In India, the first name came in your mind when you heard the music is Lata Mangeshkar. Late Mangeskar defines Music. She is also known as the 'Nightingale of India', and was one of the most versatile singers in the Indian film industry. Lata was born on September 28, 1929, to classical singer and theatre artist Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and Shevanti in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. She lent her voice to over 5,000 songs in over a thousand Hindi and 36 regional films. She had an unprecedented impact on Indian film music. Since 1942. She has given various Big song in her career span but in an old interview she herself revealed that once she was rejected for her thin voice.
In an old interview speaking of incident Lata said, “Our S. It was Mukherjee sahib, who was the owner of Filmistan. At that time the film Shaheed was being made, whose music was by master Ghulam Haider Sahab. He heard me and said that I want to record your song. He said you sing the same song – don’t cry bubbles here. I was a fan of Noor Jahan, so I sang that song. This song was wanted for Kamini Kaushal, Yusuf Bhai (Dilip Kumar) was a hero. When Mukherjee sahib heard it, he started saying – no, this voice is too thin, my heroine will not suit."
Another shocking fact about her is that when Lata debuted her playback singing career with the 1942 Marathi movie Kiti Hasaal, the song was edited out from the final cut of the film. It was in 1948 that Lata Didi got her first major break with the song “Dil Mera Toda, Mujhe Kahin Ka Na Chhora”
Awards and Recognition
In 1974, Lata Mangeshkar became the first Indian to perform at the Royal Albert Hall. She is the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more. Lata Mangeshkar was bestowed with the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989. In 2001, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour. The government of France conferred on her its highest civilian award (Officer of the Legion of Honour) in 2007.
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