Veteran singer and actress Asha Bhosle is no more. She was 92.
The last rites of the celebrated playback singer will be held tomorrow (Monday, April 12) at Mumbai's Shivaji Park, her son Anand Bhosle informed the press.
"My mother passed away today. People can pay their last respects to her at 11 am tomorrow at Casa Grande, Lower Parel, where she lived. Her last rites will be performed at 4 pm tomorrow at Shivaji Park," he said.
The Padma Vibushan and Dadasaheb Phalke Award winner was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital on Saturday evening after experiencing acute uneasiness.
While her granddaughter, Zanai Bhosle, attributed the 92-year-old icon’s hospitalisation to 'extreme exhaustion and a chest infection,' hospital sources had indicated that she was being monitored for more complex cardiac and pulmonary complications.
A recipient of some of India's highest civilian and cinematic awards for her contribution to music, Bhosle was honoured with the Padma Vibhushan — India's second-highest civilian award — in 2008. She was also honoured with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award — the nation's highest award in the field of cinema — in 2000.
She won the National Film Awards twice — for Best Female Playback Singer: "Dil Cheez Kya Hai" from the film "Umrao Jaan", in 1981; and "Mera Kuch Saaman" from the film "Ijaazat" in 1986.
She was also officially acknowledged as the most recorded artist in music history, with over 11,000 recorded songs at the time.