The father of this famous musical family, Deenanath Mangeshkar, was born on 29 December 1900 in the village of Mangeshi (then in Portuguese India) to a temple pujari and handmaiden of the deity Mangesh.
[1] His father, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe[2] (Abhisheki), was a married Karhade Brahmin who served as pujari at the famous Mangueshi Temple in Goa, and his mother was Ganesh's mistress, Yesubai, belonging to Gomantak Maratha Samaj.
[1] Since Deenanath's parents were not married to each other, he did not inherit his father's Brahmin caste and surname.
[6] Asha's youngest child, Anand Bhosle, has studied business and film direction.
Her grandson, Chaitanya (Chintu) Bhosle (Hemant's son) is a part of the world of music.
Hemant Bhosle's best known compositions were the Kishore-Asha duets, such as Aji Kaho Kya Haal Hai from the film Anpadh, lip-synched by Vijendra Ghatke and Sarika, and Salamat Raho Tum from the same film, lip-synched by Ashok Kumar and Sarika.
After a few years of marriage, Asha was turned out by a suspicious Ganpatrao,[8] and she went to her maternal home with two children and pregnant with her third child.
[13] Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Gujarati songs.
Meena Khadikar is an Indian Marathi and Hindi language playback singer and composer.