India, April 13 -- A fter a difficult first marriage to Ganpatrao Bhosle, with whom she had three children, Asha Bhosle left while pregnant with their third. She later said her conservative in-laws struggled to accept a singing star as their daughter-in-law. As she rebuilt her life, she found love again with composer Rahul Dev Burman. They began working together in the early 1960s, but Aaja Aaja Main Hoon Pyar Tera from Teesri Manzil (1966) became a turning point for them. Bhosle once recalled that a young Burman had approached her for an autograph after hearing her Marathi songs on the radio. Their friendship grew, and she even encouraged him to complete his education. Burman, six years younger, pursued her for years. Despite opposition from his mother, they married in 1980, the second marriage for both. Together, they created iconic songs such as Dum Maro Dum, Piya Tu Ab To Aaja and Chura Liya Hai Tumne. In a 2025 podcast with RJ Anmol and Amrita Rao, Bhosle said, "He didn't even know he was such a big music director. He made music without ego. People chase money, but if I gave him a diamond, he would say, 'What is this? A stone? Get a good song recorded instead.' That mattered more to him." Differences in lifestyle led them to live separately by the late 1980s. They continued to support each other until Burman's death in 1994. HTC...