Lata mangeshkar song video

When Lata Mangeshkar Revealed That She Was Being Poisoned Slowly (Picture Credit: IMDB) Lata Mangeshkar once said, “Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchan Hai…” in a song and how right she was?! The veteran singer passed away last year in February and left a permanent vacuum in Lata ji has set several records for singing the maximum number of songs in her lifetime. But there was a time once when she was bedridden for months. Scroll on to learn details. While talking to Nasreen Munni Kabir in the book Lata Mangeshkar in Her Own Voice, the late veteran singer said, “In 1962, I fell very ill for about three months. One day, I woke up feeling very uneasy in my stomach. And then I started throwing up — it was terrible, the vomit was a greenish colour. The doctor came and even brought an X-ray machine home because I could not move. He x-rayed my stomach and said I was being slowly poisoned.”

He said in Marathi, “I have given you the status of mother and I am like your son. So I request you to sing the song Tu Jahan Jahan Chaelga." Lata replied to him, “I am too excited so I am not sure if I will be able to sing properly,” and went on to sing the song, leaving the entire gathering mesmerised with her soothing voice. Lata Mangeshkar also spoke in praise of Sachin and added, “Who doesn't praise him! He deserve this appreciation." She recalled one of her first meetings with him at Raj Thackeray's residence and shared how he impressed her with his reply to a mediaperson. She said when a mediaperson asked Sachin to share his thoughts about Lata, he replied to him, “Apni ma ke baare mein main kya bolu (What do I say about my mom)?” Several years later, Sachin shared a picture with Lata Mangeshkar and wrote, “Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega, Mera Saaya Saath Hoga'. Lata didi main yeh gaana sun raha hoon aur mere paas lafz nahi hai baayan karne ke liye ki main kaisa mehsoos kar raha hoon. Main bas itna kehna chahunga ki.. tumcha aashirwaad majhyavar sadaiv aso! Mazha manapasun. (Lata didi, I am listening to this song and I don't have words to express how am I feeling. I just want to say that may you always bestow your blessings over me)."