Legendary Indian singer Asha Bhosle, who turned 83 on Thursday, has gone through many ups and downs in her life but she says the only support that she got in this world was from the public.
Bhosle was speaking at the musical concert Timeless Asha on the occasion of her birthday.
“It’s been so many years in this industry, I have spent like 72 years in this line. I sung my first song when I was 13 years old. I started my new journey without knowing the struggles and storms that I had to face in my life. No matter what happened, I kept moving on in my life and I was determined that I would never stop,” she said. “I [walked] holding [the] hands of my three children. People used to abuse me, laugh at me but all I wanted was work. Whether I got money or not, I would always crave work. I have never complained in my life, never cried. Nobody has seen my tears, everybody has seen me smiling. Whenever I felt like crying, I used cry [in] the shower.”
Bhosle had tears in her eyes as she shared her experiences.
“I have seen many things in life, but I kept hoping that somebody would be there to tell me that you have done a great job, you have sung so well, now you must be tired please take some rest. But I did not get anyone like that,” she said.
“The only support that I got was from public. Wherever I went, they enjoyed the music, they click selfies with me, they all love me so much because I’m like them. I am as simple as they are. You all listen to my music also and love me because of my life.”
Bhosle went through a very low phase in October 2012 when her daughter, Varsha, committed suicide at her Peddar Road home. Yet another news triggered her life in September 2015 when her older son Hemant died in Scotland. Reportedly, he had been battling cancer for many years.
“God has been unfair [to] me this time. We all follow the path that’s been written by him. I sing songs like Yeh mera dil on the stage with a smiling face, but when I go in my car and sit all alone, I can only remember one song that is, Mera kuch saaman tumhare paas pada hai, she said.
However, being one of the most inspiring and willful women in the industry, she assures she will be celebrating her birthday the same way four years later too.
