Mangeshkar family

The father of this famous musical family, Deenanath Mangeshkar was born in 29 December 1900 in the village of Mangeshi, then in Portuguese India to a temple priest and handmaiden of the deity Mangesh.[4] His father, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe[5] (Abhisheki), was a Karhade Brahmin who served as priest at the famous Mangueshi Temple in Goa and his mother belonged to Gomantak Maratha Samaj.[4] The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar in order to identify his family with his native town - Mangeshi.

The mother of the family, Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra), was Deenanath's second wife; his first wife Narmada was Shevanti's older sister, but she died early.[1] The father of Shevanti and Narmada was a Gujarati businessman and landlord Sheth Haridas Ramdas Lad of Thalner. Lata Mangeshkar learnt Gujarati folk songs such as garbas of Pavagadh from her maternal grandmother.[1][2] Deenanath Mangeshkar had 5 children namely Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar and Hridaynath Mangeshkar.[6]

Lata Mangeshkar is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. She has never married. She is known as the Nightingale of India. She was conferred India's highest civilian award Bharat Ratna in 2001.

Asha Bhosle is best known as a playback singer in Hindi cinema, although she has a wider repertoire. Asha, at the age of 16, had eloped with 31-year-old Ganpatrao Bhosle. They separated in 1960. They had three children and five grandchildren. The eldest of her three children, Hemant Bhosle (named after Hemant Kumar), spent most of his early years as a pilot and quit to have a brief career as a music director. Later he moved to Scotland, where he died in September 2015.[7] Bhosle's daughter Varsha committed suicide on 8 October 2012, she was 56 years old and worked as a columnist for The Sunday Observer and Rediff.[8]

Asha's youngest child, Anand Bhosle, has studied business and film direction. He manages Asha's career. Her grandson, Chaitanya (Chintu) Bhosle (Hemant's son) is a part of the world of music. He is a member of India's first & only boy band, "A Band of Boys".

Hemant Bhosle 's best known composed duets were the Kishore Asha duets like Aji Kaho Kya Haal Hai from An padh picturised on Vijendra Ghatke and Sarika and Salamat Raho Tum from same film Anpadh picturised on Ashok Kumar and Sarika. Her son Hemant died of cancer in 2015. Hemant's son Chaitanya Bhosle is a singer and has few albums to his name.[9]

Asha's first husband Ganpatrao was her personal secretary. Their marriage failed miserably in 1960. Her husband and in-laws mistreated her. After a few years of marriage, Asha was turned out by a suspicious Ganpatrao[10] and she went to her maternal home with two children and pregnant with her third child. She continued to sing in films to earn money. Asha married Rahul Dev Burman in 1980.[11][12][13][14] This was second marriage for both Rahul and Asha. Rahul, 6 years younger than her, earlier got divorced from Rita Patel in 1971.[15]

Usha Mangeshkar is an Indian singer who has recorded many Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, Nepali, Bhojpuri and Gujarati songs. She remained unmarried.

Meena Khadikar is an Indian Marathi and Hindi language playback singer and composer. She is also popular for composing various children's songs. She married to Mr. Khadikar who died around 2011. Her son Yogesh Khadikar has recorded a few songs. Yogesh is married to Jitendra Abhisheki's daughter.

Hridaynath Mangeshkar is a music composer and singer. He is married to Bharati Malvankar Mangeshkar, daughter of Marathi comedian Damuanna Malvankar. They have two sons Aadinath Mangeshkar and Baijnath Mangeshkar and a daughter Radha Mangeshkar. In 2009, Radha launched her debut album Naav Maaza Shaami. She has been trained by Hridaynath and accompanies him in various stage shows.[16]