Song 71:
As in this segment we are exploring some of Asha's sombre songs that delve into emotions other than pure fun. She was best known for her effervescent songs and the music director who gave her that identity was definitely O P Nayyar. They had a scintillating partnership, creating bestselling music that made you want to sing and dance and smile and tease. But there were other moods that Asha essayed well in her songs. We started with the one from Bandini expressing longing, the one from Lekin expressing jealousy, yesterday's song was about incomplete love. Today it is an even deeper one about parting ways after having loved deeply. But it's a 'been there done that' song. Sometimes you acknowledge it was great while it lasted, the amour gave her what no one else could but still the relationship brought more anxiety than peace.
It is well known that Asha was involved with O P Nayyar and this is the last song she sang for him. You can almost feel the remorse and pain of parting in every word of the song. I think its one of Asha's best songs, gentle, mature and introspective. Yet this song was never picturised as the Producer of the movie 'Pran Jaye Par Wachan Na Jaye'(1974) for which it was composed, did not like it! So its one of those songs that remained undefined and intangible.
It is believed they split on August 5, 1972. It is not clear what made them part their ways. On being asked the reason for their parting, O P Nayyar once said, "I know astrology very well. I knew that one day I had to part with her. Something also happened, that upset me, so I left her." Nevertheless, he also said "...now that I am seventy-six, I can say that the most important person in my life was Asha Bhosle. She was the best person I ever met."
The parting of Asha Bhosle and O.P. Nayyar was bitter, and probably therefore she has hesitated to give Nayyar his due. While talking about O.P. Nayyar in an interview with TOI, she once remarked - "Whichever composer gave me work, it was because my voice was suited to his music at that point. No one musician did me any favor by asking me to sing for him." She gives the credit for her first big break to B R Chopra, the producer of Naya Daur.
As in this segment we are exploring some of Asha's sombre songs that delve into emotions other than pure fun. She was best known for her effervescent songs and the music director who gave her that identity was definitely O P Nayyar. They had a scintillating partnership, creating bestselling music that made you want to sing and dance and smile and tease. But there were other moods that Asha essayed well in her songs. We started with the one from Bandini expressing longing, the one from Lekin expressing jealousy, yesterday's song was about incomplete love. Today it is an even deeper one about parting ways after having loved deeply. But it's a 'been there done that' song. Sometimes you acknowledge it was great while it lasted, the amour gave her what no one else could but still the relationship brought more anxiety than peace.
It is well known that Asha was involved with O P Nayyar and this is the last song she sang for him. You can almost feel the remorse and pain of parting in every word of the song. I think its one of Asha's best songs, gentle, mature and introspective. Yet this song was never picturised as the Producer of the movie 'Pran Jaye Par Wachan Na Jaye'(1974) for which it was composed, did not like it! So its one of those songs that remained undefined and intangible.
It is believed they split on August 5, 1972. It is not clear what made them part their ways. On being asked the reason for their parting, O P Nayyar once said, "I know astrology very well. I knew that one day I had to part with her. Something also happened, that upset me, so I left her." Nevertheless, he also said "...now that I am seventy-six, I can say that the most important person in my life was Asha Bhosle. She was the best person I ever met."
The parting of Asha Bhosle and O.P. Nayyar was bitter, and probably therefore she has hesitated to give Nayyar his due. While talking about O.P. Nayyar in an interview with TOI, she once remarked - "Whichever composer gave me work, it was because my voice was suited to his music at that point. No one musician did me any favor by asking me to sing for him." She gives the credit for her first big break to B R Chopra, the producer of Naya Daur.
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