LATA MANGESHKAR

 

BORN TO DEENANTH MANGESHKAR AND SHERVANTI , THE NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA LATA MANGESHKAR. LATA MANGESHKAR BORN ON 28TH SEPTEMBER 1929 , IN INDORE . HER FIRST NAME WAS HEMA MANGESHKAR WHICH WAS LATTER CHANGED TO LATA MANGESHKAR BY HER FATHER. SHE STARTED HER MUSIC LESSON FROM HER FATHER . SHE ALSO WORKED AS AN ACTRESS IN HER FATHER'S PLAY. IN 1942 LATA STARTED HER SINGING CAREER AFTER THE DEATH OF HER FATHER DUE TO HEART DISEASES . HER FIRST SONG IS " NACHU YAA GADE , KHELU SAARI MANI HAAU BHARI " WHICH WAS COMPOSED BY SADASHIVRAO NEVREKAR , BUT NEVER RELEASED.  IN 1942 , SHE SANG A "NATALI CHAITRAACHI NAAVLAAI FOR FILM PEHLI MANGALAA GAUR , COMPOSED BY DADA CHANDEKAR . HER FIRST HINDI SONG IS "MATA EK SAPOOT KI DUNIA BADAL DE TU " . SHE MOVED TO MUMBAI IN 1945. SHE STARTED HER LESSON FROM USTAD AMAN ALI KHAN . 

SHE CONTRIBUTED TO INDIAN MUSIC INDUSTRY IN HER CAREER FOR SEVEN DECADES . SHE ALSO GAINED SOME TITLES IN HER CAREER AS NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA ; VOICE OF MILLENIUM ; QUEEN OF MELODY . SHE RECORDED SONGS IN OVER THIRTY SIX INDIAN LANGUAGES AND A FEW FOREIGN LANGUAGES. SHE IS THE FIRST INDIAN TO PERFORM AT ROYAL ALBERT HALL , LONDON . SHE HAD WONED VARIOUS AWARDS . SHE WAS HONOURED WITH DADA SAHEB PHALKE AWARD IN 1987 . SHE WAS AWARDED PADMA BHUSAN IN 1969, PADMA VIVHUSAN IN 1999 . IN 2001 , IN RECOGNITION OF HER CONTRIBUTION TO THE NATION ,SHE WAS AWARDED THE BHARAT RATNA , INDIA'S HIGHEST CIVILLIAN HONOUR AND IS ONLY THE SECOND FEMALE SINGER AFTER M.S SUBBULAKSMI . FRANCE CONFERRED ON HER  ITS HIGHEST CIVILLIAN AWARD , OFFICER OF THE NATIONAL ORDER OF THE LEGIONOF HONOUR , IN 2007 . SHE ALSO AWARDED WITH 3 NATIONAL FILM IN 1972,1974, AND 1990 . SHE WAS AWARDED WITH 15 BENGAL FILM JOURNALISTS ASSOCIATIONS AWARDS . LATAJI ALSO REWARDED WITH 4 FILM FARE BEST FEMALE PLAYBACK AWARDS IN 1959,1963,1966, AND 1970. SHE WAS AWARDED WITH FILMFARE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD IN 1993. FILMFARE SPECIAL AWARD WAS AWARDED IN YEAR 1994 AND 2004.    

SHE DIED AT A AGE OF 92 ON 6TH FEBRUARY 2022 IN MUMBAI. 

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RIP LATAJI 

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