The
love
for
Bengal
and
the
150th
birth
anniversary
of
Rabindranath
Tagore
brought
Mangeshkar
siblings
Lata,
Asha,
Usha,
Hridaynath
and
Meena
together
for
the
first
time
outside
their
hometown
Mumbai.
"We
don't
go
like
this
anywhere.
You
see
us
like
this
in
Mumbai
and
not
anywhere
else.
It
is
our
love
for
Bengal
that
has
brought
us
here
together," Asha
Bhonsle
said.
Composer-singer
Hridaynath
Mangeshkar,
her
younger
brother,
said
that
he
persuaded
the
sisters
to
pay
homage
to
Tagore
in
this
metropolis.
"We
have
waited
long
to
be
together
again.
So,
this
time
I
asked
them
to
come
here.
This
is
possible
only
in
Kolkata
and
nowhere
else," the
73-year-old
told
a
gathering
last
night.
R
D
Burman's
Bengali
songs
sung
by
Asha
Bhosle
like
''Mohuyae
jomechhe
aaj
mou
go'',
''Baanshi
sune
ki
ghore
thaka
jaye'',
''Sondhya
belae
tumi
aami'' and
''Aaj
gun
gungun
gunje
amar''
are
till
date
popular
among
people.
Their
younger
brother
Hridaynath
Mangeshkar,
also
a
musician,
had
made
musical
genius
Salil
Chowdhury
his
guru.
"I
have
followed
him
all
my
life.
I
have
learnt
so
much
from
him
and
been
influenced
by
him," he
said.