Football fever is on and singer Asha Bhosale is quite kicked about Football World Cup this year. Her love and excitement for the game has compelled her to share some interesting memories about the game.
Asha Bhosale who performed at 1978 World Cup in London reveals that her husband and popular music director R D Burman (Pancham da) was a big football fan and used to watch a lot of football matches. “Pancham & I performed at 1978 World Cup for the 1st time in London (Albert Hall) when Mario Kempes guided Argentina to victory”, she reminisces.Being excited about FIFA World Cup, Asha also shares some interesting facts about football lover Pancham’s favorite team. Pancham supported East Bengal Club. He was mad fan of Pele & everything Brazil. I'll be supporting Brazil as always. Cha Cha Cha!”
She also informs that her favorite singer Kishore Kumar was also a football freak “Kishore da used to sometimes kick the ball in his own goal post. He used to be the goalkeeper. Pancham & I used to laugh at his story” she signs off.