Lata Mangeshkar is one of India’s most famous playback singers. She is said to have sung songs in 36 Indian and foreign languages. Lata has been singing professionally since the age of 13 and has taught her voice to four generations of Bollywood actresses. Let’s focus on her personal and professional life.
Biography/Wiki
Lata Mangeshkar was born on Saturday, September 28, 1929, in Indore, Indore, British Central India (age 92; at time of death). Her birth name was “Hema” but was later renamed Lata by her parents after the female character Latika in one of her father’s plays “Bhaaw Bhandhan”. Lata has loved music since she was a child. On the first day of school, she started teaching the children to sing, and when the teacher intervened, she became so angry that she stopped going to school.
Lata Mangeshkar childhood photos
Lata got her first music lessons from her father Deenanath Mangeshkar. At the age of 5, she began acting in her father’s musicals. In 1942, when she was only 13, her father died of a heart attack. It was then that her father’s close friend Guru Vinayak took care of her family and helped Lata start a career as an actress and singer.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5’1”
Eye color: black
Hair Color: Salt and Pepper
family, caste and husband
Lata was born into a Maratha Hindu family. Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theater actor, and her mother, Shevanti, was a Gujarati woman and her father’s second child. wife.
Lata Mangeshkar and her father
Lata Mangeshkar and her mother
Lata Mangeshkar’s mother Shevanti
She has a brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar and 3 sisters: Meena Khadikar, Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar.
Lata Mangeshkar and her siblings
The family surname was earlier Hardikar which was later changed to Mangeshkar by her father as he wanted to associate his family with his hometown town of Mangesh in Goa. She is not married but is allegedly in a relationship with music director Bhupen Hazarika.
Lata Mangeshkar and Bhupan Hazarika
Profession
In 1942, Mangeshkar sang her first song “Naachu Yaa Gade, Khelu Saari Mani Haus Bhaari” for the Marathi film “Kitni Hasaal”. However, the song was removed from the final cut. She played a small role in Navyug Chitrapat’s Marathi film Pahili Mangalaa-gaur and made her debut with “Natali Chaitraachi Navalaai” in it. In 1943, she sang her first Hindi song “Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu” for the Marathi film “Gajaabhaau”.
[1945年，她搬到孟买，开始跟随乌斯塔德·阿马纳特·阿里·汗(UstadAmanatAliKhan)学习古典音乐。拉塔(Lata)和她的妹妹阿莎(Asha)在Vinayak的第一部印地语电影《BadiMaa》（1945年）中扮演了一些小角色。在《BadiMaa》中，她还唱了一首巴赞“MaataTereCharnonMein”。在她最初的日子里，她面临着许多拒绝，因为作曲家发现她的声音“太薄弱”，对此古拉姆·海德尔回答说，“未来几年，制片人和导演会“跪倒在拉塔脚下”并“恳求她”在他们的电影中唱歌”。后来在GhulamHaider的指导下，Mangeshkar从电影Majboor(1948)中获得了突破性的“DilMeraTodaMujheKahinKaNaChhora”。在那一刻，她宣布海德尔为她的教父。
曼格什卡在电影《泰姬陵》中演唱了女演员马杜巴拉在银幕上演唱的《Ayega Anewala》后，获得了很高的人气。这是她人生的转折点，她开始从当时所有顶尖的音乐总监那里得到工作。她为 SD Burman、Salil Chowdhury、Naushad、Shankar Jaikishan、Madan Mohan、Kalyanki-Anandji、Khayyam 和 Pandit Amarnath Husanlal Bhagat Ram 等导演进行回放演唱。
In the 1950s, Lata sang in successful films such as “Mother India”, “Devdas” and “Chori Chori”, and won her first Filmfare Award for Best Female Singer for the song “Aaja Re Pardesi” in the film “Madhumati”.
She has sung songs in different genres for various music directors. From westernized songs like Ajeeb Dastan Hain Yeh, to Ragas like Mohe Bhool Gaye Saawariya, and Bhajans like Allah Tero Naam, she has done justice to all of them. In the 1960s, Lata was the voice behind some of the most glamorous actresses of the time. On January 27, 1963, the patriotic song “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon” sung by Mangeshkar during the Sino-Indian War moved the then Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and other dignitaries to tears. Lata has collaborated on several songs with famous male singers such as Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar, Mukesh, Mahendra Kapoor, Manna Dey and Mohammed Rafi. Her duets with Kishore Kumar like “Kora Kagaz”, “Tere Bina Zindagi Se” and “Aap Ki Aakhon Me” spelled some unforgettable musical magic. Apart from singing, she has also composed music for Marathi films Ram Ram Pavane, Maratha Tituka Melvana, Mohityanchi Manjula, Sadhi Manase and Tambadi Mati. Lata also made three Hindi films, Jhaanjhar (1953), Kanchan (1955), Lekin (1990) and one Marathi film Vaadal (1953 ).
In the 1990s, due to health problems, she gradually reduced her workload and sang only selected songs.
dispute
- Lata Mangeshkar refused to work with composer SD Burman for seven years because he allegedly laid the foundation for her career.
- In 1962, Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammad Rafi had a rift over royalties. Lata wanted a share of the music album, while Rafi advocated just taking a salary.
Awards and Honors
- National Award for Best Female Singer Paricha (1972)
- National Award for Best Female Singer Kora Kagaz (1974)
- Lekin won the National Award for Best Female Vocalist (1990)
- “Aaja Re Pardesi” (1959) won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Singer
- Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil (1963) won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Singer
- Film Audience Award for Best Female Playback Singer Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja (1966)
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Singer for Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage (1970)
- Dada Saheb Falk Award (1989)
- Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award (1994)
- Didi Tera Devar Deewana won Filmfare Special Award (1995)
- Bharat Ratna(2001)
- One-time Lifetime Achievement Award to Commemorate the 60th Anniversary of India’s Independence
- 15 Bangladesh Film Journalists Association Awards
- In September 2019, on her 90th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi awarded her the title of “Daughter of the Nation” in recognition of her contribution to Indian music.
Favorites
- Lata likes to eat spicy food and drink Coca-Cola.
Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar
Lata Mangeshkar and Atal Bihari Vajpayee
- Destiny (1943) and the James Bond series are her all-time favorite films.
- She enjoyed working with music directors Ghulam Haider, Madan Mohan, Laxmikant Pyareral and AR Rahman.
Lata Mangeshkar and AR Rahman
- Her favorite actresses are Nargis and Meena Kumari.
- Her favorite travel destination is Los Angeles.
die
In 2022, she tested positive for COVID-19 and also suffered from pneumonia. After recovering, she developed multiple COVID-19 complications and died of multiple organ failure on February 6, 2022, at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. Many Indian celebrities including Shah Rukh Khan, Sachin Tendulkar and Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid their last respects to Lata Mangeshkar at the Shivaji Park Crematorium in Mumbai. Two days of national mourning followed in memory of the legendary singer.
Facts/Trivia
- She owns a Mercedes Benz car.
- Her hobbies are watching cricket and cycling.
- Lata made her public debut in 1938 at the Nutan Theater in Solapur. She sang Raag Khambavati and two Marathi songs.
- When Dilip Kumar pointed out her Maharashtrian accent while singing Urdu songs, she went to Urdu teacher Shafi for Urdu lessons.
- Lata became the oldest winner of the National Film Award for Best Female Singer for “Lekin”.
- She had some problems with her vocal cords in the 1960s, and she insured her voice.
- She has sung a total of 712 songs for Laxmikant Pyareral. This is the most songs she has ever recorded for anyone.
- In 1984, the Madhya Pradesh government established the Lata Mangeshkar Award, followed by the Maharashtra government in 1992.
- Lata learned music from Deenanath Mangeshkar (father), Ustad Amanat Ali Khan, Amanat Khan, Devaswale, Ghulam Haidar and Pandit Tulsidas Sharma.
- During her first singing days, Lata imitated singer Noor Jahan. However, she later developed her own style.
- She was bedridden for about three months as a result of taking a chronic poison from a mysterious source. However, she survived.
- Mangeshkar is affectionately known as the nightingale of India.
- Meeting KL Saigal and singing for Dilip Kumar were her unfulfilled wishes.
- Lata hates makeup.
- Mangeshkar has sung over 50,000 songs in 36 different languages.
- From 1958 to 1966, Lata monopolized the Filmfare Award for Best Playback Singer. She ended this situation in 1969 by giving up the Filmfare Awards in favor of promoting newcomers.
- She is a dog lover and often shares photos of her pet dog “Bittu” on her Facebook account.
- On April 24, 2022, the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan Charitable Trust conferred the inaugural Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award to Prime Minister Narendra Modi; the award was established in the memory of the legendary singer.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi receives the inaugural Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on April 24, 2022
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education