Evergreen Asha celebrates 75th birthday

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Apart from spending the day with her family, she celebrated her birthday by interacting with fans. Saregama India Ltd launched her new album, 'Precious Platinum' to mark the occasion.

Notwithstanding her age, the vivacious and versatile singer is still going strong and continues to be the reigning diva of Hindi film music, a living legend who remains a heartthrob of every generation. But, the singer's rise to stardom, was long and difficult. When she started singing in 1948, big names like Shamshad Begum, Geeta Dutt and Lata Mangeshkar were huge stars of playback singing. However, she stood out and carved a niche for herself with the quality of her voice and by combining style, sensuality into her singing and adapting voice modulations to suit the situation of the song she was singing.

Even with a collection of over 12,000 songs in Hindi and Marathi, she is constantly enhancing her music collection and entertaining the people. Winner of several popular and national awards, Asha was conferred the Padma Vibhushan, the second highest civilian award in the country, this year.

Apart from Hindi films, she has sung for many Marathi movies. Some of the songs which are still etched in people's memory are 'Bugadi mazi sandlig, jata sataryala' and 'Nach re mora'. Her Marathi bhajans, natyasangeet and bhavgeet are liked by people even today.

She revisited her Marathi roots recently by holding a concert of her Marathi songs in different parts of Maharashtra after nearly 15 years.

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