangeshkar sisters was born on 8th September, 1933 in a small hamlet called 'Goar' in Maharastra.
Born to the renowed Maharashtrian parent, actor and singer Dinanath Mangeshkar, Asha like her other sisters and brother was introduced to music at a very tender age.
Asha gave her first playback for the movie 'Badi Maa' released in the year 1944/1945, though officially her first song was for the movie Chunaria (1948).
www.desiest.com /music/singer.jsp?id=7   (950 words)

  
 The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Arts Tribune
Asha Bhonsle last Thursday won the Dada Saheb Phalke Award for the year 2000.
In fact, the Asha magic constitutes having her fingers on the pulse of the people.
Nayyar has himself conceded that Asha sang all his songs with her heart and soul.
www.tribuneindia.com /2001/20011026/art-trib.htm   (1761 words)

  
 Asha and O P Nayyar   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Bhonsle and she had no taker as a female playback singer, thanks to her sister, the legendary Lata Mangeshkar ruling the roost in Bollywood Music world for over 50 years.
So, OPN went to Asha and asked her to sing for him, as Geeta Dutt, Shamshad Begum and Johra Bai Ambalewali needed a respite and moreover, OPN’s music needed sensuousness that these voices were not able to provide.
Asha and OPN’s music were made for each other and it would not be hyperbole or untrue that the best songs that Asha sang were for OPN.
o3.indiatimes.com /doublespeak/archive/2006/05/04/657553.aspx   (924 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle delighted at second Grammy nomination : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Legendary playback singer Asha Bhonsle on Friday said she was delighted at being nominated for the second time for the prestigious Grammy Awards.
Asha Bhonsle's album in collaboration with Kronos Quartet titled 'You've Stolen My Heart- Songs From RD Burman's Bollywood' is in the race for the Grammy awards.
The concert, called India Calling, had Asha singing the revised versions of compositions of renowned composer and her late husband RD Burman.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1569078,001100030009.htm   (210 words)

  
 Outlook Quiz
Asha Bhonsle, we all know, is one of the Mangeshkar sisters.
Asha Bhonsle, long after Geeta Dutt's demise, raised a public objection and claimed that she sang it.
Asha's highest number of duets/chorus numbers is with Md. Rafi.
www.outlookindia.com /quiz.asp?quiz=6   (876 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle releases Corporate music - RS Bollywood Online...
Bollywood legendary singer Asha Bhonsle released the music of Madhur Bhandarkar’s much-awaited flick, ‘Corporate’ in a sparkling event held at Planet M in Mumbai on 25th May, 2006.
Along with her, director Madhur Bhandarkar, music composer Shamir Tandon, playback singer Kailash Kher, CEO Sahara One Media Entertainment and Limited Shantanu Aditya and Chief Operating Officer Sahara One Motion Pictures Sandeep Bhargava attended the release function.
Asha Bhonsle, Kailash Kher, Sapna Mukherjee, Alisha Chinoy, Vasundhara Das and Gary Lawyer have rendered the songs for the album of Corporate.
www.radiosargam.com /news/stories/may2006/026g.html   (422 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle is 73 | Wish | Watch : bollywood, asha bhonsle : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
New Delhi: She turns 73 on Friday but the undisputed diva of Indian music Asha Bhonsle only seems to be getting younger when it comes to her melodiously sensuous voice.
Born on September 8, 1933, Asha Bhonsle did not reel under the shadow of her famous sister melody queen Lata Mangeshkar.
Having won eight Filmfare awards, Asha made a record when she became the first Indian to nominated for the Grammy Award, for Legacy, an album with mastero Ustad Ali Akbar Khan.
www.ibnlive.com /news/asha-bhonsle-turns-73/20944-8.html   (280 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle to perform in Carnegie Hall : Asha Bhonsle, Carnegie Hall, Grammy : IBNLive.com : CNN-IBN
New York: Melody queen Asha Bhonsle is all set to perform at the legendary Carnegie Hall in New York City on Saturday (April 8) night.
Asha will be performing with music group Kronos Quartet and tabla maestro Zakir Hussain.
The album has been well received in the US and Kronos is looking forward to its performance with Asha.
www.ibnlive.com /article.php?id=7939§ion_id=8   (295 words)

  
 singer-asha-bhosle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Asha Bhonsle, one of the Mangeshkar sisters was born on 8th September, 1933 to the renowed Maharashtrian parent, actor and singer Dinanath Mangeshkar in a small hamlet called 'Goar' in Maharastra.
Asha got involved with O.P. Nayyar and thereafter she remained his premier singer till their break-up in the 1970s.
Ijaazat (1987) saw her in top form winning a National Award for Mera Kuch Samaan, a most difficult song to sing as the lyrics were more in prose form rather than standard rhythmic verse.
www.hindilyrix.com /singers/singer-asha-bhosle.html   (972 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle records in US,
Asha Bhonsle has become perhaps the first professional singer to record a song in the US and despatch it to her music director here by e-mail.
Asha then recorded the song in the US and e-mailed it back to Tandon.
Asha, on her part, is still basking in the success of the e-mail effort.
www.24x7updates.com /FullStory-News-Asha_Bhonsle_records_in_US-ID-23386.html   (1454 words)

  
 Versatility, thy name is Asha : HindustanTimes.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Asha Bhonsle, was born on September 8, 1933 into a a musical family.
Though in the 1950s Asha had a slew of songs to her credit, these were songs in small films, and hence not much noticed.
In recognition of Asha's extraordinary talent and her services to the field of music, the Asha Bhonsle Award has been instituted in 2002.
www.hindustantimes.com /news/181_1569060,001100050008.htm   (960 words)

  
 My fave Asha Bhonsle numbers!
Hers is a voice that hasn't aged with time, a voice that has endured over the years, singing for actresses ranging from Nutan, Asha Parekh and Rekha to Urmila Matondkar, Kajol and Kareena Kapoor.
It is time to celebrate the person, the voice.
My fav top 5 songs of the legend called Asha Bhosle are..
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 Mag4you.com, Links to Asha Bhosle Mp3 Songs, Download free Mp3 Songs
Talking about her renditions in ‘Umrao Jaan’, Asha says, ‘I was skeptical about the results when Khayyam lowered my pitch by half a note.
She was undoubtedly at her best during the mid 80’s and it was then that Asha rendered 'Mera kuch saaman tumhaare paas pada hai', the R.D. Burman composition for Gulzar's Ijaazat that won her the National Award as Best Singer.
At this point, there were quite a few who felt that Asha was not just Lata's peer, but had forged ahead of her and it had taken Asha the best part of 35 years to achieve this.
www.mag4you.com /music/asha-bhosle.asp   (201 words)

  
 Music CD: The Rough Guide to Bollywood. Various Artists Tracks: Dum Maro Dum - Asha Bhonsle, Roop Tera Mastana - ...
Finally, Asha does a duet with Mohammed Rafi, who did the song on Ghost World Thora Birch was jamming to.
Chitra does the light pop ballad "Kehna Hi Kya" and her voice is soft and melodic compared to songs by Bhonsle or Mangeshkar.
Asha Bhosle shows how a voice can change, chameleon-like, to suit the needs of the moment.
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 Rediff On The Net, Movies:Lezz on Rahul and I and Colonial Cousins
This is what his wife, Asha Bhonsle, has attempted with her album Rahul And I - and the person she choose to reprise the genius of her late husband is none other than Leslie 'Lezz' Lewis.
The interesting thing about the album, Leslie says, is the fact that Asha has sung the same songs she sang almost 20 years ago and still carried them off, and also the fact that the same musicians who performed under RDB's baton had played for the remix version as well.
What he has attempted to do, Leslie says, is to retain the original melodies but make Asha Bhonsle sing on a lower scale.
www.rediff.com /entertai/apr/04les.htm   (1185 words)

  
 Asha Bhonsle strikes a chord of discord
VADODARA, May 17: Reputed singer Asha Bhonsle's decision not to sing with Pakistani-based ghazal maestro Ghulam Ali seems to have struck a discordant note among music connoisseurs here.
Bhonsle's decision only compounds that wrong'', said D K Bhonsle, Officiating Dean of the Performing Arts faculty, M S University.
Care should be taken to ensure that the arts did not suffer because of an individual's deeds, he said, adding that Asha Bhonsle would be revered by music-lovers irrespective of boundaries, as would Ghulam Ali.
www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19980518/13851674.html   (312 words)

  
 Asha News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Asha Agarwal, a college student residing in Salt Lake, started receiving text messages on her mobile phone in December 2005 from a person who refused to identify himself but insisted on meeting her.
Contemporary film music is devoid of 'soul', said singing diva Asha Bhonsle, who turned 73 on Thursday.
Asha Puthli, an Indian Singer Who Embraces Cou...
www.topix.net /who/asha?scoring=r   (304 words)

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