Asha Bhosle on Padma Vibhushan Pandit Jasraj

Veteran Indian classical music maestro Pandit Jasraj passed away at the age of 90. He died of a cardiac arrest at his house in New Jersey in the USA. Asha Bhosle who has some very personal memories of him said,“I am deeply saddened by the unfortunate demise of Pandit Jasraj ji… I have lost someone who was extremely fond of me, I have lost a big brother indeed! _Sangeet ka sooraj doob gaya!_ He was a vocalist par excellence and I knew him for so long… even before his marriage to V Shantaram’s daughter. He used to praise me a lot and he always used to say “_Main tujhe gaana sikhaunga!”

Recalling a visit to his school in the US, Asha Bhosle said, “Back in the day, when I had visited his classical school in the US, where he used to teach music to so many aspiring talents, I remember how I had wanted to enrol myself into his school because he was that good! On that same trip, we’d gone out for dinner, and Jasraj ji, who was a staunch vegetarian, kept requesting me to also turn vegetarian for health reasons. I will always remember his childlike demeanor. May his soul rest in peace!”

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