Asha Bhosle
Playback Singer, Musical Artist
1933 –
Who is Asha Bhosle?
Asha Bhosle, commonly referred to as Ashaji, is an Indian singer. She is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. Bhosle's career started in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies. In addition, she has recorded several private albums and participated in numerous solo concerts in India and abroad. Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Renowned for her voice range and often credited for her versatility, Bhosle's work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages. In 2006, Asha Bhosle stated that she had sung over 12,000 songs, a figure repeated by several other sources. The World Records Academy, an international organization which certifies world records, recognised her as the "Most Recorded Artist" in the world, in September 2009. In 2011, she was officially acknowledged by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history. The Government of India honoured her with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2008. In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance.
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- Born
- Sep 8, 1933
Sangli - Also known as
- आशा भोंसल
- Asha Bhonsle
- Asha Bosle
- Bhosle, Asha
- Asha Bhonsley
- Asha
- Asha Bhoshle
- Asha Bhosley
- Ashabhonsle
- Asha Bhonsale
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Rahul Dev Burman
(1980 - 1994/01/04) - Ganpatrao Bhosle
(1950 - )
- Rahul Dev Burman
- Children
- Religion
- Hinduism
- Nationality
- India
- Profession
- Lived in
- Maharashtra
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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