The melody queen of Bollywood and the winner of India’s highest civilian honour Bharat Ratan, Lata Mangeshkar turns 80 today. She has spent more than eight decades in the film industry and sung more than 30,000 songs thus far.
Lataji once said that Meri Awaz hi meri pehchan hai… and she wants to continue her singing till her last breath. On her 80th birthday, everyone is queued to wish best wishes to Lataji.
Born on September 28, 1929 at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Lata ji is the elder daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, who was a classical singer and theater actor, and mother Shudhhanati. She started her career at the age of 13 and has never looked back since then. She has one brother Hridayanath Mangeshkar and three sisters Asha Bhosle, Usha mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar.
From the year 1974 to 1991, Lata di was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records for having made the most recordings in the world. She had sung every type of song, whether it is semi classical or film songs, ghazals or bhajans. Lataji is still ruling the industry from the front.
Lata Mangeshkar has won many awards throughout her life such as Padam Bhushan in 1969, Padam Vibhushan in 1999, Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1989, NTR National Award in 1999, Bharat Ratan in 2001. She was also greeted with three national Film Awards and 12 Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards. She won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in the year1993.
No doubt Latadi has worked with every big music director and singer in the industry, but she had a special bond with Laxmikant Pyarelaal.
Talking to reporters on her birthday eve, the melody queen said, “"They didn't want to work with any other female singer but me. They offered me songs from Bobby, I had at first because Raj Kapoor and I had been in an argument over royalty of songs. They said if I didn't sing, they would drop the project altogether. It was a big film and I did not want them to lose out. I agreed but only after Raj Kapoor had said yes to the royalty.”
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