Asha didn’t look back M(u)Dke

Although Bhosle was a phenomenal singer in her own right, her struggle to step out of her illustrious older sister Lata Mangeshkar’s (A)shadows seemed interminably long.

However, even the songs she (Bhos)lent her voice to in the period before she attained superstardom B(hosl)elid that fact.

The seeming ease with which she rendered Mud Mud Ke Na Dekh Mud Mud Ke – which, at six minutes and 34 seconds, was the longest track in Shree 420 – was a case in point.

The duet was penned by Shailendra and composed by Shankar Jaikishan. Her co-singer was Manna Dey.