Asha Bhosle was 16 when she eloped with the considerably older Ganpatrao Bhosle, who was her sister Lata Mangeshkar’s secretary. The Mangeshkar family cast her out after this incident and the early years of her career were marked by both personal and professional struggles. In the 1960s Asha formed a popular singing partnership with Mohd. Rafi, and they recorded many Bollywood hits such as “Abhi Na Jaao Chhod Kar” (1961; Hum Dono) and “Deewana Hua Badal” (1964; Kashmir Ki Kali). This was a period of a royalty-related dispute between Rafi and Lata, which led to a break in the dominant Rafi-Lata duet pairing. This hiatus helped to create space for other female voices to flourish in mainstream Hindi film music, resulting in several collaborations between Asha and Rafi.
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