Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar is popularly known as Swar Kokila. He has sung more than 30 thousand songs in different Indian languages. According to Lata Mangeshkar, if her father was alive, she could never have become a singer. Actually, Lata didi never had the courage to sing in front of her father. Many stories related to the life of Lata didi are famous. And we often get to hear about all this. Today we are going to tell you an anecdote related to Lata Mangeshkar and her younger sister Asha Bhosle.
Lata didi, who spread the magic of her unique voice in Hindi cinema, started working at the age of 13. Due to the untimely death of his father, the entire responsibility of maintaining the house fell on him. Being the eldest daughter of the family, Lata fulfilled this responsibility very well. And when her younger sister Asha grew up, Lata ji expected the same responsibility and seriousness from her too. But Asha was of a different mood since childhood. He did not like to be bound by any kind of rules. And they chose their different paths.
At the age of 16, Asha married Ganpatrao Bhonsle. Ganpatrao was 31 years old at that time. Very few people know that Ganpatrao used to be Lata Mangeshkar’s secretary at that time. When Lata ji came to know about this marriage, she was furious at Asha ji. In an interview, Asha ji herself had told that Lata ji did not approve of this relationship between her and Ganpatrao. After this a lot of distance came between the two sisters, and for a long time there was no talk between the two.
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Asha Bhosle had severed all ties with the family at that time. Asha Bhosle started her marriage after separating from the whole family. However, later everything went well between the two. And the distances in the relationship also disappeared. Lata Mangeshkar had also said this in interviews that she felt that this relationship would not be right for her younger sister and it happened. Asha Bhosle and Ganpatrao had three children, but their marriage ended at a very bitter turn. Both got separated. After this Asha Bhosle married RD Burman.
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