“I didn’t choose the songs; the songs chose me. I just gave them my breath.” — Asha Bhosle
The music has found a new silence once again. Asha Bhosale and Lata Mangeshkar born in a small hamlet of Sangli to a musical family has provided the timeless melodies for the generations to come. The Mangeshkar sisters, these two legends dominated the Indian Music Industry for eight decades. Asha Bhosale and Lata Mangeshkar shares the same lineage but their musical identities were unparalleled.
Asha Bhosale always narrate herself as an accidental singer, who learn by listening to her father Deenanath Mangeshkar and her sister Lata Mangeshkar. Her Greatness lay in her refusal to be boxed in. She was not just a singer but a women who could sing the soul of a nation in a thousand different colors. She hold a Guinness book of world record as “The most recorded artist in music history”.She recorded with over 12000 songs in different languages and genres. She always went out of the box and embrace cabaret and western infulenced melodies. Tracks like ‘ Dum maro Dum’, ‘Piya tu aab toh aaja’. These were the cultural shifts in indian music. When critics were considering her only for cabaret she proved her classical depth by delivering the ghazahls in ‘Umarao Jaan’.
Lata Mangeshkar was the standard for purity and Classical Finesse. She is honored with the title “Nightingale of Indian melody” herself. Her Journey was started as a Singer to support her family financially which turned into a career leading the domination in Indian Music industry for decade and providing timeless melodies.
The Personal Bond between Asha and Lata Mangeshkar were very Grounded. There were many reports by the media projecting rivalry between the sisters but the Sibling love and bond was beyond beautiful. The two sisters born with four years apart died on Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai at the age of 92 on Sunday. A rare symmetry between the passing of Asha and Lata Mangeshkar has been seen as very unusual. The Legacy and Timeless Melodies of Asha Bhosale and Lata Maneshkar will be Celebrated across generations.
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