Sukhwinder Singh remembers Asha Bhosle as a voice of timeless versatility who lived only for music. He recalls their final phone call where they sang together and spoke only about music and well-being
Sukhwinder Singh (Pic/AFP)
If anyone has made a beautiful attempt in singing, it is only Asha Bhosle. In singing, if anyone’s voice still brings a glow to your face, it is only one voice: Asha Bhosle.
There is only one voice that you can listen to now and for centuries to come. She was completely dedicated to music. Every time I met her, she never talked about the world; she only talked about music. Her wealth, her popularity, her empire—everything was contained within the seven notes. I never saw her outside that circle of seven notes, she lived within them.
Asha ji is the art of versatility. Such versatility has never been heard before. Making a beautiful attempt in songs, which even good singers realise how difficult is, she did in live recordings. And people will always love this voice. Her singing could remove someone’s fatigue. Her singing could bring someone out of a serious problem.
I spoke to her on the phone 10-12 days before she passed away. She was singing even then, and was also asking me to sing something. There was no other conversation. ‘How are you?’ she would just ask that much. ‘How are things? Are you okay?’ That was it. After that, there was a 20-minute conversation where she was singing something and asking me to sing something. But what could I sing in front of her? But I would sing so that her heart would feel lighter.
It is rare, and I wonder whether a voice with such versatility and beauty will ever come again. Who knows.
As told to Priyanka Sharma
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