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A nice 2-CD set that features one disc of newly recorded material and a second of older duets and video clips from this legendary queen of India's Bollywood movie/music industry. Seventy-three years young, Bhosle is still a formidable singer, and while producer Somesh Mathur's smooth, soft-soulish arrangements on the new recordings aren't quite my cup of tea, it's nice to hear her do something that sounds less harsh than the classic, often shrill "filmi" pop music mash-ups... She's always excelled at romantic ghazals, as this disc demonstrates. The second disc gives a good glimpse of Bhosle in her youth (one hesitates to say "in her prime," since she still seems to be there...), singing with R. D. Burman, Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar and her great rival, Lata Mangeshkar... The disc also a couple of videos, giving a flavor of the Bollywood-style music vids. A good introduction to this Indian diva. 03/31/06 >> go there
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