ISLMABAD: Iconic Indian singer Asha Bhosle, known for a versatile repertoire and high-energy music in countless Bollywood movies, has died at the age of 92.
According to the sources, the 92-year-old Indian singer had been hospitalised in Mumbai on Saturday night for what her granddaughter described on social media as “extreme exhaustion” and “a chest infection”. Her son confirmed her death.
Her death marks the end of an era in Bollywood music – with her career spanning more than eight decades and encompassing more than 12,000 songs.
Her pervasive presence in Bollywood earned her the 1997 hit Cornershop tribute Brimful of Asha, and she was also known internationally for a collaboration with British musician Boy George.
Bhosle, was a legend in her own right and the sister of the late Lata Mangeshkar. She held the Guinness World Record for Most Studio Singles Recorded, having achieved the feat in 2011. She had sung 11,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in over 20 Indian languages at the time.
She was known for songs such as ‘Sapne Mein’, ‘Intaha Ho Gai Intezar Ki’ and ‘Kehdoon Tumhen’ among many, many others.
According to The Hindustan Times, born in 1933 into the Mangeshkar family, Bhosle began performing when she was just nine years old and recorded her first song for a film in 1943. Her father was the legendary classical vocalist Dinananth Mangeshkar.
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