ASHA-disappointed at state of playback singing

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ASHA-disappointed at state of playback singing

Asha Bhosle has publicly expressed her disappointment over the state of playback singing in Bollywood. However, she is not alone. Maestros like Jagjit Singh are also talking in the same tone.
This is despite the fact that most of the songs over which questions are being raised have hit the charts for many successive weeks and even won awards.
“Earlier music directors themselves had good knowledge of classical music and would spend months on a single composition. The lyricists were themselves poets of great repute. But the whole scene has changed,” rues melody queen Asha Bhonsle.
“Music directors like R D Burman would all the time think of tunes and thought ahead of his time. Recently when I went to Los Angeles for recording, American technical directors were amused at the quality of Pancham’s music… It is difficult to find such passionate music directors now,” says Bhonsle.
“Playback singing has no relevance in Hindi films these days. You will hardly find any situational song in movies. There is no variety of emotions like sad, romantic or comedy,” feels Ghazal king Jagjit Singh.
“Items songs are very much in demand and they have no relevance to the story line,” he says.