Asha Bhosle

Asha Bhosle
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Asha Bhosle in 2015
Born
Asha Mangeshkar

(1933-09-08) 8 September 1933 (age 91)
Goar, Sangli, Sangli State, British India
Occupations
Years active1943–present
WorksFull list
Spouse(s)Ganpatrao Bhosle
(m. 1949; sep. 1960; died 1966)
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(m. 1980; died 1994)​
Children3 (including Varsha Bhosle)
FatherDeenanath Mangeshkar
RelativesSee list
FamilyMangeshkar family and Manikya dynasty (in-laws)
AwardsFull list
HonoursDadasaheb Phalke Award (2000)
Padma Vibhushan (2008)
Banga Bibhushan (2018)[1]
Maharashtra Bhushan (2021)
Musical career
Genres
InstrumentVocals

Asha Bhosle[note 1] (Marathi pronunciation: [ˈaːʃaː ˈbʱos(ə)le]; née Mangeshkar; born 8 September 1933) is an Indian playback singer, entrepreneur, actress and television personality who predominantly works in Indian cinema. Known for her versatility, she has been described in the media as one of the greatest and most influential singers in Hindi cinema. In her career spanning over eight decades she has recorded songs for films and albums in various Indian languages and received several accolades including two National Film Awards, four BFJA Awards, eighteen Maharashtra State Film Awards, nine Filmfare Awards including a Lifetime Achievement Award and a record seven Filmfare Awards for Best Female Playback Singer,[note 2] in addition to two Grammy nominations. In 2000, she was honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, India's highest award in the field of cinema. In 2008, she was honoured by the Government of India with the Padma Vibhushan, the second-highest civilian honour of the country. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged her in 2011 as the most recorded artist in music history.[9]

Bhosle is the sister of playback singer Lata Mangeshkar and belongs to the prominent Mangeshkar family. Renowned for her soprano voice range[10] and often credited for her versatility,[11][12][13] Her work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeet. Apart from Hindi, she has sung in over 20 Indian and foreign languages.[14] In 2013, she made her debut as an actress in the film Mai, and received critical acclaim for her performance. In 2006, she stated that she has recorded over twelve thousand songs in her career,[15] a figure repeated by several other sources.[14][16]

  1. ^ "'বঙ্গবিভূষণ' পুরস্কার পেলেন আশা ভোঁসলে, সমরেশ, প্রসেনজিৎ" [Banga Bibhushan for Asha Bhosle, Samaresh, Prasenjit and others]. jagonews24.com (in Bengali). 22 May 2018. Archived from the original on 2 February 2024. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
  2. ^ a b "85 UNFORGETTABLE Asha Bhosle songs". Rediff.com.
  3. ^ "Asha Bhosle Songs: The Golden Collection – Memorable Ghazals And Geets – Asha Bhosle MP3 Urdu Songs by Asha Bhosle". Gaana. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Asha Bhosle Bhajan songs – Download Bhajan MP3 Song of Asha Bhosle". Saregama.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  5. ^ "Happy Birthday Asha Bhosle: Some lesser-known facts about the Queen of Indie Pop – Mumbai Mirror". Mumbaimirror.indiatimes.com. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Gurbani Shabad By Asha Bhonsale Music Playlist: Best Gurbani Shabad By Asha Bhonsale MP3 Songs on Gaana.com" https://gaana.com/playlist/amp/dr-joginder-singh-chhabra-gurbani-shabad-by-asha-bhonsale.html
  7. ^ "Nazrul Geeti Songs Download: Nazrul Geeti MP3 Bengali Songs Online Free on Gaana.com" https://gaana.com/album/amp/nazrul-geeti-vol2.html
  8. ^ "Playlist ASHA BHOSLE RABINDRA SANGEET on Gaana.com". Gaana. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Guinness World Record for the most studio recordings - singles". Guinness World Records. 18 October 2011. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
  10. ^ Mr. 55 (10 May 2012). "Bollywood's Beloved Sopranos: Lata and Asha's Highest Notes". Classic Bollywood Revisited. Mr. and Mrs. 55. Retrieved 30 April 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ^ Gulzar; Nihalani, Govind; Chatterji, Saibal (2003). Encyclopaedia of Hindi Cinema. Popular Prakashan. pp. 532–533. ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
  12. ^ V.L (7 June 2008). "Chords & Notes". The Hindu. Archived from the original on 7 November 2012. Retrieved 11 August 2010.
  13. ^ World Music: Latin and North America, Caribbean, India, Asia and Pacific; By Simon Broughton, Mark Ellingham, Richard Trillo; Rough Guides, 2000
  14. ^ a b The International Who's Who. 2004. Europa Publications. Routledge.
  15. ^ ( Jyothi Venkatesh. "Asha Bhosle: Sa Re Ga Ma..." Vashi2Panvel.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2007. Retrieved 3 May 2006. I would like to state humbly that I am the only singer who has sung the maximum number of songs – 12,000. If you sing one song a day, you can humanly sing 365 songs a year and 3650 songs in ten years. In around 60 years of my career I could sing 12,000 songs because there were times I had sung even four songs a day.
  16. ^ Raju Bharatan (23 August 2006). "How fair were they to Mohammed Rafi?: Page 7". Rediff.com. Archived from the original on 30 May 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007. Asha Bhosle, in fact, occupies pride of place --- she is all set to complete 13,000 songs. And that must rate as the highest in Indian cinema – Guinness or no Guinness.


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