Mumbai: Asha Bhosle was born on 8 September 1933 in the small village of Gor in Sangli which is now in Mumbai. Asha Bhosle’s father was Deenanath Mangeshkar. He was a musical stage actor and classical singer. Asha Bhosle’s father died at the age of nine. Asha Bhosle’s elder sister was Lata Mangeshkar. After the death of her father, Asha Bhosle moved to Mumbai with the entire family and the responsibility of the whole family fell on both the sisters. Today is Asha Bhosle’s 89th birthday. She eloped with 31-year-old Ganpatrao Bhosle at the age of 16 and married Ganpatrao Bhonsle against the wishes of her family.
They separated in the year 1960. By they have three children, two daughters, and a son. Asha Bhosle has five grandchildren. Asha Bhosle’s youngest child is Anand Bhosle. Who has studied business and film direction? Asha Bhosle’s sister Usha Mangeshkar is also a playback singer. He has another sister Meena Mangeshkar and a brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar who is a music director. Asha Bhosle married Rahul Dev Burman in the year 1980. This was the second marriage of Asha Bhosle and Rahul Dev Burman. Rahul Dev Burman was 6 years younger than Asha Bhosle and was divorced from Rita Patel. Asha Bhosle’s favorite hobby is cooking and she is a great cook. Along with this, she has sung many famous songs.
Asha Bhosle has won several awards including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, and nine Filmfare Awards. In the year 2000, Asha Bhosle was also awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India’s highest award, and in 2008 she was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, the country’s second highest civilian honor, by the Government of India. Apart from this, Asha Bhosle also holds the Guinness World Record for the most studio recordings – singles. Asha Bhosle is known for film music as well as pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwali and Rabindra Sangeet. She has sung in more than 20 Indian and foreign languages. In the year 2013, Asha Bhosle started her career as an actress in the film ‘My’.
