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Asha Bhosle

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors

Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar. Music director O P Nayyar's association with Asha Bhosle is part of the Bollywood lore. When her talent was not recognized by anybody in Bollywood, O P Nayyar recognized her potential and gave patronage to her. He was the composer who first gave Asha Bhosle her own distinct identity. Many people speculate about a romantic relationship between the two. O P Nayyar first met Asha Bhosle in 1952, at the music recording of Chham Chhama Chham. [5See also:

Asha Bhosle, Asha Bhosle - Brief biography, Asha Bhosle - Four hit films, Asha Bhosle - Partnership with music directors, Asha Bhosle - O P Nayyar, Asha Bhosle - Khayyam, Asha Bhosle - Ravi, Asha Bhosle - Sachin Dev Burman, Asha Bhosle - Rahul Dev Burman Pancham, Asha Bhosle - A R Rahman, Asha Bhosle - Other composers, Asha Bhosle - Non-Bollywood music, Asha Bhosle - Private albums, Asha Bhosle - Concerts and collaborations with foreign artists, Asha Bhosle - Awards, Asha Bhosle - Rivalry with Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle - Personal Life, Asha Bhosle - Footnotes and References

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen

Lata's playback songs for Madhubala - Mohe panghat and Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya from the movie Mughal-e-Azam (1960) -- became huge hits. The songs were penned by Shakil Badayuni and composed by Naushad. While recording Mohe panghat, Naushad told Lata "I've created this song only for you. Nobody else can render this song." In 1962, Lata sang the non-film patriotic song Aye mere watan ke logon at a function. The composer was C. Ramchandra and the lyricist was poet Pradeep. The ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood

Lata Mangeshkar's first cinematic song was for the film Kiti Hasaal (1942), produced by Vasant Joglekar. However, her father disliked the idea of any of his daughters singing for movies and so the song was dropped from the film. Her talent impressed Vasant Joklegar enormously. He later commented "She is an introvert and that's why she reveals her pride in her singing." Lata's father died while she was 13 of heart disease in 1942. Lata didn't like acting very much, but the death of her father and financial need forced her to pla ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia - Boy George

George Alan O'Dowd (born June 14, 1961), better known as Boy George, is a British singer, musician, and disc jockey who gained a large degree of fame with his group Culture Club in the 1980s. Boy George - Musical career. George's androgynous style caught the attention of music executive Malcolm McLaren, who arranged for George to appear as Lieutenant Lush in a theater concert with Annabella Lwin. Although George and Lwin's act didn't last long, it did introduce George to former DJ Mikey Craig, ...

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia - Umrao Jaan

Umrao Jaan is an Indian movie of the Bollywood film industry, released in 1981. It is based on the Urdu novel of the same name, and is directed by Muzaffar Ali. A remake of the movie is being made by J. P. Dutta. Umrao Jaan - Plot. The film, which begins around the year 1840, stars Rekha as Ameeran, a girl who is kidnapped from Faizabad(a city near Lucknow), sold into being a courtesan, and rechristened Umrao in Lucknow. As an adult, she captures the eye of Nawab Sultan, played by Farooq Shaikh, and ...

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style

Lata's mastery over pitch and scale is considered amazing. Bade Ghulam Ali Khan once said about Lata that "she never sings off-key." Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri said about her "It isn't as though she always got great lines to sing. It's the magic of her voice that elevates the lyrics." Lata has displayed great versatility in her singing. An example of her upbeat, playful numbers is Ae Phansa from Bobby. Examples of her sad songs are Aankhiyon Ko Rehne De of the same movie or Mohabbat Ki Jhuthi of Mughal-e-Azam. However she has done some great runs too, such as in See also:

Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

More than her magical voice, it was Lata's humility that made her a favorite singer of all the composers, lyricists, actors and producers in Bollywood. Lata owns a flat in London. She and her sister Asha Bhosle can be often found vacationing in London. Lata has received four Filmfare Awards, the Platinum Disc of EMI London and many other awards. Noor Jehan, whom Lata used to imitate in her early years as a singer, once said "people say Lataji considers me as a phenomenon. I would say that's her humility. Lataji is Lat ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise

The 1950s saw Lata become the favorite singer of composers like Shankar Jaikishan, Sachin Dev Burman, C. Ramchandra, Madan Mohan, Hemant Kumar and Salil Chowdhury amongst others. Composer S D Burman, lyricist Sahir Ludhianvi and Lata created many hits together including Tum na jaane kis jahaan mein kho gaye (Sazaa, 1951) and Phaili hui hain sapnon ki baahein (House No. 44). Lata and composer Hemant Kumar came up with a mega major hit that shook the music world. The movie was 'Nagin' and the 'been' tu ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva

In her 40s, Lata was still the first choice of composers to sing for damsels in their 20s. 1971 saw release of much delayed movie Pakeezah, starring Meena Kumari. The film had music by Ghulam Mohammed. The Kaifi Azmi song Chalte Chalte, rendered by Lata, became an overnight superhit. Other songs such as Inhi logon ne le lina dupatta mera and Chalo dildar chalo (duet with Rafi) also became popular. Lata also recorded many songs in the last films of S D Burman. Dev Anand's direcoral debut, Prem Puja ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective

In 1980s, Lata voluntarily cut down on her singing to allow new younger talent to come up. In 1982, Lata once again worked with Khayyam for the movie Razia Sultana. She rendered the breathtaking song Aye dil-e-naadaan. Ravindra Jain, the blind composer who was given a big break by Raj Kapoor in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, got Lata to sing popular songs like Sun Saiba Sun. Ramlaxman was another new composer whose favorite singer was Lata. He and Lata worked together in many Rajshri Productions movies, including See also:

Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s

By 1990, many of Lata's fans saw her as a living legend. She was the idol of many Indian girls, who were inspired to become singers themselves. In 1990, Lata launched her own production house. Her first (and the only) movie as a producer -- Lekin -- flopped, but the music (composed by her brother, Hridaynath) was well-appreciated. The haunting "Yaara seeli seeli", written by Gulzar, is considered to be one o ...

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Lata Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar - Childhood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1940s: Early years in Bollywood, Lata Mangeshkar - 1950s: Popularity on the rise, Lata Mangeshkar - 1960s: Lata is the playback queen, Lata Mangeshkar - 1970s: Lata is ageless diva, Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective, Lata Mangeshkar - 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar - 2000s, Lata Mangeshkar - Singing style, Lata Mangeshkar - Lata the person

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Sachin Dev Burman - Music career

S D Burman composed music for 89 movies. Agneepath (1990) had an uncredited song composed by him - Nazar lagi raja tore bangle par from Kalapani (1958). He also sang as a playback singer for about five movies for which he composed music. He also sang for one of the songs of Amar Prem (1971), a film whose music was composed by his son, Rahul Dev Burman. S.D.Burman's compositions have been mainly sung to a large extent by the likes of Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Geeta Dutt (wife of Guru Dutt and a playback singe ...

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Sachin Dev Burman, Sachin Dev Burman - Early days, Sachin Dev Burman - Music career, Sachin Dev Burman - 1930s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1940s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1950s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1960s, Sachin Dev Burman - 1970s, Sachin Dev Burman - Singing style

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Playback singer - Notable playback singers

(in alphabetical order) Playback singer - Male playback singers. Abhijeet Kishore Kumar K J Yesudas Kumar Sanu Manna Dey Mohammed Rafi Mukesh SP Balasubramanyam Udit Narayan Sonu Nigam Playback singer - Female playback singers. Alka Yagnik Asha Bhosle Chitra Geeta DuttSee also:

Playback singer, Playback singer - Notable playback singers, Playback singer - Male playback singers, Playback singer - Female playback singers

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Umrao Jaan - Plot

The film, which begins around the year 1840, stars Rekha as Ameeran, a girl who is kidnapped from Faizabad(a city near Lucknow), sold into being a courtesan, and rechristened Umrao in Lucknow. As an adult, she captures the eye of Nawab Sultan, played by Farooq Shaikh, and the two fall in love. Due to strange circumstances (to keep up the family fame), Farooq Sheikh unable to keep promises with umrao, and happens to break up the relationship. Time passes, Gauhar Mirza (a dacoit shown with good moral character and courage from Farrukhabad)come ...

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Umrao Jaan, Umrao Jaan - Plot, Umrao Jaan - 2005 remake by J P Dutta, Umrao Jaan - Music

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Alaipayuthey - Plot

The story of the movie is simple and is mostly recollected in flashback by Karthik (Madhavan). Karthik and Shakthi (Shalini) fall in love against the backdrop of Madras and its electric trains and get married against the wishes of their parents. Most of the second half of the movie deals with the tensions and discontent of married life as contrasted with the exuberance of romantic love. Despite the simplicity of the story, Mani Ratnam manages to hold the viewer's atttention throughout with his trademark realistic style and a noticeabl ...

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Alaipayuthey, Alaipayuthey - Plot, Alaipayuthey - Cast, Alaipayuthey - Soundtrack

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Lagaan - Film style

The film is generally a dramatic musical. However Bollywood and Indian cinema in general has a very distinct way of pacing its musical numbers. Indian culture has always been very richly musical, and films like Lagaan show this to great extent. Despite some of the film's supposed hokeyness, the movie has generally been regarded with high praise for its vibrant atmosphere and exciting storytelling, and its hokeyness may even be considered one of its strengths. Influential critic Roger Ebert in a largely positive review called the movie ...

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Lagaan, Lagaan - Plot, Lagaan - Film style, Lagaan - Awards and Nominations, Lagaan - Cast and crew, Lagaan - Crew, Lagaan - Cast

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Music of India - Pop music

Main article: Indian pop. The biggest form of Indian pop music is filmi, or songs from Indian musical films. Independent pop acts such as Alisha Chenoy,Shaan,and rock bands like Indus Creed,Indian Ocean, Euphoria exist and have gained mass appeal with the advent of cable music television. Music of India - Filmi. Main article: Filmi Many languages are spoken in India, and there are film industries for each of the major languages (see Indian cinema). Film music is mostly used in c ...

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Music of India, Music of India - Pop music, Music of India - Filmi, Music of India - Western fusions, Music of India - Folk music, Music of India - Brass bands, Music of India - Bhangra, Music of India - Lavani, Music of India - Dandiya, Music of India - Rajasthan, Music of India - Bauls, Music of India - Classical music, Music of India - Rabindra Sangeet, Music of India - Qawwali

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Mohammed Rafi - Rise to Fame

Rafi's big time came when he met the composer Naushad in Bombay. Rafi's first song for Naushad was Hindustan ke hum hain (We belong to Hindustan) for the film Pehle Aap in 1944. Rafi and Naushad struck a chord. The first hit for the duo was the soundtrack of the superhit movie Anmol Ghadi (1946). Before Rafi, Naushad's favorite singer was Talat Mahmood. Once Naushad found Talat smoking during a recording. he was annoyed and hired Rafi to sing all the songs of the movie Baiju Bawra. After the Partition of India, Ra ...

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Mohammed Rafi, Mohammed Rafi - Early years, Mohammed Rafi - Rise to Fame, Mohammed Rafi - Last years, Mohammed Rafi - Rafi the person, Mohammed Rafi - Awards, Mohammed Rafi - Playback Provided For, Mohammed Rafi - Categorized Songs Listing

Read more here: » Mohammed Rafi: Encyclopedia II - Mohammed Rafi - Rise to Fame

Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Kishore Kumar - The superstar era

In 1969, Shakti Samanta produced the movie Aradhana with newcomer Rajesh Khanna. The composer was Sachin Dev Burman and he had divided songs equally among his favorite singers - Kishore, Mohammed Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Kishore sang the romantic duet Kora kagaz tha yeh man mera with Lata. S D Burman fell ill before he could record all the songs. He had already created the tunes for the songs Roop tera mastana and Mere sapnon ki rani. R D Burman took the responsibility of completing the recording. In doing so, the tunes ...

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Kishore Kumar, Kishore Kumar - Childhood, Kishore Kumar - Initial days in Bollywood, Kishore Kumar - Kishore becomes a known face, Kishore Kumar - The lean patch in Kishore's career, Kishore Kumar - The superstar era, Kishore Kumar - Last years, Kishore Kumar - Kishore's personal life, Kishore Kumar - Filmography, Kishore Kumar - Bibliography, Kishore Kumar - Awards

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Asha Bhosle: Encyclopedia II - Indian pop - Current artists

With Chinoy's step forward, many new artists later came into what was dubbed "Indo-Pop". Some examples include Sonu Nigam, Rageshwari, Bombay Vikings, Colonial Cousins, Asha Bhosle, Sunidi Chauhan Khan, Bombay Rockers, Anu Malik and more recently Raghav, Jay Sean, Rishi Rich, and Bally Sagoo. Image:Bally sagoo rr.jpg Image:Bombaywall1.jpg ...

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Indian pop, Indian pop - Western Music, Indian pop - Current artists, Indian pop - Global appeal

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