Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer was born on 8 September, 1933 in small hamlet of Goar in Sangli, Bombay. She is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema. Bhosle’s career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar. Bhosle’s work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance. she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.
Personal Life :- Asha Bhosle was born on 8 Sptember, 1933 in small hamlet of Goar in Sangli, Bombay presidency and now in Maharashtra, into a musical family of Master Deenanath Mangeshkar, who blong to Gomantak Maratha Samaj. Her father was a theater actor and classical singer. When she was nine years old, her father died. The family moved from Pune to Kolhapur and then to Mumbai. She and her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar began singing and acting in films to support their family. She sang her first film song ‘”Chala Chala Nav Bala” for the Marathi film Majha Bal (1943). At the age of 16, she eloped with 31-year-old Ganpatrao Bhosle, marrying him against her family’s wishes. Ganpatrao was Lata’s personal secretary. The marriage failed miserably. Her husband and in-laws mistreated her. After a few years of marriage, Asha was turned out (around 1960) by a suspicious Ganpatrao and she went to her maternal home with two children and pregnant with her third child. She continued to sing in films to earn money. Asha married Rahul Dev Burman in 1980. This was second marriage for both Rahul and Asha. Rahul, 6 years younger than her, earlier got divorced from Rita Patel in 1971 and now She has three children and five grandchildren. Bhosle’s daughter Varsha committed suicide on 8 October 2012, she was 56 years old and worked as a columnist for The Sunday Observer and Rediff.
Career :- Asha Bhosle’s career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. Bhosle’s work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs. She is a “Most Recorded Artist” in the world, in September 2009. In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance. Asha Bhosle has won seven Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards of 18 nominations. She won her first two awards in 1967 and 1968. Bhosle is the most frequent winner of this award to date, tying with Alka Yagnik. She was later given a Special Award for Rangeela in 1996, and the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 2001.
Age And Height :- 8 Sptember, 1933 And Height 5 feet 2 inch
Spouse :- Ganpatrao Bhosle (m. 1950–1960)
Rahul Dev Burman (m. 1980–1994
Children :- Varsha Bhosle, Hemant Bhosle, Anand Bhosle
Siblings :- Lata Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar
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