Published 13:33 IST, September 9th 2019

Asha Bhosle gets big b'day wishes from Canada PM Justin Trudeau

Music icon and veteran singer Asha Bhosle has received a special birthday message from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as she turned 86 on Sunday.

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Music icon and veteran singer Asha Bhosle has received a special birthday mess from Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as she turned 86 on Sunday. Trudeau has sent her a signed birthday te, which read: "It is a great pleasure to send you best wishes and warmest congratulations on occasion of your eighty-fifth birthday."

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singer, while expressing her happiness about mess, shared picture of te on her Twitter p. She said that she was happy to have contributed in putting India on world music map.

 

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Celebrations in Dubai

Bhosale looked radiant in a blue and pink saree as she brought in her birthday with several friends and family members with enthusiastic celebrations in Dubai. She went live on Twitter to document her celebrations for her fans.

She also took a moment to thank everyone right before cutting her birthday cake.

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Celebrities wish Asha

On her special day, many celebrities took to Twitter to share ir best wishes with singer. Her elder sister Lata Mangeshkar blessed and wished her on Twitter with a video of one of Bhosle's tracks from 1963 film "Dil Hi To Hai". Apart from that, veteran actor Rishi Kapoor, filmmaker Madhur Bhandarkar, and actor Kajol also tweeted out ir birthday wishes to her.

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Fondly kwn as ‘Asha Tai,’ Asha Bhosle was born in 1933 and has been a singer since 10 years of . With a career that started in 1943 and that w spans vastly over seven decades, 86-year-old has sung countless hit songs such as "Raat Akeli Hai", "Kajra Mohabbat Wala", "Dum Maro Dum", and "Zara Sa Jhoom Loon Main.”

She has been houred with many awards for her melodious voice including highest civilian awards in India, including Dadasaheb Phalke Award and Padma Vibhushan.

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Netizens react to Justin Trudeau's personalised birthday wishes to Asha Bhosle

Many Twitter users, while wishing singer on her birthday also reacted to news of Canadian PM wishing her. y said that y were proud of her achievements and that she was 'truly deserving' of personalised birthday wishes.

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13:01 IST, September 9th 2019