Lata mangeshkar death 2022

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...

• • • • Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by a billion people in South Asia, has died, her doctor said. She was 92. The iconic singer died of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, Dr. Pratit Samdani told reporters. She was hospitalized on Jan. 11 after contracting COVID-19. India declared two days of national mourning and said Mangeshkar will be given a state funeral and that the country’s flag will fly at half-staff, the public broadcaster Doordarshan said on Twitter. Condolence messages poured in immediately after her death was announced. “I am anguished beyond words,” Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in a tweet. “She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerize people.” Feeling numb. Devastated. Yesterday was Saraswati Puja & today Ma took her blessed one with her. Somehow it feels that even the birds, trees & wind are silent today. Swar Kokila Bharat Ratna Over the course of nearly eight decades, Mangeshkar was a major presence as a playback singer, singing songs that were later lip-synced by actors in India’s lavish Bollywood musicals. She was also fondly revered as the “Melody Queen” and “Nightingale of India.” Mangeshkar’s songs, always filled with emotion, were often sad and mostly dealt with unrequited love, but others involved nat...

1 Lata Mangeshakar is one if India's most celebrated and influential singers Credit: AP Who was Lata Mangeshkar? Lata Mangeshkar was widely considered one of India's most celebrated and influential singers. She was born in Madhya Pradesh to a musical family. Her father was an actor and classical singer and her siblings are musicians too. After the death of her father when she was 13, a family friend and production company owner supported the family and helped kickstart her career. She debuted acting in Marathi and Hindi cinema, but singing was her passion. Her career spanned eight decades and she revered as the "Melody Queen", performing more than 15,000 songs in more than a dozen languages, including one of the defining songs of Bollywood films. She was celebrated not only in neighbouring Pakistan and Bangladesh but also in western countries, Africa and the Middle East. 'KILLER' REVEALED Nottingham suspect named as ex-engineering student from victims' uni What were her most famous songs? Her career-defining moment came in the film Mughal-e-Azam, a romantic tragedy from 1960. The film's iconic song Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya? (Why fear if you are in love?) is considered one of the defining songs of Bollywood films. Her song Aye Mere Waten ke Log, commemorating Indian soldiers who died in the 1962 war with China, is considered second to India's national anthem and moved the then-prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru to tears when she sang it in his presence. Many of the songs she per...