Evergreen Asha makes her film debut with ‘Maaee’

After singing several iconic songs over the decades,Asha has decided to step under the arclights.

Renowned playback singer Asha Bhosale who has mesmerised generations with her singing prowess and versatality,is making her full-fledged debut as an actor in Hindi film ‘Maaee’.

The 77-year-old singing diva said that she took up the project written and directed by Mahesh Kodiyal for ‘fun’. “I have been singing since childhood and over the years sang songs from different languages from India and across the globe. I can’t be repeating myself and was looking for some new opportunity till ‘Maaee’ came along a fortnight ago,” Asha said.

According to the evergreen singer,she had no qualms about teaming up with a writer-director who is a newcomer. “Even I am a newcomer as an actor,” she said.

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Asha refused to divulge details about the film and her role except saying that ‘Maaee’ meant mother. “It is a story set in the urban upper middle class in Mumbai with a social message. Padmini Kolhapure plays my daughter,” she said.

The veteran will also lend her voice to a song which will be filmed on her.

Asha recalled that as a child,she had done small roles in Marathi film ‘Te Maze Baal’ and Master Vinayak’s ‘Badi Maa’ in which Noorjehan was the heroine. “In ‘Badi Ma’,I don’t remember the song where I am dressed in a bengali saree and singing. However,since then I was scared on acting and standing before the camera. Perhaps,I did not like the hardships faced du

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