Lata mangeshkar

Indian Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeshkar in 2013. STRDEL/AFP via Getty Images Lata Mangeshkar, one of the most enduring and popular singers in the history of Bollywood, has died at 92. She died in Mumbai, where she had been hospitalized with pneumonia and COVID-19. Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted that he's "anguished beyond words." Across India, government buildings are flying their flags at half-staff. Over the course of some 60 years, Mangeshkar recorded songs for more than 2,000 Indian films, giving voice to sweet, noble heroines onscreen. Her high, honeyed voice did as much to shape a film as its script or the actors, and millions of fans worldwide reveled in its sound. She was one of less than a handful of musical artists to ever win the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian award (which she won in 2001), and only the second recipient to come from the world of film. Primarily, Mangeshkar was what is known as a "playback" singer: she recorded songs used in movie soundtracks, which actresses would then lip-sync onscreen. She was the singing voice for generations of actresses ranging from Madhubala in 1960's Mughal-E-Azam to Kajol in 1995's Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge, one of the top-grossing Indian films of all time and now headed to Yash Raj Films YouTube Mangeshkar was born Sept. 28, 1929, in the city of Indore. Her father, Deenanath Mangeshkar, was an accomplished actor and North Indian (Hindustani) classical singer and actor before his death when Mange...

Further information: 1940s [ ] 1945 [ ] Film Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) Janani janambhooh mi... Tum maa ho badi maa K. Dutta Meenakshi Mata tere charnon men Ishawarlal, Chorus 1946 [ ] Film Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) Chidiya bole choon choon maina bole hoon Vasant Desai Pyare bapu ki Tufail Farooqi Main khili khili phulvari Vasant Desai Piya aayega gori shudh na bisaar Sanwariya o basuriya o bajaai gayo re Ab kaun sunega mere man ki baat Datta Daavjekar Ek naye rang men duje umang men Chalo Ho Gayi Taiyar 1947 [ ] Film Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) Paa laguu kar joda jodi hori shyam mose na Paigankar and Karnard Mohammed Rafi Jawani ki rel chali C. Ramchandra Geeta Dutt, C. Ramchandra 1948 [ ] Film Song Composer(s) Writer(s) Co-artist(s) Main to naacho chhama chham naach re S. Parsekar Aye dil meri wafa men Anil Biswas Ira Nagrath Aye dil Meri Wafa Ek dil ka lagana Bhola bhala ri mera Ghadi ghadi poocho na Jevan sapna toot gaya Mere liye wo gham e intezaar Mere phoolon men chhipi hai Yaad rakhna chand Yaad rakhna chand Mukesh Sajna re tori kaun dagariya Khemchand Prakash Chet chet kar chal madhur nar Door jaye re raah meri aaj teri raah se Ek moorat manohar meri ankhiyan ko tarse Kit jaye base he murari tohe dhoondhat radha Sab se ki durfishani phoolon ka samiyana N. Bhattacharya Aye duniya ki malik mujhe tujhse mila hai Premnath Jab dil men tere dard Meri naav chale dheere dheere Ankh meri lad gayi Hansraj Behl Inder Goyal Tere nainon m...

Pop Culture Quiz After Mangeshkar recorded the hit “Uthaye ja unke sitam” in Barsaat (1949), Satyam shivam sundaram (1978), and Maine pyar kiya (1989). Notable among her concert performances was her wartime rendition of the poet Pradeep’s patriotic song “ Ae mere watan ke logo,” which moved Indian Prime Minister In 1991 Mangeshkar was credited with having made 30,000 solo, duet, and chorus-backed song recordings in 14 Indian languages between 1948 and 1987. She won four Filmfare awards ( Filmfare is a noted Indian film magazine) for her song “Aaja re pardesi” from the film Bees saal baad (1962), for “Tumhi mere mandir” from the film Khandaan (1965), and for “Aap mujhe acchhe lagne lage” from the film Jeene ki raah (1969). She was awarded the Padma Vibhushan, one of This article was most recently revised and updated by

Lata Mangeshkar’s music was heard constantly across India, in shops, restaurants, taxis or on the radio, and she became known as ‘Didi’, or sister. Photograph: Prodip Guha/Getty Images Lata Mangeshkar’s music was heard constantly across India, in shops, restaurants, taxis or on the radio, and she became known as ‘Didi’, or sister. Photograph: Prodip Guha/Getty Images Her output was extraordinary – she is estimated to have recorded some 25,000 songs, which appeared in more than a 1,000 Hindi films, and she also sang in more than 20 different Indian languages. With an impressive vocal range, covering four octaves, she became massively popular with film directors for her ability to understand the context in which her songs would be used. Lata Mangeshkar in the 1940s Mangeshkar did not just sing, but made sure that her performance matched the storyline and the character, saying that she always read the lyrics and listened to the tune before agreeing to sing. She first came to national fame in India with the song Aayega Aanewala (meaning “the one who is destined to come will definitely come”), which she recorded in 1949 while still a teenager. A charming and dramatic song, which featured in the film Mahal that year, it was the start of a remarkable career in which she interpreted work by all the major Indian film composers. For more than three decades she recorded hundreds of songs by the composing duo of Laxmikant-Pyarelal (Laxmikant Shantaram Kudalkar and Pyarelal Ramprasad S...