Bhonsle said that in an age obsessed with rhythm, she wanted to cut an album that was different. “People can’t sing item songs when they just want to sing to themselves or to others. There should be some songs which, for instance, a lady sitting at home can just sing, so I told Nitin Shankar to make an album with songs like that,” she said.

The video of one of the tracks from the album, Tum Jo Mile, was also screened for the audience. Regarding the shooting of the video, which is set amidst waterfalls on the Western Ghats, Bhonsle joked, “I was standing on a precipice and I was afraid that it would be my last song. We shot for three days in rainy and windy weather and at the end of it, I fell ill.” The diminutive diva, who’s been singing since she was 16, is the world’s most recorded artist. She’s also the only Indian artist to be nominated twice for the Grammy awards.