hosted a big reception
at the Taj Mahal Hotel. Pancham and I were no coy, young couple. So we had a
very quiet ceremony, we had an Arya Samaj wedding and also a civil registrar
marriage. Thank God!! I have the marraige certificate with me now. Our close
friends and family members - Gogi Anand, Ramesh Behl, Sapan Chakroborty, Badal
Bhattacharya, my bhabhi Bharati and didi Lata Mangeshkar and my secretary
Babubhai were all there.
Why didn't you change your name to Mrs.Burman then?
He dissuaded me from changing my name. He said that Asha Bhosle had been very
lucky for me. He pointed out that Geeta Roy's career had nose dived once she
took on the name of Geeta Dutt.
Didn't Lata didi dissuade you from marrying R.D.Burman?
Not at all. We Mangeshkars follow the policy of non-interference. We're there if
we need one another.
What made you opt for a second marriage?
I wanted to stop tongues from wagging. If we hadn't married people who have
said, "Dekha, she has no shame, going around with him."
Since you lived separately, it did seem that your marriage was on the rocks.
What rubbish! I wasn't a nai naveli dulhan who had to go into a new house and
touch her saasu's feet! Before our marrige, I had told Pancham that I would look
after both our houses. He was ware that I was totally devoted to my children (Anand,
Hemant and Varsha). If my children weren't around perhaps I wouldn't have
married again. I didn't want them to feel embarrassed; I wanted them to hold
their heads up high.
How did your children take to R.D.Burman as a step-father?
He was no stranger to them. They'd call him Pancham uncle.
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