Asha Puthli

Asha Puthli (born February 4, 1945) is an Indian-American singer-songwriter, producer, and actress.

Puthli moved to New York from Mumbai with a dance scholarship, a demo tape of Indo-Japan fusion songs. In 1970, she was signed to CBS Records and subsequently released several solo albums. Praised as a "fusion pioneer" by The New York Times, her recordings cover blues, pop, rock, soul, funk, disco, and techno. She also starred in films by Ismail Merchant, James Ivory and Bruno Corbucci.