‘Asha Bhosle was a tomboy when she eloped,’ recalls sister Usha: ‘Always getting into fights’ | Bollywood News
3 min readMumbaiJul 4, 2026 02:01 PM IST The world is still grieving the loss of Asha Bhosle, who passed away earlier this year. Her contribution to Indian music will be remembered for generations to come. Recently, her sister, Usha Mangeshkar, recalled the first time she got the opportunity to sing a duet with Asha. It also marked their first meeting after Asha had eloped with her husband, Ganpatrao Bhosle, when she was just 16 years old. Ganpatrao was nearly 20 years older than her. ‘Asha Bhosle had just become a mother’ Recalling how emotional it was to see Asha again after nearly a decade, Usha told Filmfare, “It was the first time I was seeing her after marriage. She had just become a mother to Hemant. She left home when she was around 14-15. And now, after all those years, that was the first time I saw her again.” She added that she was stunned by how much Asha had changed. “Before that, I only remembered her as a little tomboy, wearing pants and …
