Asha Bhosle, playback icon, dies at 92 in Mumbai

Playback icon Asha Bhosle died on Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Mumbai. She was 92 years old. Bhosle had been admitted to the Breach Candy Hospital on Saturday evening.

Her death was confirmed by Dr Pratit Samdani of Breach Candy Hospital.

Earlier, in an X post shared shortly after Bhosle's hospitalisation, her granddaughter, Zanai Bhosle, had written, "My grandmother, Asha Bhosle, due to extreme exhaustion and suffering a chest infection, has been admitted to hospital and we request you to value our privacy. Treatment is ongoing and hopefully everything will be well and we shall update you positively (sic)."

Bhosle was born on September 8, 1933, in Goar, Sangli, in Maharashtra, to Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and his wife, Shevanti. Pandit Deenanath a classical singer and actor, who passed away when Asha Bhosle was nine.