Big B shares rare childhood pic of Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle

Amitabh Bachchan's latest social media post gave a glimpse of a never seen before picture of the iconic singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.

Mumbai: Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan on Tuesday treated fans with a photo of the legendary Mangeshkar sisters from their childhood days.

The veteran in Hindi cinema took to Twitter to share the throwback picture.

In a black and white photo, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle can be seen posing in a frock and skirt-top ensemble.

On Tuesday morning, Mangeshkar had tweeted about her spiritual guru Pandit Jammu Maharaj and late poet Narendra Sharma commemorating them on their death anniversary.

In response to Mangeshkar's tweet, Big B posted the photo of the two sisters as children. He captioned the picture in Hindi.

"This is a childhood photograph of Lata ji and Asha ji. I read how Lata ji was remembering her gurus in her tweet earlier today, and suddenly I came across this photograph of her. Telepathy!" wrote Bachchan.

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  आज लता जी के Tweet में पढ़ा कैसे उन्होंने अपने गरुओं को याद किया , और अचानक ये चित्र मुझे मिल गया ! telepathy !! pic.twitter.com/8YLcIPjHRR

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  T 3438 - लता जी , और आशा जी के बचपन का चित्र !
  
  आज लता जी के Tweet में पढ़ा कैसे उन्होंने अपने गरुओं को याद किया , और अचानक ये चित्र मुझे मिल गया ! telepathy !! pic.twitter.com/8YLcIPjHRR

  — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 11, 2020

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  T 3438 - लता जी , और आशा जी के बचपन का चित्र !
  
  आज लता जी के Tweet में पढ़ा कैसे उन्होंने अपने गरुओं को याद किया , और अचानक ये चित्र मुझे मिल गया ! telepathy !! pic.twitter.com/8YLcIPjHRR

  — Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) February 11, 2020

Commenting on his tweet, a fan wrote: "Old is Gold sir".

Another fan commented: "You are an inspiration for all of us."

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On the work front, the Pink actor is awaiting the release of Ayan Mukerji's superhero film Brahmastra. The film, which also stars Alia Bhatt and Ranbir Singh in the lead roles, is scheduled to hit the big screens on December 4, 2020.

He will next be seen in Soojit Sircar's Gulabo Sitabo. For the first time, Ayushmann Khurrana is going to share screen space with the legendary actor in the film.

With inputs from IANS.