Asha Bhosle’s voice shaped Bollywood music for eight decades and she credited much of it to her long-time collaborator OP Nayyar, with whom she later parted ways butA never quite stop acknowledging.
Nayyar, the maverick composer who chose not to work with Bhosle’s elder sister, the more widely known Lata Mangeshkar, did not just record songs with Bhosle but played a key role in shaping her artistic identity.
Say what you like about the man but he made her . What was she in front of Lata Mangeshkar until Nayyar saab took her in hand? He rid her of Lata phobia,” Asha Bhosle is quoted as saying in the book. The phobia was real.
Nayyar “moulded her voice” and
described her as a “revolutionary trendsetter” who “redefined” her career from being in her sister’s shadow and elevated her from the fringes to become a lead playback singer.
Nayyar didn’t just give her songs; he “gave her her own voice” and freed her from “Lata phobia”.
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