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Asha Reveals Real RD, Sa Re Ga Ma, Rs. 290
Asha Bhonsle has always been a delight. She is an ageless singing sensation who seems to just go on and on. Her bubbly voice had youngsters swinging to her delightful numbers during the golden years of Bollywood. Her voice is as bewitching as it is haunting - even today. Remember her recent song Huzoor, Huzoor-e-ala...ala?
And as a tribute to the voice that has few parallels, Sa Re Ga Ma has now brought out a two-pack audio CD, Asha Reveals Real RD a tribute to the man she was married. And if one thought one is in for a great treat one would be wrong. The CD begins with an introduction by Asha of RD, son of the legendary Sachin Dev Burman. The CDs have 22 songs, all RD-Asha combine, save one. But unfortunately none of them has that vintage Asha stamp. You would like to skip most of the songs and when you actually do that you feel genuinely sad. You can't be doing that to Asha but then the selection of songs is pretty poor, a glaring omission being the Oh Mere Sona Re... from Teesri Manzil, that was such a runaway hit.
Anyway, the RD-Asha combine is certainly a far cry from those heady days when she had teamed up with the inimitable O.P. Nayyar to give us some of the most memorable hits that the Hindi film world has ever seen. You don't get to hear the `real' Asha in this offering. And at Rs. 290 it is an expensive buy that one can as well do without.
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