Legendary
playback
singer
Asha
Bhosle
was
honoured
with
the
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
for
her
contribution
to
Indian
cinema
at
the
Dubai
International
Film
Festival
(DIFF),
which
began
Wednesday.
The
'Piya
tu
ab
to
aaja'
hitmaker,
who
has
recorded
every
style
of
music
from
film
to
folk
songs,
Indian
classical
music
to
pop
songs
and
ghazals,
received
the
award
Wednesday,
looking
elegant
in
a
cream
sari,
a
pearl
neckpiece,
her
trademark
bindi
and
with
her
hair
adorned
by
flowers.
"Receiving
DIFF
award
from
Sheikh
Mansour
Bin
Mohammed
Al
Maktoum," Bhosle
tweeted.
On
receiving
the
award,
the
81-year-old
also
treated
the
audience
to
an
impromptu
performance
of
some
of
her
memorable
renditions
from
her
repertoire
of
over
12,000
songs.
Bhosle,
who
has
sung
for
more
than
850
films,
has
recently
collaborated
with
her
sister
and
melody
queen
Lata
Mangeshkar
for
new
album
'Mein
Hawaa'.
Acclaimed
Egyptian
actor
Nour
El
Sherif
also
received
the
DIFF
Lifetime
Achievement
Award
this
year
for
his
work
in
more
than
40
films
in
a
career
that's
spanned
almost
five
decades.