Exclusive: Asha Bhosle on doing a song with A Band of Boys and their reunion!

Asha Bhosle is excited as she has teamed up with her grandson Chin2, for a music video, which also marks the reunion of A Band of Boys. Sudhanshu Pandey, who left the band years ago to pursue acting came back and shot for the song Dil Sarfira, which also features Asha Bhosle. Seeing the band, which comprises Karan Oberoi, Sherrin Varghese, Chint2 Bhosle, Sudhanshu Pandey and Danny Fernandes, and was originally formed in 2001, reunite, an emotional Asha Bhosle at the song launch event said, “I used to watch a lot of English songs. When A Band of Boys came, I could relate with their song-and-dance, bass woh sab Hindi mein hota tha. They were popular for so many years. But later, yeh sab bikhar gaye. Jab log bikhar jaate hai tab kaam khatam ho jata hai. I told these boys that they need to come together. I am glad they are back together.”

The veteran singer feels proud to team up with Chin2. She said, “We share a strong and loving bond. One day when he asked me if I would sing this song with his band, I heard the tune and loved it and I agreed to do it in a heartbeat.”

When asked if she ever thought of forming her own band, she said, “If it was up to me, I would like to have a band with a lineup of all the famous singers and bands of the yesteryears like The Beatles, Rolling Stones, ABBA, Earth Wind & Fire, Santana, Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson, Louis Armstrong, Barbra Streisand and Caterina Valente. In India, we have not had bands of that calibre. It is very difficult to sustain a band over a long period.”



Meanwhile, Sudhanshu Pandey also expressed his excitement about the music video, particularly about working alongside Asha Bhosle. He said, “It’s something exciting you will see us do in the video with Asha ji. Isi liye humne gaane ka naam Dil Sarfira rakha hai. Yeh natkhatpan ke liye… jawani wale josh ke liye iss gaane mein aai (fondly calling Ashaji) ne kya kiya hai is exciting to see.”