Renowned Indian singer Asha Bhosle, whose voice was heard in hundreds of Bollywood films and whose impact extended into the West, has died at the age of 92. Bhosle died Sunday of multiple organ failure at a Mumbai, India hospital, the reports. Her son Anand Bhosle added that her last rites will be performed Monday.
Born into the famed Mangeshkar musical dynasty, Bhosie’s older sister was Lata Mangeshkar, dubbed India’s “Queen of Melody” who similarly became a famed playback singer, or a vocalist whose singing voice is used in Bollywood films; Mangeshkar died in 2022, also at the age of 92. Bhosle is best known for her musical partnership with composer RD Burman, her longtime collaborator and eventually her husband. Together, the pair recorded Bollywood hits like “Dum Maro Dum” and “Piya Tu Ab To Aja.” Trending Stories Slipknot and Sid Wilson Part Ways After Nearly 30 Years Matthew McConaughey Gives Ella Langley’s ‘Choosin’ Texas’ a Bluegrass Spin on ‘Fallon’ Return of the Kings: Inside Rush’s Fifty Something Tour Why Was It So Hard for Sam Cooke’s Grandkids to Drop a Soul Album?
A two-time Grammy nominee, Bhosle was known to Western audiences thanks to her collaborations with Boy George (“Bow Down Mister“), Michael Stipe (“The Way You Dream“), and Gorillaz, who enlisted Bhosie for “The Shadowy Light” on their new album The Mountain: Bhosle was also the inspiration behind U.K. band Cornershop’s 1997 hit “Brimful of Asha.” Cornershop’s Tjinder Singh wrote on social media Sunday, “The world and all-India grieve today. We don’t know whether a candle has gone out or has been lit, such was the stature of Asha Bholse.”
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