Asha Bhosale with Brett Lee song - Big Hit

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Asha Bhosale and Brett Lee’s song a Big Hit

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Brett Lee’s Hindi song a hit
12/01/2007 10:27 - (SA)

Mumbai - A lilting romantic duet written and sung by blond Australian cricket star Brett Lee has climbed to number three on the Indian charts, the album’s composer said.

Lee wrote the lyrics of You’re The One For Me - which he performs with legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle - in 30 minutes after a cricket practice session with his team during the Champions Trophy tournament in India in November.

The song, partly in Hindi, is about a Westerner trying to woo an Indian beauty. The song’s video, shot in under three hours, has Lee playing guitar and singing to an Indian girl working in an office.

“We had a great time recording the music,” composer Samir Tandon told Reuters. “As a musician he is nothing like the aggressive fast bowler that he is on the field. He is extremely polite.”

The song climbed to number three this week on the music charts of popular FM station Radio City, which broadcasts in several Indian cities.

The song, in which Lee speaks a smattering of Hindi as well, figured in the top four of many newspaper and magazine rankings as well, Tandon said.

Lee has reportedly said recording the song with Bhosle was an “amazing” experience, calling the Indian singer, who has sung some 13 000 numbers, the “Aretha Franklin of India”.

For Bhosle, it was not only a chance to meet a famous cricketer but one with a knowledge of music.

“My family has always followed cricket avidly, so recording with Brett Lee was exciting,” Bhosle told Reuters. “He is a charming person.”

For decades Bhosle, and her more illustrious sister Lata Mangeshkar, have captivated the imagination of music lovers in India, rendering thousands of hit songs for Bollywood and other Indian language films.

Lee, who plays in the band Six & Out with former New South Wales state teammates, has also been offered roles in Bollywood films, but he has turned them down because of cricket commitments, the Times newspaper reported in London this week

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big hit? i hate that song. God, it sounds like CRAP.

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that is so so so so so so crap.. he's gonna cringe when he sees that in a few years...

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stick to cricket mate at least they didn't copy the song from Pak :) :)

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song is pure ****.. any indian+gora combination will get the indians going for it.. asha and brett both look faggishly ugly even in the vid i think

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Cheap log cheap publicity.

:nook:

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Who is doing this for publicity Asha Bhosale or Brett Lee?

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both of them??

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Considering the fact that the video was shot and song recorded in three hours, I think it is a decent output.

Aussies and English people wont like it, for the music is Indian.

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Indians are gonna lick ass of any song/movie that pits one of their actresses with a gora

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I think it's funny! Good on him (and her!)

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INTERVIEW - Asha Bhosle still learning, 60 years on
Thu Jan 25, 2007 5:12 PM IST

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By Prithwish Ganguly

NEW DELHI (Reuters Life!) - After more than 14,000 recordings and a career spanning six decades, legendary Bollywood singer Asha Bhosle still considers herself a student of music.

Born in 1933 in Goa, she has sung thousands of hits in several Indian languages, which have garnered her innumerable awards.

Bhosle gained global renown through world tours, concerts and performances with international artists such as Boy George, the Grammy-award winning Kronos Quartet and British band Cornershop, who paid tribute to her with their 1999 song “Brimful of Asha”.

Recently she zoomed to the top of the Indian music charts with her album “Asha and Friends” featuring blonde Australian cricketer Brett Lee and macho Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt.

After losing her father at the age of 9, Bhosle started acting and singing in films with her more illustrious sister Lata Mangeshkar to support her family.

A failed first marriage did not deter her – she brought up her three children as well as pursuing her singing career. She remarried famous Bollywood composer Rahul Dev Burman in 1980.

Bhosle’s big break in Bollywood came in 1957 when she sung tracks for the film “Naya Daur” (New Age). Now 73, Bhosle has no plans of quitting the industry.

Q: What does music mean to you?

A: “The same as oxygen is for you. Music stops … I stop!”

Q: You have sung thousands of songs in a career spanning over 60 years. From regional to film songs, from albums to concerts you have done everything. What’s next for the audience?

A: "Albert Einstein once said that all his knowledge was like a speck of sand on a beach. There is so much more to learn and so much more to do. I will always remain a student of the arts and keep presenting music in a different light.

“I have a few good albums coming up for release which I hope the audience appreciates.”

Q: You had to face a lot of difficulties early in life. How did you cope with losing your father and the failure of your first marriage?

A: "There are a lot of people who face difficulties. We all have our own ways of dealing with them. I lost my father at a very young age. The younger you are, the more resilient you are. You can forget more easily and move on. There was no time for me to sit and think and cry.

Q: The media has often commented your rivalry with your sister Lata. How was and how is your relationship with her?

A: “Sometimes, things get blown out of proportion. Lata didi is my eldest sister and since the passing away of my mother in 2004, she is the head of the family and like a mother to us.”

Q: Who or what has been you motivation/inspiration?

A: “In this world there have been many achievers in their own respective fields and I draw my inspiration from them, just like they must be drawing their inspiration from me. I admire people like Indira Gandhi, Bjorn Borg, Elvis Presley, Albert Einstein, Monet, Van Gogh, Michelangelo.”

Q: How do you feel about the music and film industry?

A: "There is no biz like showbiz and the film industry is a wonderful place to be, especially if you are successful. It has been more than kind to me and I have loved every second that I have spent in the midst of my friends and colleagues.

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bekaar tareen song. both looking cheap.

Looks like media pundits don't know what to do with all that money.