R.I.P Lata Mangeshkar: Greatest Singer Ever
Mumbai, 6th Feb 2022: Lata Mangeshkar Was born on 28 September 1929. She was an Indian Playback singer Popular known as 'Sur Kokila" and also Nightingale. She was one of the greatest singers ever in India.
She was born in a Musical family, her father Shree Deenanath Mangeshkar was
also a singer. After the death of her father, her
father's friend helped her to pursue her career in
singing .
Later she became famous for songs
"Dil Mera Toda", "Mujhe Kahi Ka Na Chhoda" which
was composed by the Haider. Her song 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logo' is considers
as one of the most evergreen songs in the history
of Indian music.
She sang this song in front of
the first prime minister Pandit Jawahar Lal
Nehru. This song caught Nehru emotionally
that he wasn't able to control his tears.
She
started the trend of the modern style of singing
putting it above the Mehfil type singing tradition
which was more relevant at that time.
She
sang more than 25 thousand songs in 30
languages throughout the course of her career
Those were the days when the Indian film industry
was enjoying the golden era of music and Lata
Mangeshkar was absolutely ruling that era.
Lata Ji was the voice of a top actress like
Madhubala, Hema Malini, Sridevi and Madhuri
Dixit.
The trio of Lata Ji, Mohammad Rafi and Kishore
Kumar was very popular during that time. A few
of her top Hits included ' Ajeeb Dastan Hai Ye',
Lag Ja Gale', 'Meri Awaaj Meri Pehchan Hai', to
name a few. Her voice will forever be remembered as one of the most melodious
voices ever.
Her voice through her songs has
power that can reduce your stress and
anxiety and will take you to a different world
after hearing them. She was a big inspiration
for many of the later year's talented playback
singers like Alka Yagnik, Shreya Ghoshal and
Sunidhi Chauhan. Bollywood's biggest
production house uses her voice in the intro
score of their movies where the logo of the
production house is displayed.
Her
achievements were simply phenomenal.
In 2001, she was awarded the Bharat
Ratna, India's highest civilian honour for her
contribution to the Indian film fraternity. She
was awarded the national award and film
fare award for the best singer three and four
times respectively.
She was a living legend
We lost our Sur Kokila on 6 February Sunday
morning at 8:12 am. The whole nation was
filled with sorrow. Tribute's poured in from all
over the world. She will forever be remembered
as one of the pioneers of Modern-day Indian
music. Our prayers and well wishes are with her
family and loved ones through these tough
times.
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