Asha Bhosle | |
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![]() Bhosle in 2015 | |
Born | Asha Mangeshkar 8 September 1933 |
Occupations | |
Years active | 1943–present |
Works | Full list |
Spouse(s) | Ganpatrao Bhosle (m. 1949; sep. 1960; died 1966) |
Children | 3 (including Varsha Bhosle) |
Father | Deenanath Mangeshkar |
Relatives | See list |
Family | Mangeshkar family and Manikya dynasty (in-laws) |
Awards | Full list |
Honours | Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2000) Padma Vibhushan (2008) Banga Bibhushan (2018)[1] Maharashtra Bhushan (2021) |
Musical career | |
Genres | |
Instrument | Vocals |
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 Bhosle 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] Bhosle's 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, Bhosle stated that she has recorded over twelve thousand songs in her career,[15] a figure repeated by several other sources.[14][16]
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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.
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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