The post drew an immediate outpouring of love from across the entertainment industry, with celebrities including Anupam Kher, Neil Nitin Mukesh and Sanjay Kapoor among those leaving messages of support and prayers for her recovery.
A career that spans eight decades
The news has prompted an enormous wave of public concern, a reflection of just how deeply Asha Bhosle is loved across generations of music fans. Her career in playback singing began in 1943, and over the decades that followed she became one of the most prolific and celebrated voices in Indian music history.
She has recorded thousands of songs across more than half a dozen Indian languages, spanning films, private albums and live performances both in India and internationally. In 2011, the Guinness Book of World Records recognised her as the most-recorded artist in music history, a title that speaks to the sheer scale of her output over more than seven decades of active performance.
Among her many honours, she has won the National Film Award twice and the Filmfare Award seven times. She was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, the highest honour in Indian cinema, and was bestowed the Padma Vibhushan, India’s second-highest civilian honour, in 2008.
Fans and the wider industry are now waiting for further updates on her condition, with prayers pouring in from across the country and beyond.
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