Modern Bollywood music is lifeless:Asha Bhosle

The Queen of Bollywood playback music, Asha Bhosle, who began her career in 1943, does not want to cut any more "albums of Bollywood film music" after more than six decades. "Film songs do not make sense any more because the television channels in the country do not want to show anything else barring Bollywood music. I want to make meaningful Indian music," she said. "Bollywood film music has become modern over the years with the inroads of technology," said Asha, who was in Delhi to inaugurate a three-day concert 'A Life in Melody: A 100-Minute Tribute to Vilayat Khan'. "Playback singing in Bollywood is not the same any more. Music has changed over the years. The new technology is very modern and sophisticated, but it has taken jaan (life) and atma (soul) out of music. There is no spirit in Bollywood music any more and it is this rooh (spirit) I am seeking in music now," the musician said. "One can sing out of rhythm and out of tune; women can sing in an octave lower than that of men and male playback singers can have a high-pitch baritone. The machines can always fix that. The new Bollywood music is raucous and I don't like it. The dil ke gaane (songs of the heart) have disappeared," said Asha, who turned 76 this month. "Of course, today we still have great lyricists and composers like Gulzar and Sameer. Very few new musicians are good. I think Preetam, Monty, Shankar Mahadevan, Shankar-Eshaan-Loy and AR Rahman are making quality music. But there are many others, who are also doing well” said Asha.