Octogenarian singer Asha Bhosle Monday said musical reality shows bring out talented crooners, but they fail to churn out solid playback singers.
“I think there are good singers that come out from those shows but no playback singers. I think reality shows give them a platform to do stage shows… they come to do shows but not playback singing.
“It takes a lot to become a playback singer and they (playback singers) are a different lot. Their brains function in a different way,” she told reporters here on the sidelines of an event.
She was in the city to launch the Bengali music album “Pancham Tumi Kothay”.
Launched by Saregama, the album is a bouquet of eight songs selected by Bhosle which were originally sung by her late composer Rahuld Dev Burman aka Pancham da. They have been re-recorded by Bhosle and the album is pegged as a Durga puja special album. – Agency
