Help The Aged
This charity organisation has teamed up with the Asian Music Circuit to bring Asha Bhosle to the UK to perform at the Royal Albert Hall.

Asian Music Circuit
Specialises in organising Asian shows and Bollywood concerts within the UK.

Our Bollywood film section has all the information you need. A guide to local cinema, previews and reviews on the latest releases.

At BBC Shropshire, we have chosen the Top Ten Bollywood movies for the month. These films are well worth a "dekho" at a cinema near you.

Why not take a look at the breathtaking pictures of the latest Bollywood films in our Bollywood Gallery section. There is always something new to take a look at!

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Manish Gajjar at
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Due to her tremendous singing versatility, Asha has come a long way from her debut playback singer in the film Chunariya (1948).

But in 1957, Asha hit the limelight as a playback singer in O P Nayar's 'Humse Nahin Dekha' and 'Naya Daur'.

Other films to her credit soon followed a year later which included 'Howrah Bridge', 'Lajwanti' and 'Chalti Ka Naam Ghaadi'.

In 1973 she reached the pinnacle of success in the film 'Pran Jaaye Par Vachan Naa Jaayee' which won her the prestigious Filmfare Best Playback Singer Award.

There was no stopping her as the upwardly mobile Asha of the 70's soon saw herself veering towards cabaret style songs in box office hits including Caravan (1971) and Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971).

But that was all about to change when Asha showed her singing capabilities in the 1981 box office smash 'Umrao Jaan' which starred Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan.