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From lovingly cooking mutton biryani at home to offering sharp studio insights, Chin2 Bhosle recalls Asha Bhosle’s warmth, discipline and musical brilliance beyond the spotlight

In a lighter vein, Chin2 Bhosle loved to call his grandmother Asha Bhosle by a different name. He says, “I would call her ‘Annapurna Devi’. If we were hungry, we knew where to go, as she would cook the most delicious meal and serve it personally. She would make wonderful mutton biryani and tisrya. Among vegetarian dishes, my favourite was pithla.”

Chin2, a singer and music educator, says the legendary singer’s death on April 12 was unexpected. He says, “Just a week before she passed away, I had gone to her place in Lower Parel and the maid said she had gone out. Apparently, she had gone to watch a play in Vile Parle. That was her. She had become frail, but lived life till the very end.”

The son of Asha Bhosle’s elder son Hemant, Chin2 got to know her only after he turned 23. He recalls, “I spent my younger days staying with my mother. I didn’t stay with Asha Ji as such, and I don’t have any childhood memories to talk of. I knew the impact she and my aunt Lata Mangeshkar had on the music world, but I personally was drawn to western music, beginning with the Beatles.”

After completing his management, Chin2 joined the company Percept. They were involved with the launch of a new song that Asha had recorded with the British boy band Code Red. He says, “It was then that I got to interact with her properly. She was so warm, and she welcomed me wholeheartedly. We soon began meeting frequently, and our bonding developed.”