Asha Bhosle, the lady who ruled Indian music industry for more than 70 years and recorded over 11000 superhit songs, has been felicitated with 5th Yash Chopra Memorial Award.
The award was presented to Asha Bhosle by legendary actress Rekha who herself has won it.
About Yash Chopra Memorial Award
- The award has been constituted in the memory of renowned film director Yash Chopra who died in 2012. MP T Subbarami in association with Anu Ranjan and Shashi Ranjan are the founding members of the award which carries a cash prize of Rs 10 lakh.
- The previous recipients of the award were Lata Mangeshkar, Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Shah Rukh Khan.
About Asha Bhosle
- Asha Bhosle is an Indian singer who started her career in 1943 and has spanned over six decades. She has done playback singing for over a thousand Bollywood movies.
- Her work includes film music, pop, ghazals, bhajans, traditional Indian classical music, folk songs, qawwalis, and Rabindra Sangeets. In 2011, she was officially recognised by the Guinness Book of World Records as the most recorded artist in music history.
