Celebrated singer Asha Bhosle recently shared a childhood picture with her late sister Lata Mangeshkar on Instagram. The Queen of Melody Lata breathed her last at 8.12 am on Sunday, February 6 after succumbing to her illness.
Grief-stricken Asha Bhosle took to Instagram to remember her elder sister through a throwback childhood photo and wrote, "Bachpan ke din bhi kya din the. Didi and I" along with a heart emoticon. In the picture, Asha was seen sitting on a pedestal while Lata was standing beside her as the two posed for a family picture. In the background of the picture, Asha ji's song 'Bachpan Ke Din' is heard playing.
As soon as she dropped the post, fans of Lata and Asha flooded the comment section with appreciating messages. Several celebrities, including Hrithik Roshan, Siddhanth Kapoor, and others also dropped a heartfelt comment. A fan wrote, "Mangeshkar ji ub swayam sakshat Maa Saraswati bn gyi hai aur ub vo amar hai kyuki Sangeet bhi Amar hai unki aavaj Amar hai," another wrote, "Huge respect for both you and Lata Maa".
A state funeral was held for Lata Mangeshkar and she was cremated at Shivaji Park in Mumbai Sunday night. Prime Minister Narendra Modi, CM Uddhav Thackeray, Piyush Goel, Sharad Pawar, Shah Rukh Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, Aamir Khan, Shraddha Kapoor, Sachin Tendulkar, Anuradha Podwal, Shankar Mahadevan, Rahul Vaidya, Vidya Balan, and a number of other different celebs and fans attended Lata’s final rites and paid their respects.
Asha Bhosle had collaborated with her elder sister, Lata Mangeshkar, for around 80 songs which became a great hit. Such as Mann Kyun behka re behka aadhi raat ko, Paake akeli mohe chhed raaha, Mere Mehboob Mein Kya Nahin and others.
