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Asha Bhosle I can sing almost 18 songs at one go at age 90

Asha Bhosle I can sing almost 18 songs at one go at age 90

By Kajal Sharma - 08 Mar 2024 06:05 PM

"At the age of ten, she released her debut song. After eight decades, Asha Bhosle, the musical icon, is now ninety years old and claims that she can still perform eighteen songs at once. And that's just what Bhosle is going to do at her 90th birthday event on March 9. READ ALSO | Asha Bhosle at 90: How the versatile playback singer became the voice of variety ""I would perform almost anywhere in Maharashtra if I lived to be 100 years old."" My show is called ""Woh Phir Nahin Aati Hai."" I also promise not to return. Never second-guess not having seen that individual. Some claim that Kishore Kumar and other singers were not visible to us (perform). However, you can now claim we have seen Asha Bhosle,"" the renowned vocalist declared on Wednesday during a press conference. She claimed that her passion is singing. She would sing even as a young child, but circumstances led her to pursue professional singing, according to Bhosle. ""I gained notoriety and a name, and people began to recognize me. I continue to sing even when I'm not working. I continue to practice. I never stopped singing, which is why my voice still sounds good now. She compared maintaining one's voice to ""taking care of your body."" ""I don't train for other people. I practice because I enjoy it for myself. It has been 80 years since I performed my first song at the age of ten. I want to express my gratitude to all of you for—I'm not sure how—tolerating my voice for eight decades. I nearly perform eighteen songs here. ages. I'm on stage all the time, Bhosle declared.

Chala Chala Nav Bala, a song from the 1943 Marathi movie Majha Bal, was her first recorded song. She has about 12,000 songs in many languages to her name, ranging from upbeat tunes like Piya Tu Ab To Aaja and O Haseena Zulfon Wali to melancholic ghazals like Dil Cheez Kya Hai and the traditional Tora Man Darpan Kehlaye. On September 8, 2023, the day of her 90th birthday, Bhosle, the second of the five Mangeshkar siblings (Lata being the oldest), performed on stage for the last time in Dubai. Bhosle claimed that by holding the event, she was keeping her word to play in her hometown. ""My city is Mumbai."" It has witnessed me walking on highways and boarding buses. Mumbai saw me when I was completely broke. Mumbai has also seen me driving the automobile. I have a family and children now, and everything. I'll perform in my hometown, and I'm confident that everyone will return home content,"" she continued. Ghazal master Pankaj Udhas, who passed away in a Mumbai hospital on Monday following a protracted illness, was a big fan of Bhosle's, she added."

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