4 min readNew DelhiUpdated: Apr 12, 2026 03:00 PM IST Veteran singer Asha Bhosle passed away on Sunday, April 12, at the age of 92 at Mumbai Breach Candy Hospital. She sang over 12,000 songs in almost a dozen languages in a career spanning over eight decades, and some of her classics that came out back in the day continue to get the same kind of love from the fans. One of those songs is from the 1971 film Hare Rama Hare Krishna, “Dum Maaro Dum”. The song was filmed on a chillum-smoking character, played by Zeenat Aman, and was filmed against the background of the increasing “hippie culture” as it suggested that the increased usage of drugs was ruining an entire generation. But when the song was filmed and recorded, it seemed to glamourise everything that the film was trying to villainise. The song became an anthem for the youth. Despite the popularity, the song received a lot of criticism at the time and was briefly banned by All India Radio and Doordarshan as …