Lata Mangeshkar (About this sound pronunciation (help·info)) (born 28 September 1929) is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.[2][3] She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, and Bengali. In recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor, in 2001. She is the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi to receive this honor.[4] She is the recipient of three National Film Awards, 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. She was the first Indian to perform in Royal Albert Hall in 1974. France conferred on her its highest civilian award (Officer of the Legion of Honour) in 2007. She has four siblings—Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar—of which she is the eldest.
Lata Mangeshkar was born to a Marathi father and a Gujarati mother[5] in the city of Indore, which was in the princely state of Indore, which was part of the Central India Agency in British India (present-day Madhya Pradesh, India). Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theatre actor. Her mother Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra), was Deenanath's second wife; his first wife Narmada was Shevanti's older sister, but she died early.[6] Mangeshkar's paternal grandfather, Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki), was a Goan Padye Brahmin priest who performed the abhishekam of the Shiva lingam at the Mangueshi Temple in Goa and her paternal grandmother, Yesubai Rane, belonged to the Gomantak Maratha Samaj devdasi community of Goa. Mangeshkar's maternal grandfather was Gujarati businessman, Seth Haridas Ramdas Lad, the most prosperous businessman and landlord of Thalner, and Mangeshkar learnt Gujarati folk songs such as garbas of Pavagadh from her maternal grandmother.[5][6] The family's last name used to be Hardikar; Deenanath changed it to Mangeshkar in order to identify his family with his native town, Mangeshi in Goa. Lata was named "Hema" at her birth. Her parents later renamed her Lata after a female character, Latika, in one of her father's plays, BhaawBandhan.[7] Mangeshkar is the eldest child of her parents. Meena, Asha, Usha and Hridaynath are her siblings in sequence. Mangeshkar took her first lesson from her father. At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her father's musical plays (Sangeet Natak in Marathi). On the first day in school, she started teaching songs to other children. When the teacher stopped her, she was so angry that she stopped going to the school.[7] Other sources cite that she left school because they would not allow her to bring Asha with her, as she would often bring her younger sister with her.
Lata Mangeshkar is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.
Lata Mangeshkar is an Indian playback singer and music director. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.
| # | Released Date | Type | Credited As | Movie |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 31 Aug 2018 | Film | Singer | Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se |
| 2 | 28 Jul 2016 | Film | Singer | Dunno Y 2....Life Is A Moment |
| 3 | 18 Mar 2016 | Film | Singer | Pinjra |
| 4 | 03 Jan 2014 | Film | Singer | Sholay 3D |
| 5 | 25 Feb 2011 | Film | Singer | Satrangee Parachute |
| 6 | 12 Nov 2010 | Film | Singer | Dunno Y Na Jaane Kyun |
| 7 | 20 Aug 2010 | Film | Singer | Aai Tujha Aashirwad |
| 8 | 06 Nov 2009 | Film | Singer | Jail |
| 9 | 01 Jan 2008 | Film | Singer | Umariya Kaili Tohre Naam |
| 10 | 14 Dec 2007 | Film | Singer | Strangers |
