Bollywood singing legend Asha Bhosle has delivered many hit songs spanning generations. One of them was ‘Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera’ from the 1966 film ‘Teesri Manzil’ that featured Mohammad Rafi’s vocals as well. She recently recalled how she was unsure of taking it up initially, and the advice her sister Lata Mangeshkar gave her.
As per a report in HT, she remembered her apprehensions of singing the song, stating, “This song (Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera) was very difficult for me to sing. R.D Burman Saab came home one day, took the baaja and sat down requesting me to sing the song. When I heard him play the ‘O aa jaa, aah aah’ part, I was a little taken aback as I didn’t think I would be able to do it. However, I informed Burman saab that I would make an attempt to sing the song after four to five days.”
She also remembered a funny incident that happened when she was practising the tune of the song in her car, and her driver thought she needed medical help.
She said, “I started practising the main tune in my car so much, that one day, my driver got worried. Once we reached Haji Ali which is where I stay, my driver suddenly asked me if I wanted to visit the hospital as he thought I was gasping for breath. It was a really funny moment.”
She added, “The moment I reached home, I went to my sister Lata Mangeshkar and conveyed my apprehensions singing the song to which she said, ‘You are forgetting that you are a Mangeshkar first and later Bhosle. Go sing the song, you will do good’.”
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