The singer reflected on six decades in ‘heavily male-dominated Bollywood: ‘Things are slightly different nowadays but it still remains a man’s world’Asha Bhosle may be best known as a playback singer in Bollywood films (meaning her songs are mimed in films by actors),but she also has a wide repertoire of albums spanning pop, traditional ghazals, or bhajans,folk songs and qawwalis in fact, her career spans more than 13000 songs. And in 1997 she was immortalised in another one: British one-hit wonder Cornershop paid tribute to her in their Fatboy slender-reworked hit, and Brimful of Asha.
With six decades of showbiz tucked under her sari,Bhosle is heading to Australia to take Womadelaide audiences on a Bollywood music journey, from the classic to the contemporary.
Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com