Meet actress, who married 20 year older man, swallowed sleeping pills when pregnant, daughter shot herself, son died of cancer
Asha Bhosle faced family abuse with Ganpatrao Bhosle in her first marriage. His eldest son Hemant Bhosle died of cancer in 2015. His only daughter Varsha Bhosle shot herself in 2012. Asha had the second marriage to RD Burman, but they chose to have children.
Legendary playing singer Asha Bhosle recorded more than 12,000 songs in various Indian languages for eight years in her career. He was honored with more than one honor, including two National Film Awards and seven film awards for the best female players. In addition to being one of the largest Indian singers, Asha is a player for playing the leading role in Mai in 2013 Hindi.
In May 2025, Asha Bhosle: A biography called Bir Hayat in Music written by Ramya Sarma was released. The book includes various shocking details from the singer’s life, including his personal secretary, Ganpatrao Bhosle, in his first marriage. In 1949, Asha tied the knot with Ganpatrao at the age of 16 in 1949.
In the book, Asha, “I married a man 20 years older than me at a very young age. Love was marriage. Lata did not speak to me for a long time. The alliance did not approve the alliance. The family was very conservative and they could not cope with a star singing for a daughter. I never question what he was doing.
91 -year -old singer, “Once I felt I needed to kill myself. I was sick. I was four months pregnant and I found myself in the hospital where the conditions were so bad. I thought I went down to hell. So I was in a bottle of sleep tablet. I swallowed a bottle of sleep tablet.
Asha Bhosle had three children from her first marriage – Hemant Bhosle, Varsha Bhosle and Anand Bhosle. In 1960 he left his husband while waiting for Anand. Later, in 1980, he tied the knot with the famous music composer RD Burman and decided not to have children. In the early 1990s, Bhosle and Burman were separated from each other, and the second died in 1994.
Heman Bhosle, the eldest son of Asha, died in 2015 after a long war with cancer, working as a music composer in several films. Three years Ealier, his daughter Varsha Bhosle shot himself in 2012. The singer-Journalist suffered from depression and in 2008, his youngest son Anand now directed his career. Anand’s daughter Zanai Bhosle also gave a few performances with a singer and grandmother. Zanai will also start playing Bharat – Chhahatrapati Shivaji Maharaj next year.
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