Asha Bhosle Dies at 92; Kamal Haasan Pays Tribute

Asha Bhosle, the legendary Hindi playback singer, died on April 12, 2026, at the age of 92 at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. She had been admitted the previous evening with severe exhaustion and a chest infection; age-related complications led to multi-organ failure despite treatment. Her last rites were held with full state honours at Shivaji Park in Dadar, attended by film industry figures, politicians, and fans. Kamal Haasan was among the first prominent voices to respond publicly, posting a montage on social media drawn from their collaboration on the 1997 Hindi comedy Chachi 420, in which Bhosle contributed multiple vocal tracks. The film, a Hindi remake of Haasan's own 1996 Tamil production Avvai Shanmugi, itself adapted from the 1993 Hollywood film Mrs. Doubtfire, became a mainstream family entertainer built in part on its musical identity. Haasan's caption, written in Hindi, addressed Bhosle as a permanent singer-companion. Tributes from across the South Indian film industry followed, underscoring her reach beyond Bollywood into multilingual Indian cinema.