Archive · 17 Aug 2025
Asha Bhosle Shares Career Anecdotes, Dev Anand's Song Decision
Asha Bhosle, a famous singer, shared stories about her career and two popular songs.
She revealed that a director once wanted to remove a song, but she convinced him to keep it.
She also explained how the director guided her to sing a song by thinking like a young woman.
She also mentioned how the director was known for introducing new actresses in movies.
Asha Bhosle shared anecdotes about her career.
She discussed the iconic songs "Raat Akeli Hai Bujh Gaye Diye" and "Dum Maaro Dum".
Dev Anand considered removing "Dum Maaro Dum" from 'Hare Rama Hare Krishna'.
Bhosle recounted how Dev Anand directed her to sing "Raat Akeli Hai Bujh Gaye Diye".
Bhosle mentioned Dev Anand's habit of launching new heroines.
- Who
- Asha Bhosle and Dev Anand.
- What
- Asha Bhosle discusses anecdotes from her career.
- When
- Information not available.
- Where
- Republic World interview.
- Why
- To share behind-the-scenes stories about film-making.
Song inclusion
Bhosle's influence
Song's Fate
Song inclusion
Dev Anand considered removing "Dum Maro Dum".
Bhosle's influence
Bhosle convinced him to keep the song.
- Singer
- Asha Bhosle
- Song Discussed
- "Dum Maro Dum"
- Movie Mentioned
- Hare Rama Hare Krishna
- Director
- Dev Anand
Sources
'I Was Trembling...': Asha Bhosle Recalls Her First Time Recording As A 10-Year-Old
Asha Bhosle admits she adopted a more Western singing style to avoid competing with Lata Mangeshkar: ‘Our voices were very similar initially’
