Veteran singer Asha Bhosale no more

Mumbai, Apr 12,2026: Veteran singer Asha Bhosle passed away on Sunday.She was 92.
She had been admitted to the hospital after suffering a heart attack. Asha Bhosle’s son, Anand Bhosle, said, “My mother Asha Bhosle has passed away. Her body will be kept for final respects tomorrow from 11 AM to 2 PM at her residence, and the last rites will be performed tomorrow at 4 PM at Shivaji Park.”
Asha, who got listeners jiving to “Aaja, Aaja” just as skilfully as she got them to mourn lost love in “Chain Se Ham Ko Kabhi”, ruled the Hindi playback singing world along with her sister Lata for seven decades with virtually every movie song recorded in Bollywood for female leads using their voices. Asha herself sang for more than eight decades, recording an incredible 12,000 songs. Her first song was in 1943 at the age of 10 for the Marathi film“Majha Bal”.
She continued to sing until the late 2010s and beyond, making her the longest performing singers in global music history. Unlike Lata, her voice remained steady and its timbre fresh, even when she was singing at the age of 80. Lata died in February 2022 also at the age of 92. While Lata was the go-to choice for music director Madan Mohan, the master of melody and ghazals, Asha was equally accomplished in that genre, and is still remembered forher ghazalsin“Umrao Jaan”.
Born on September 8, 1935 in Sangli (Maharashtra), she was initiated into music by her father Dinanath Mangeshkar just like her sister was. Music was perhaps in her destiny. Of the four sisters, Lata,Usha and Asha were playback singers while Meena is a music composer. As is their brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar. The much awarded Asha, who was also was also a successful entrepreneur and ran the popular restaurant Asha in Dubai and the UK, won multiple awards, including the Dadasaheb Phalke, Padma Vibhushan, National Awards and other music honours.