On May 25, Asha Bhosle’s biography titled ‘Asha Bhosle: A Life In Music’ was released by Amaryllis, an imprint of Manjul Publishing House, written by Ramya Sarma, it deals with unknown aspects of life, some of which are absolutely shocking. One such astonishing episode from her life was published in Mid-Day dated May 22.
SHOCKING: Asha Bhosle opens up for the FIRST time on her sadist husband, suicide attempt in her biography: “I was four months pregnant…I was in mental agony. So, I swallowed a bottle of sleeping tablets”
The book reveals that in 1949, Asha Bhosle, then just 16, eloped with Ganpatrao Bhosle. Her elder sister, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, was not happy about the union and she did not speak to Asha for a long time, as per a quote attributed to the latter.
Ganpatrao Bhosle was 20 years older than her and soon the love marriage turned sour. The book stated, “Rumour has it that Ganpatrao was a drunkard who beat his wife even when she was pregnant, very often resulting in her needing hospitalization.”
It also carried a quote from Asha, “The family was very conservative, and they could not handle a singing star for a daughter-in-law. My husband was short-tempered. Maybe he liked to inflict pain, maybe he was a sadist. But no one would hear about it outside. I gave him respect, never questioning what he did. I just did my duty as per Hindu dharma.”
When Asha Bhosle was expecting her third child, Anand, she was asked by her in-laws to leave. She was hospitalized and this is when she decided to commit suicide. Asha Bhosle said, “On one occasion I felt I should kill myself. I was ill. I was four months pregnant and found myself in hospital where the conditions were so bad that I thought I had landed in hell. I was in mental agony. So, I swallowed a bottle of sleeping tablets. But the love I had for my unborn child was so strong that I did not die. I was dragged back to life, to living.”
Ramya Sarma remarked that the painful marriage “would logically have put emotion into her voice too, adding pathos, sorrow, depth and empathy to her music”.
Heartbreakingly, many years later, Asha Bhosle’s daughter Varsha also tried to end her life in a similar fashion. As per reports, in 2008, she reportedly attempted suicide by consuming sleeping pills while undergoing treatment at Mumbai’s Jaslok Hospital. In October 2012, she ended her life by shooting herself.
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