Asha Bhosle obituary (opens in new tab)

One of the great Bollywood singers whose thousands of songs ranged from ghazals to dance tunes and popAsha Bhosle, who has died aged 92, was the best-known singer in India, an extraordinary artist whose career spanned over eight decades, during which she recorded about 12,000 songs.She first became famous as a playback singer – recording songs that would then be lip-synced by actors in Bollywood movies. Though she was not on screen, her voice made her even more celebrated than those pretendin...