A portrait of singer Asha Bhosle, taken in Sydney, Australia in 2007. Steven Siewert/Fairfax Media via Getty Images hide caption

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A portrait of singer Asha Bhosle, taken in Sydney, Australia in 2007.

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One of the giants of the Indian movie and music industries has died. Asha Bhosle, who gave voice to hundreds of movie characters as a Bollywood playback singer, died Sunday at age 92. Her son Anand Bhosle confirmed her death to Indian media.

As a playback singer, Bhosle's specialty was recording the songs used in movie scores for actresses to lip-sync on screen.…