Lata Mangeshkar is known among people across the country as a music legend who worked as an Indian playback singer and a music director.
She is the singing icon singing for long decades for Hindi films and regarded as the nightingale of Bollywood for the uncountable hits.
She has treated fans with songs that one can feel emotional, songs to dance with, songs to sing along, to enjoy and in all genres.
Some of the hit songs of Lata Mangkeshkar are Lag Ja Gale, Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma Hai, Hamko Hamse Chura Lo, Didi Tera Dewar Dewana, Dushman Na Kare Dost Ne Wo Kiya, Tujhe Dekho To, Dagli Wale Dafli Baja, Kanchi Re Kanchi Re among others.
The queen of melody Lata Mangeshkar was born on 28 September 1929 in Indore. Despite her popularity among people, there are some unknown facts about the 92 years old iconic singer.
1. Lata Mangeshkar has contributed with more than 25, 000 songs in her career of 7 decades: Lataji started her singing career when she was just 13 years old in 1942 by recording a song for a Marathi movie. Since then she has worked for numerous Indian films.
2. Born in Families of performer: People are well aware that Lata is the sister of very talented Asha Bhosle but many have no idea that her entire family is a great performer. Her father used to run a theatre and both her elder sisters Usha and Meea are singers who are not much famous but recorded many Indian songs.
3. Ghulam Haider gave her the first break: Lataji got her first break from Bollywood famous film composer Ghulam Haider who later after partition moved to Lahore of Pakistan. Haider offered Lata to sing the song 'Dil Mera Toda' in 1948 for the film Majboor.
4. The Awards won by Lata Mangeshkar are endless: Lata Mangeshkar has received much-reputed honours for her unique singing talent including 3 National Film Awards, Bharat Ratna, 4 Filmfare Awards and 12 Bengali Film Journalist's Association Awards.
5. Lata Mangeshkar has recorded songs in 36 languages: Apart from her singing in Hindi and Urdu languages Lataji has recorded songs in 36 different languages that include Bengali, Assamese, Tamil, Marathi, Bhojpuri and others
6. Actors and Directors worship Lata Mangeshkar: The recording studio of Lata Mangeshkar is regarded as a temple by many actors and directors. Dilip Kumar often said that the melodious voice of Lataji resides among all actors.
7. Lata Mangeshkar has duets with every great male playback singer: Lata Mangeshkar has sung songs along with top male playback singers whether it be Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar in 40s to 70s or SP Balasubhramanyam, Kumar Sanu in the 80s and 90s. She also sang with modern-day singers like AR Rahman, Sonu Nigam and others
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