This page contains data and comments about the two DVD set Golden Collection Signature Series: Asha Bhosle by Eros International. The set contains 100 songs (ca. 7 hours total) with vocals by the great playback singer Asha Bhosle. Bhosle's career spans more than 1000 films over more than 70 years, starting in 1943 when she was 10; the songs on these DVDs are from 67 films, made from 1956 to 2002.
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Films are in color except as noted 'bw'. Films are in aspect ratio 4::3 except as noted 'w'; widescreen films are letterboxed on these DVDs. Click on a header column to sort accordingly. Click on a title to see the Wikipedia article on the film.
ID | Year | Color | Format | Title | Comments | |
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A01 | 1959 | bw | Dil Deke Dekho | catchy duet; early chronologically | ||
A02 | 1962 | bw | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | simple, pretty song | ||
A03 | 1966 | bw | Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi | western dress in garden | ||
A04 | 1973 | Yaadon Ki Baaraat | guitar-playing babe at upscale bar | |||
A05 | 1971 | Caravan | bizarre striptease duet with cage, heavy breathing, slide | |||
A06 | 1973 | Anamika | [faded color] snow scene | |||
A07 | 2001 | w | Pyar Tune Kya Kiya | big Buzby Berkeley production | ||
A08 | 1973 | Anamika | [faded color] in house with Krishna statue | |||
A09 | 1970 | Johny Mera Naam | rifle and twist, highly bizarre; 'I ooze oomph' | |||
A10 | 1971 | Caravan | less interesting circus scene, but bizarre touches (tennis racket!) | |||
A11 | 1999 | w | Mast | hot babe (hey big spender...) in Germany, gangsters, pompons; truly odd | ||
A12 | 1962 | bw | Ek Musafir Ek Hasina | drum and shruti box due in hayloft | ||
A13 | 1966 | Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare | formal western dress at castle | |||
A14 | 1969 | Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke | rock and roll girl with silhouetted guitarist | |||
A15 | 1966 | Aaye Din Bahar Ke | stage set with village scene, girl dictates letter to scribe | |||
A16 | 1970 | Ganwaar | great music; girl with geeky guy at well | |||
A17 | 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon | mountain backdrop, dumb | |||
A18 | 1977 | Hum Kisise Kum Naheen | field of violets, old car, balloon ride; note Dennis the Menace on car | |||
A19 | 1975 | Deewaar | simple duet, nice tune | |||
A20 | 1971 | Caravan | dancer at campfile, jealous rival | |||
A21 | 1972 | Apradh | hot tub babes in bar | |||
A22 | 1962 | bw | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | solo dance with musicians | ||
A23 | 1982 | w | Deedar-E-Yaar | production number with flashbacks and bizarre suicide ending | ||
A24 | 1962 | bw | Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam | atmospheric shooting, looks great, great song | ||
A25 | 1973 | Zanjeer | knife sharpener in village square | |||
A26 | 1974 | Imaan | babe and guy on riverbank | |||
A27 | 1974 | Hawas | mirrored floor, bizarre break halfway through; 'Lust is something you will never understand' | |||
A28 | 1973 | Us Paar | merry-go-round at carnival, village setting with villagers | |||
A29 | 1976 | Dhongee | babes shake it; revolving bed | |||
A30 | 1976 | Hera Pheri | hot babe and indifferent guy, what else is new? | |||
A31 | 1978 | w | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar | mirrored floor, lightening; Bachchan | ||
A32 | 1973 | Yaadon Ki Baaraat | guitar riffs, lacquered floor, chorus line in nightclub | |||
A33 | 1966 | Teesri Manzil | standard bucolic duet, shades of Sound of Music | |||
A34 | 1973 | Zanjeer | babe shakes it for Bachchan | |||
A35 | 1974 | Hawas | modernist bedroom scene, much less interesting than A27 | |||
A36 | 1993 | w | Baazigar | garden twist duet, carnaval, Malabar steps | ||
A37 | 1973 | Kahani Kismat Ki | very hot babe shakes it and strips for old guy | |||
A38 | 1973 | Joshila | hot tub babe | |||
A39 | 1978 | Saajan Bina Suhagan | couple at mountaintop, uninteresting | |||
A40 | 1979 | w | Mr. Natwarlal | mountain troops, dancer, snake; Bachchan | ||
A41 | 1973 | Anamika | [faded color] night club | |||
A42 | 1984 | w | Sharaabi | chorines, prod. values, dry ice, but too static | ||
A43 | 1991 | w | Qurbani | mountaintop | ||
A44 | 1978 | w | Muqaddar Ka Sikandar | very young girl plays piano | ||
A45 | 1980 | w | Jwalamukhi | drunks at party | ||
A46 | 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon | dance to drum solo, formal vocal trio | |||
A47 | 1964 | bw | Woh Kaun Thi | ice skating | ||
A48 | 1966 | bw | Baharen Phir Bhi Aayengi | slow, beautiful song, almost classical | ||
A49 | 1966 | Neend Hamari Khwab Tumhare | rhumba in western dress | |||
A50 | 1967 | Bahu Begum | dinner in court with musicians | |||
B01 | 1969 | Mahua | odd dancing chorus line in castle juxtaposed with church service, slow, not a great song | |||
B02 | 1969 | Sambandh | hookah-smoking drinking guys with solo dancing girl | |||
B03 | 1970 | Johny Mera Naam | duet with soldiers at fort, chair lift to hilltop temple, briefcase plot unclear | |||
B04 | 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon | snowcapped mountain setting, duet, lots of balloons, randomly moving groups; party boat | |||
B05 | 1969 | Ek Shriman Ek Shrimati | rooftop western dress dance party | |||
B06 | 1973 | Joshila | on-stage tribal performance, ritual drumming, shrill singing, indifferent audience; escape subplot | |||
B07 | 1984 | w | Sharaabi | brooding Bachchan watching dull TV performance with orchestra and singer | ||
B08 | 1972 | Tangewala | 'the crazy duo' traveling show duet; red cowboy suit, shenai, stunned passive background crowd; too long by 2x | |||
B09 | 1972 | Apradh | yet another mountaintop duet, followed by church / seaside wading / water skiing | |||
B10 | 1980 | Dostana | Bachchan duet with smouldering babe, village dance in parallel, sneaky guy taking pix; lots of poor camera movement | |||
B11 | 1965 | bw | Mohabbat Isko Kahete Hain | bharat natyam dancer sings for Shashi Kapoor and another guy | ||
B12 | 1962 | bw | Rakhi | solo song and dance in empty house, lilting dadra tune | ||
B13 | 1960 | Hum Hindustani | duet in Mumbai locations: bayfront, streets, Malabar overlook, Gateway, boat | |||
B14 | 1971 | Main Sunder Hoon | 'shake a leg': recording studio, hawaiian hula line, fire dance limbo; terrible but odd | |||
B15 | 1972 | Gaon Hamara Shaher Tumhara | babe shakes it in nightclub on revolving platter; kaleidoscopic effect | |||
B16 | 1993 | w | Gurudev | European amusement park setting (Holland?) for odd duet between idiots | ||
B17 | 1976 | Nagin | uninteresting bedroom duet | |||
B18 | 1976 | Hera Pheri | forest and botanical garden duet | |||
B19 | 1977 | Yaaron Ka Yaar | pretty girl in red-draped room with drink-crazed bozos | |||
B20 | 1971 | Main Sunder Hoon | yet another mountaintop duet, bright flowers, serious vistas, beautiful settings for lousy number | |||
B21 | 1959 | bw | Dil Deke Dekho | thatched roof hut with village girls and guys, shrill vocal | ||
B22 | 1963 | Phir Wohi Dil Laya Hoon | slow and dumb, nice song with terrible visuals | |||
B23 | 1969 | Sambandh | slow, beautiful song, comtemplative view of beach with beggars and cripples | |||
B24 | 1969 | Shatranj | yet another mountaintop / lake / waterfall duet | |||
B25 | 1975 | Zakhmee | mild voyeurism in parallel duets by comic couples | |||
B26 | 1971 | Main Sunder Hoon | bizarre surrealist direction: swan boat, butterfly kids, giant mushroom; esp. bizarre if you know the tune 'Muess i' denn' | |||
B27 | 1997 | w | Daud | hippie babe shakes it in mountains; short shorts, pelvic thrusts | ||
B28 | 1981 | Zamaani Ko Di Khana Hai | ordinary duet with fantasy wedding sequences | |||
B29 | 1998 | w | Kabhi Na Kabhi | Mumbai bicycle babe with local color: Taj, Gateway... | ||
B30 | 1984 | Manzil Manzil | dull romantic ballad, no redeeming virtues | |||
B31 | 1994 | w | Salaami | uneventful lovers' duet | ||
B32 | 2000 | w | Dilpe Mat Le Yaar | flashy night club dancers with unclear subplot | ||
B33 | 1966 | Teesri Manzil | 60s nightclub meets Buzby Berkeley; a few fabulous mements [female: Asha Parekh] | |||
B34 | 1981 | w | Rocky | disco fever; much too long | ||
B35 | 2002 | w | Filhaal | wistful seaside ballad, very dull | ||
B36 | 2000 | w | Khauff | bright colors and clothes enliven routine dance number | ||
B37 | 1977 | Hum Kisise Kum Naheem | male singer performs for stunned formal audience, eventually female responds | |||
B38 | 1964 | w | Leader | fabulous undersea set but not put to great use; then opens up | ||
B39 | 1993 | w | Gurudev | upbeat dance number to little purpose | ||
B40 | 1973 | Yaadon Ki Baaraat | particularly stupid mountaintop courtship duet | |||
B41 | 1956 | bw | Chori Chori | song/dance duet before wedding while bride-to-be weeps; earliest chronologically | ||
B42 | 1966 | Teesri Manzil | 60s sound and clothes, mostly period interest | |||
B43 | 1971 | Paraya Dhan | fireworks background for high energy dance vocal | |||
B44 | 1974 | Aarop | solo vocal/dance 'I'm beyond money' for hookah-smoking old codger | |||
B45 | 1997 | Judai | garden love duet in rain | |||
B46 | 1967 | Bahu Begum | bland garden solo, eventually male shows up | |||
B47 | 1971 | Paraya Dhan | countryside harvest workers, lots of cabbage | |||
B48 | 1984 | Manzil Manzil | fire, large drums, hot babes, torches; what's not to like? | |||
B49 | 1969 | Jigri Dost | backroom toughs leer at dancer/singer while shackled boy watches | |||
B50 | 1984 | Manzil Manzil | great set, good break dancing, but too static |