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Asha : I am really proud to answer this question. I feel thrilled. My son Hemant was not a failure. His ambition was to be a pilot and now he is. Regarding music, he still gets offers from film directors and just to please them he says yes so as not to hurt their feelings.
Alex Fernandes : What about Varsha Bhonsle, your daughter ?
Asha : Varsha is happily married. And once one is married, one has a lot of responsibilities on one's head. Singing was her forte, but as I said before I discouraged them from taking up the profession. Varsha is a columnist for The Times of India and the Sunday Observer and she is a versatile in different talents like music, food, politics, health and fitness. She is doing pretty well for herself.
Alex Fernandes : Can you comment on today's playback singing ?
Asha : Well, the playback singing of today is not up to the mark. The lyrics are something and the music is something. Still it is well appreciated by the generation of today. There is a certain time for all this liking. We had our share in the past and now with satellite dishes and various channels, the world is changing fast .It is very difficult to find pure music until and unless concerts are conducted where we can exhibit talent in the true spirit of musical experience.
Alex Fernandes : Our film industry lacks meaningful songs like the ones composed by Shair Ludhianvi, Gulzar and veteran directors Jaidev, S.D. Burman, R.D. Burman, Madan Mohan, Salil Chowdury, etc.
Asha : I don't really blame the music directors. If we sing something classical or a song with a feeble tune, it is ignored and the singer is lambasted 20in print. It is not that we sing it the way we want to, it is the music director who as ..... |
