Asha Bhosle (Name in Hindi: आशा भोसले) (born September 8, 1933) is an India… Read Full Bio ↴Asha Bhosle (Name in Hindi: आशा भोसले) (born September 8, 1933) is an Indian singer. She is one of the best-known and highly regarded Hindi playback singers in India, although she has a much wider repertoire. Her career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over 1000 Bollywood movies. She has recorded many private albums and has participated in numerous concerts in India and abroad. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.

Renowned for her voice range and often credited for her versatility, Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian Classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, Rabindra Sangeets and Nazrul Geetis. She has sung Hindi, Assamese, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay and Malayalam.

In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources. The World Records Academy, an international organization which certifies world records, recognized her as the "Most Recorded Artist" in the world, in September 2009. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008.

Khali Haath Sham
Asha Bhosle Lyrics

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खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
हो खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
खाली हाथ जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
आज भी ना आया कोई
आज भी ना आया कोई
खाली लौट जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है

खाली हाथ जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है

आज भी ना आये आँसू, आज भी ना भीगे नैना
आज भी ना आये आँसू, आज भी ना भीगे नैना
आज भी ये कोरी रैना
आज भी ये कोरी रैना
कोरी लौट जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
खाली हाथ जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है

रात की सियाही कोई आये तो मिटाए ना
रात की सियाही कोई आये तो मिटाए ना
आज ना मिटाए तो ये
आज ना मिटाए तो ये
कल भी लौट आयेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
खाली हाथ जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है
आज भी ना आया कोई
आज भी ना आया कोई
खाली लौट जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है

खाली हाथ जायेगी
खाली हाथ शाम आयी है

Overall Meaning

In Asha Bhosle's song Khali Haath Sham, the lyrics reflect the melancholy feelings of a person who is waiting for someone who never arrives. The song talks about how the evening has arrived empty-handed and will leave empty-handed too. The lyrics describe the feelings of despair, loneliness, and helplessness caused by this waiting. The repeated phrase "Khali Hath Sham Aayi Hai" emphasizes the emptiness of the singer's surroundings and thoughts, while the phrase "Khali Hath Jayegi" highlights the hopelessness and finality of the situation.

The second stanza of the song adds more depth to its overall theme. The singer mentions how even after all these years, their sadness has not subsided, and their tears haven't dried up. They acknowledge that the night is empty, and they are alone in their suffering. In the final stanza, they express their fear of forgetting their pain and moving on, because that would mean the return of the same lonely, empty evenings.

Overall, the song Khali Haath Sham is a poignant reflection on the feelings of despair and hopelessness created by unfulfilled expectations, and the emptiness and loneliness that come with it.

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