The definitive saga, at once riveting and revelatory – studded with rare nuggets of information and fascinating anecdotes – that sparklingly brings out the life and times of an internationally acclaimed incredibly versatile singer Asha Bhosle – a Guinness world record holder plus recipient of the Padma Vibhushan and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award – has held one and all spellbound for six decades now.
This volume captures Asha Bhosle in her numberless shades. It is about how – in her silken rivalry with elder sister Lata Mangeshkar – she moved with panache from O. P. Nayyar to S. D. Burman to R. D. Burman. It is about how she served a galaxy of composers; about how, in the end, she reached the pinnacle all by herself. Against odds that would have driven any other woman into quitting.
Here is a long‐awaited career study shedding light on the twists and turns marking the starry‐eyed world of Hindustani film music.