CHICAGO: Asha Bhosle, one of most versatile singing legends in Bollywood with a career spanning over six decades and Talat Aziz, a very popular artist creating his own space singing ghazals, Sufi, and film songs, made history when they paired together to enthrall thousands of their fans in Chicagoland recently.
Asha and Talat Aziz jointly set the stage literally on fire, when they came together at the Sears Center Arena, for a concert hosted by Sahil and L. A. Tan, renowned for bringing quality entertainment to Chicago audiences.
Asha started with singing her classic number: “In aankhon ki masti ke mastane hazaron hain”, which set the mood of the event and was followed by a flood of melodies getting equally connected with the younger generation and romantic music lovers rendering popular evergreen numbers from Bollywood.
Some of the songs she sang were: Dil cheez kya aap meri jaan leejhiye, Jhumkagira re bareli ke bazaar mein, Parde mein rehne do parda na uthao, Yeraatein ye mausam nadi ka kinara, Hare rama hare Krishna, Zara sa jhoom loon main” and “Chura liya hai tumne jo dil ko”
The playful, unorthodox, romantic, youthful, and never-say-die attitude of Ashaji, as she is popularly called, was a pleasant surprise for the audience, as even at 83, she captured the heart and soul of all music lovers. A huge crowd danced in front of the stage too.
Talat began his performance by singing the famous “Chandini ka Raat”, followed by his own ghazal from the film Umrao Jaan, “Zindagi jab bhi teri bazm mein laati hai hamein”.
He enthralled the audience thoroughly, who in turn kept applauding him throughout the performance rendering famous songs of Kishore Kumar and Mukesh, which took the audience down memory lane and made them quite nostalgic.
Ashaji, who has sung over 12,000 songs, is considered to be one of the greatest playback singers in Bollywood history. Talat who made a foray into the world of music in 1979 and 35 years later his voice still resonates across the music firmament.
Organizers of this concert Bhavesh Patel, Babu Patel, Mayur Patel and Nick Patel thanked his entire team for their hard work and support as well everyone who came out to watch the show.
The event concluded with a standing ovation from the audience in appreciation of the extraordinary performance of Ashaji and Talat Aziz.
Asian Media USA
