Tum jiyo hazaron saal: Happy 90th Birthday, Asha ji! - Page 6

Originally posted by: dhun.laagi

I have a special love for Teesri Manzil album songs

This song is just one example of the range she was the capable of.. and how she was willing to stretch herself and go the extra mile

Song: Daiyya ye main kahan aa phansi

Film: Caravan (1971)

Music: R.D. Burman

Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT7dABHA92E

Asha Bhosle sings a Marathi song in Rāga Haṃsadhvani in 1956, in 2015, and in 2023.

Song: Yuvatimanā Dāruṇaraṇarucira Premaseṃ Zhāleṃ

Play: Mānāpamāna (1911)

Lyricist: Krishna Prabhakar Khadilkar

Music: Govind Tembe

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUVZM0sY6_s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyK057JYfG8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crPceeIZQwk

Her father Dinanath Mangeshkar used to sing this song on stage.

Lyrics

युवतिमना दारुणरणरुचिर प्रेमसें झालें

रणभजना संसारीं असें अमर मीं केलें

Yuvati-manā dāruṇa-raṇa-rucira premaseṃ zhāleṃ

Raṇa-bhajanā saṃsārīṃ aseṃ amara mīṃ keleṃ

A young woman's mind experienced such love that enjoys awful battle

Thus, I made going to battle immortal in mundane life

रमणीमनहंसा नर साहससरसीं रमवी

शूर तोचि, विजय तोचि, हें शुभ यश मज आलें

Ramaṇī-mana-haṃsā nara sāhasa-sarasīṃ ramavī

Śūra toci, vijaya toci, heṃ śubha yaśa maza āleṃ

The man who delights a delightful woman's mind like a swan in the lake of daring

Only he's brave; only that's victory; I achieved this fine glory

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

Yayy! Me too! Such a swingin' album!

Me three!!!

Originally posted by: LizzieBennet

These two Asha duets stand out for me

This one where both Rafi & Asha's voices are dripping sensuality & the way they scale octaves so effortlessly

Song: Dilruba dil pe tu

Film: Rajkumar (1964)

Music: Shankar-Jaikishen

Lyrics: Shailendra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CKXpO-g-JTM

And this wonderful composition where Asha hits an impossible low and still sounds amazing

Song: Janeja dhoondhta phir raha

Film: Jawani Deewani (1972)

Music: R.D. Burman

Lyrics: Anand Bakshi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MKnlkHt5LC4

I loveee this last song. Didn'tknow she sang the original 😍

Originally posted by: MochaQueen

I loveee this last song. Didn'tknow she sang the original 😍

Many music directors envisioned Asha Bhosle's enormous range of adaptability and ability to adapt to many various classical ragas, which made her a highly sought-after singer despite the fact that there were many amazing singers in the film music world at the time.

She is a singer of remarkable versatility.

That is why she has excelled with equal adroitness and alacrity in different types of songs, such as classical songs, ghazals, qawwalis , devotional songs, entertainment songs, dance numbers, folk songs, sensuous, and sad songs, songs of yearning and separation, and disco songs. Asha's distinctively melodious, energetic, enticing, and resonating voice offered that extra 'X-factor' to even the most simple songs, ensuring that no one else could ever replicate her style or reproduce her enchantment.

Her songs based on a few Hindustani/ Karnataka classical Ragas --

Raga: Kalavati

Song : kahe tarsaye jiyara,yauwan rut sajan ja key na aaye..

Film : Chitralekha, 1964

Singers : Asha Bhosle,Mohammed Rafi,

Lyricist : Sahir Ludhianvi

,Music Director : Roshan,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNkdjWrAIKo

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Raga: Kedar

Song: ‘Aap yun hi agar humse milte rahen…’

Film: Ek Musafir Ek Hasina

Music Director: O P Nayyar

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ez_GyVEST0

Ashaji is also the ultimate seductress in her songs.

Here are a few that portray her prowess in that genre.

Song: Jane do na

Movie: Sagar (1985)

Music: R.D. Burman

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kqhR1H2-AkQ&si=LUFmEk5l_sY-4tID

Kevhatari pahate (Marathi)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=TlTIGteyjhc&si=M3La5A543j9oen_l

Tarun aahe ratra ajuni (Marathi)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Ceg2h_ULH40&si=boDpWKW25hi8MTPQ

Malmali tarunya majhe (Marathi)

https://youtube.com/watch?v=lRRS-9ndUqY&si=Wn4IwiSthpRgXmPG

What a beautiful thread!

Belated birthday wishes to Asha tai, as she is fondly called.

I might be biased, but I have always loved her voice more in Marathi songs than in Hindi. Her romantic songs in Marathi are a different league altogether Posting few.

Ka re durava ka re abola

Movie : Mumbai cha jaavai

Music : Sudhir Phadke

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7H8icde0Iw

Kevhatari Pahate Ultoon Raat Geli

Music : Hridaynath Mangeshkar

Lyrics : Suresh Bhat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BC7J5BMMfpk

Malmali Tarunya maze tu pahate

Movie : Gharkul

Music : C Ramchandra

Lyrics : Suresh Bhat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYXwfGQvFuQ

Ekach ya janmi janu firuni navi janmen me

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUrfBToNIms

Fulale re kshan maze

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iIf_Ae4etM