The versatile
Asha Bhosle is one of the highly regarded and best-known Hindi playback singers
in India, who has sung over 12,000 songs. Born on September 8, 1933, she is
commonly referred as Ashaji by her fans. She started her career in 1943 and has
participated in several solo concerts and recorded numerous private albums in
India as well as abroad.
Asha Bhosle is
the sister of the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Like her sister Lata
Mangeshkar, she was also trained by her father Dinanath Mangeshkar in classical
music. Known for her voice range, she is credited for her versatility. She has
recorded folk songs, qawwalis, film music, pop, bhajans, ghazals, traditional
Indian classical music, Nazrul Geetis and Rabindra Sangeets. Along with hindi
songs, she has sung in more than 20 Indian and foreign languages. She has sung
in many languages including Tamil, English, Assamese, Urdu, Telugu, Gujarati,
Punjabi, Marathi, Bengali and many more.
She made her
debut in Hindi film, Chunariya with a song called "Saawan Aaya" and
since then she is noticed for her different playful voice. Asha Bhosle has done
playback singing for more than thousands of Bollywood films. Her duets with
Rafi like Uden jab jab zulfein teri, Maang ke saath tumhara and Saathi haath
badhana, earned her recognition. In September 2009, she was recognised as the "Most Recorded Artist" in the world
by an international organization, ‘the World Records Academy’. This academy
recognizes and certifies world records.
Asha Bhosle is
also acknowledged as the most recorded artist in music history by Guinness Book
of World Records in 2011. Adding a feather to the cap is the Dadasaheb Phalke
Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008 that were awarded by the Government
of India. She has also debuted as an actress in the film Mai in 2013 and has
also received critical acclaim for her performance.
Recently, she has
been nominated for the prestigious Grammy Award for Best Contemporary
World-Music Album. Still being at the age of 70, there is no stopping Asha
Bhosle…
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