Today, on September 08, Bollywood’s legend singer Asha Bhosle is celebrating her 92nd birthday. Asha Bhosle’s singing career, which started in the 50s, continues even today. She has become one such name in the world of music, which is not interested in any introduction. On one hand, Asha Bhosle sang many best songs in Bollywood and made her name. So on the other hand, his personal life was full of all the ups and downs. So let’s know about some interesting things related to singer Asha Bhosle’s life on the occasion of his birthday …
Birth and family
Please tell that Asha Bhosle was born on 08 September 1933. His father’s name was Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar. Asha Bhosle came into the music world following the footsteps of her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar. When Asha was 9 years old, her father passed away. Both sisters started singing in films.
Singing career
Asha Bhosle sang the first song in the 1943 Marathi film ‘Majha Bal’. After this, he sang a song called ‘Sawan Aya’ in the 1948 Bollywood film Chunariya. Since then, Asha Bhosle is active in the world of music.
Marriage to Lata Mangeshkar’s secretary
Both Lata and Asha were moving slowly in their career. Suddenly, at the age of 16, Asha got married to her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar’s secretary Ganpat Rao Bhosle. Ganpat was older than Asha at the age of 20 years. Lata and her family did not accept this relationship of Asha. Due to which there was a distance in the relationship of Asha and Lata. Which remained for a long time.
Asha Bhosle had told in an interview that her husband’s family was conservative and he could not accept a singing star. When Asha was about to give birth to her younger son Anand, the family asked her to return to her maternal home. Asha and Ganpat did not get married and after 11 years, the avenues of the two separated. Asha Bhosle had three children from Ganpat Rao.
Second marriage
Asha Bhosle fell in love once again after the first marriage broke up. In 1980, she married music composer and singer RD Burman. RD Burman was 6 years younger than Asha. RD Burman died in 1994 and both of them worked together on many best songs.
Many best songs sung
Asha Bhosle sang more than one best songs in her singing career. Apart from Hindi, she has sung songs in a total of 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2006, Asha Bhosle has sung 12 thousand songs. Asha has worked with famous musicians in Bollywood. The list includes names like Sachin Dev Burman, RD Burman, Shankar-Jaikishan, OP Nair, Elayaraja, Bappi Lahiri and AR Rahman.