The nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, who has charmed the people in India and across the globe with her melodious voice by singing over 50,000 songs as a playback singer in films at least in 14 languages. Perhaps, she must have been the most recorded voice in the history of this century.
Born on 28th [...]
Nickname: Anandadhan
Date of Birth: 28 september, 1929
City: Sikh Mohalla, Indore, Madhya Pradesh
Country: India
Mother: Shudhhamati
Father: Pt. Deenanath Mangeshkar
Siblings: sisters Meena, Asha, Usha and brouther Hridaynath
Favorite Literary Works: Khalil, Gibran, Chekov and Tolstoy
Favorite Classical Singers: Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan and Ustad Ameer Khan
Favorite Playback Singers: K.L.Saigal and Noorjehan
Favorite Film Makers: Guru Dutt, Bimal Royand Satyajit [...]
Lataji’s first recording was for the Marathi film Kiti Hasal in 1942 but her song never made it in the film. Her next effort was the song Natli Chaitrachi Navalai for the 1942 Marathi film Phili Mangalagaur. This would become Lataji’s first playback song. Incidently, her first Hindi song Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya [...]
Read More...It is very difficult to make comparison between the two queens. Both are the genius of the age, both sing with equal ease and have command of classical music. While both are the artistic paragons of perfection it is not easy to say who is the better of the two. Lata has a voice [...]
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