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Name

Asha Bhosle

Music for Sleep And Relaxation

The Concert - Dr.M.Balamurali Krishna

Vedic Mantras to improve education and memory

Birth name

Asha Mangeshkar

Date of Birth

8 September 1933

Nick names

The Queen of Indipop, Asha tai, Asha

Known for her

Voice range

Mother Tongue

Marathi

Birth Place

Sangli, Bombay Presidency, British India

Nationality

Indian

Family

Father – Dinanath Mangeshkar (Actor & Singer)
Mother – Shudhmati
Sisters – Latha Mangeshkar (Singer), Usha Mangeshkar (Singer), Meena Mangeshkar (Music Director)
Brother – Hridayanath Mangeshkar (Music Director)
Ex-Husband - Ganpatrao Bhosle
Husband – R D Burman (Music Director)
Sons – Hemant Bhosle (Music Director), Anand Bhosle (Businessman)
Daughter – Varsha (Columnist)

Profession

Singer

Debut

Marathi - Majha Bal (1943)
Hindi - Chunariya (1948)
Tamil - Moondram Pirai (1982)

Guinness World Record

For most studio recordings (singles). Recorded around 11,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs and in over 20 Indian Languages since 1947.

Sung songs in

Assamese, Hindi, Urdu, Telugu, Marathi, Bengali, Gujarati, Punjabi, Tamil, English, Russian, Czech, Nepali, Malay, Kannada, Nepali and Malayalam languages

Has sung for

Film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis and Rabindra Sangeets

Specialized genre

Western-styled songs

Owns restaurants in

Dubai, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi, Doha, Bahrain, UK, Egypt

Enjoys

Cooking

Her fashion statement

White saree with sparkling embroidery, pearls around her neck and diamonds.

Mantra for success

Take risks. Never say die.

Hobbies

Reading

Favorite Singers

Dinanath Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar, Mohammad Rafi, Manna Dey, Kishore Kumar, Mukesh, Hemantda, Noorjehan, Mehdi Hasan, Ghulam Ali

Doctorates from

* University of Amravati.
* University of Jalgaon.

Awards

Filmfare Best Female Playback Award for:
* Dus Lakh (1966)
* Shikar (1968)
* Caravan ( 1971)
* Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1972)
* Naina (1973)
* Pran Jaye Par Vachan Na Jaye (1974)
* Don (1978)
* Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (2001)

National Award for Best Playback Singer:
* Umrao Jaan (1981)
* Ijaazat (1986)

Others:
* Nightingale of Asia Award, Indo-Pak Association, UK (1987).
* Lata Mangeshkar Award, Government of Madhya Pradesh (1989).
* Screen Videocon Award (1997).
* MTV Award (1997).
* Channel V Award (1997).
* Dayawati Modi Award (1998).
* Lata Mangeshkar Award, Government of Maharashtra (1999).
* Singer of the Millennium, Dubai (2000).
* Zee Gold Bollywood Award (Thakshak, 2000).
* MTV Award (2001).
* BBC Lifetime Achievement Award (2002).
* Zee Cine Award for Best Playback Singer – Female (Lagaan, 2002).
* Zee Cine Special Award for Hall of Fame (2002).
* Screen Videocon Award (Lagaan, 2002).
* Sansui Movie Award (Lagaan, 2002). * Swaralaya Yesudas Award for outstanding contributions to Indian music (2003).
* Living Legend Award, Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (2004).
* MTV Immies, Best Female Pop Act (Aaj Jaane Ki Zid Na Karo, 2005).
* Most Stylish People in Music (2005).

Honors

* 'Most Recorded Artist' from World Records Academy (2009).
* Padma Vibhushan (2008).
* Dadasaheb Phalke Award (2000).

Facts

* Started her career in 1943.
* Her father was a theater actor and classical singer.
* When she was nine years old, her father died.
* She is a good mimicry artist.
* She has received seventeen Maharashtra State Awards.
* She was among top 20 music icons of the past 50 years.
* She has sung with international artists like Boy George, Black Eyed Peas and cricketer Brett Lee.
* At a concert in World Trade Center, Dubai (2004), she mimicked the song 'Kabhi To Nazar Milaao' in the voices of Noor Jehan, Lata Mangeshkar and Ghulam Ali.
* She underwent the ganda bandan (thread-tying) ceremony with Hindustani classical music maestro Ali Akbar Khan to learn a classical repertoire held within the Maihar gharana (stylistic school of Indian classical music).