An excellent composer tries to take the singer out of the comfort zone. It could also be a possibility that the singer inspires the composer to get out of comfort zone.
Only RD can explain what made him go to Asha for this song for Abhilasha - a movie that was released in 1968. That was the time when Asha was mostly singing the songs that needed a certain coquettish-ness. A song like Bandini,s Ab ke Baras under SD's baton was more of an exception. On the other hand for a situation like mother singing for her child - well, that was Lata's forte.
Yet here you find Asha - lending her voice to Meena Kumari for a mother's song. The song appears twice in the movie - once as a part of a birthday celebration, & hence has a number of instruments. The version which is show-cased here is minimalist when it comes to instruments - as this version is sung as a lullaby - with lovely flute piece in between the stanzas, but making it that much more difficult for the singer. Despite her being out of her comfort zone, as it was then, Asha carries out the song with such absolute conviction.
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