Legendary singer Asha Bhosle died at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai on Sunday (April 12, 2026). She was 92. Hospital officers stated the trigger of loss of life was multi-organ failure following a cardiac arrest.
Asha Bhosle has recorded songs in additional than ten Indian languages. She started singing at the age of 10 and first music was “ Chala Chala Nav Bala” for the 1943 Marathi movie Majha Bal. She entered Hindi cinema 5 years later with “ Saawan Aaya” in Chunariya (1948). Her work in Naya Daur (1957) introduced her wider recognition. Over her profession, she recorded extra songs than some other feminine singer of her time. The Guinness World Records recognised her for the most studio recordings. She obtained the Dadasaheb Phalke Award and the Padma Vibhushan.
Bhosle, the youthful sister of the late legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, has recorded over 12,500 songs in numerous languages over a profession spanning eight decades, lending her voice to main women from Meena Kumari, Madhubala and Zeenat Aman to Kajol, Urmila Matondkar and South stars like Padmini and Vyjayanthimala.
Among her most memorable songs are “ Abhi Na Jao Chhod Kar”, “ In Ankhon Ki Masti”, “ Dil Cheez Kya Hai”, “ Piya Tu Ab To Aaja”, “ Duniya Mein Logon Ko” and “ Zaara Se Jhoom Loon Main”.
In 2023, she carried out at a particular live performance, ‘ASHA@90: Live in concert’, in Dubai to rejoice her ninetieth birthday.
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Veteran singer Asha Bhosle throughout an interview to The Hindu, in New Delhi. Asha Bhosle, the playback singer who recorded songs in over ten Indian languages, started singing at the age of 10.
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In this picture on October 27, 2004, The siblings of Pt. Dinanath Mangeshkar, (left to proper) Usha Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Meena Khadikar collect collectively to rejoice the 68th Birthday of Pt. Hridaynath Mangeshkar, in Mumbai.
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President Pratibha Patil presenting Padma Vibhushan Award to veteran singer Asha Bhosle at Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 5, 2008.
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Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar felicitates her sister Asha Bhosle together with Usha Mangeshkar, in Mumbai in 2013.
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Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar receives Lifetime Achievement award from singer Asha Bhosle and music composer A.R. Rahman throughout the Global Indian Music Academy Awards operate in Mumbai.
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Cricketer Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar and veteran singer Asha Bhosle, who each obtained Padma Vibhushan Awards from President Pratibha Patil, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan in New Delhi on May 5, 2008.
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Singer Asha bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar throughout the Moti Tichi Savali ebook launch held at Ravindra Natya Mandir in Prabhadevi on September 28, 2009.
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Lata Mangeshkar sits alongside her sister Asha Bhosle throughout the Pandit Hridaynath Mangeshkar Awards in Mumbai on March 31, 2013.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award from singers Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar, and musician Adinath Mangeshkar, throughout a ceremony, in Mumbai, on April 24, 2022.
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RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat attends the ebook launch of Asha Bhosle in Mumbai on June 28, 2024.
Published – April 12, 2026 02:29 pm IST
