Asha Bhosle sings for Robin Raina Foundation charity concert

The evening began with a dance performance by the local dance troupe Silent Killers; it was followed by a dance depicting the positive and negative elements of water and the pain and destruction left by the Tsunami by students from Kumud Savla’s Nrtiya Natya Kala Bharati Dance Academy. Sudesh Bhosle then took center stage. This immensely talented singer who is also a gifted painter and mimic has become the singing voice of Amitabh Bachchan-so much so that when Bhosle sang a particular song in Bachchan’s voice Jaya Bachchan refused to believe it was any one other than her husband who had sung the song. Bhosle regaled the audience with songs in the voices of Kishore Kumar, Rafi, S.D. and R. D Burman. K.L Sehgal, Hemant Kumar, Manna Dey and Amitabh Bachchan. He belted out popular numbers like Mere makhna, tum kya jaano, rang barse, ke pag ghungroo, Hai Apna Dil to Awara, Ai mere Pyare Watan,Tere Sajan Hain Us Paar, Zindagi ka safar and duets with Asha Bhosle that were delightful. It is amazing to see the range in his voice and his ability to pull this off since these singers have pretty dissimilar voices and distinct singing styles. Sudesh Bhosle also sang the beautiful song Kehna Hai Kehna hai aaj tumse yeh pehli baar from Padosan and dedicated it to the memories of Kishore Kumar, R. D Burman, Mahmood, and Sunil Dutt. He also paid homage to Tsunami victims and talked of being familiar with the nostalgia NRIs feel when they are away from home and dedicated a couple of songs to the victims and those who miss their homeland.

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