Bhosle recently celebrated her 75th birthday with the launch of an album 'Precious Platinum'. The nine-track album has been composed by Nitin Shankar who leads Bhosle’s current band. “The album is a compilation that is not entirely different from what I have been singing but I think it should appeal to my fans,” says Bhosle.
But ask her if she feels any different about life’s platinum milestone and she promptly clarifies that age for her holds absolutely no meaning. “I feel no different. It’s not about age, it is about being young at heart and I like to look at life that way,” she says.
Bhosle, who turned composer just once in the past with the record 'Aap ki Asha', says it’s unlikely that she’ll ever be composing music on a regular basis. “I have five restaurants functioning across countries including Dubai and Kuwait serving Indian cuisine apart from the usual shows and travel that take up most of my time,” she says. On current composers, her favourites include Shankar Mahadevan and Pritam. “They’re good, though I feel the essence of older music directors occasionally creeps into their melodies,” says Bhosle, a tad mischievously. Well, didn’t somebody say there’s no original idea left in this world?
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