Asha Bhosle: This song of Asha Tai was banned 54 years ago, then got the Best Singer Award

Asha Bhosle Death:Legendary singer Asha Bhosle has passed away at the age of 92. In his career of more than 5 decades, he has given many such memorable songs which not only created a new identity in the world of music, but also ruled the hearts of people for decades. But there was a period in his career when one of his superhit songs got embroiled in controversies, which was even banned from radio and TV. The surprising thing is that this song later proved to be a turning point in his career and on the basis of this, he also got the prestigious award for Best Singer.

This superhit song created a ruckus 54 years ago
The iconic song ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ from the 1971 blockbuster film ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’ created a lot of controversy in those days. In this song R.D. Burman’s music and Asha Tai’s voice were in such harmony that it became a hit in the entire country overnight. But in the scene of this song, Zeenat Aman was shown hippy culture and drunkenness, seeing which people got angry at that time. And there was a lot of uproar regarding the lyrics of the song and that bold look of Zeenat Aman.

Serious allegations were made on Asha Tai’s song
People of that time made many serious allegations on the scene shown in Asha Tai’s song ‘Dum Maro Dum’. He said that this song is attracting the youth towards drug addiction. And this is against Indian culture. The controversy had increased so much that at some places this song had to be removed from radio and Doordarshan.

However, the real truth of director Devanand’s film ‘Hare Krishna Hare Ram’ was something else. His aim was to raise voice against drug addiction and he wanted to show the bitter truth of the hippie culture of Kathmandu through his film.

got the status of classic song
Surprisingly, Asha Bhosle later received the prestigious award for Best Playback Singer (Female) for this controversial song. Even today, decades later, ‘Dum Maaro Dum’ is not just a song, but a great reflection of the changing Bollywood of that era. The swag that Asha Bhosle Tai gave to her voice made this song evergreen.