.<\/span>She has sung with Mukesh and Manna Dey, but her pairing with Mohammed Rafi resulted in many timeless classics.<\/p>\nLata Mangeshkar was awarded \u00a0the Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), ANR National Award (2009), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists Association Awards and Four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards.<\/p>\n
Music director Ghulam Haider mentored her and gave Lata her first break with the song \u201cDil Mera Toda\u201d. She started off by imitating singer Noor Jehan, criticism led her to take up\u00a0 Urdu lessons to ease out her Maharastrian accent, thereby evolving a signature style of her own.<\/p>\n
In 1969, she displayed her altruistic spirit by giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, to encourage fresh talent. It bagged the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award \u00a0in 1993.An award was instituted in honor of Lata Mangeshkar by the State Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1984 and 1992 by the state of Maharashtra.<\/p>\n
Her magical voice has been used across decades from actresses Madhubala to Kareena Kapoor for the latest film \u201cHeroine\u201d. Dignity personified, age has not deterred the timeless voice. Every song has a touch of freshness to it, wrapped in grace.<\/p>\n
Her rendition of \u201cAye Mere Watan Ke Logoan<\/span>, Zara Aankh Me Bhar Lo Pani\u201d moved Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru to tears.<\/p>\nDescribed as a legend, with undeniable talent, Lata has molded her voice according to any Genre of Music. Classical singer Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan remarked she has never sung out of tune.<\/p>\n
Always placing confidence in budding Music directors , Lata<\/span>\u00a0 experimented with new talent. \u00a0\u2018Aayega aanewala\u2019 from the movie \u2018Mahal\u2019 shot madhubala<\/span> to stardom 50 years ago. This was followed by several hits over the next few decades, including \u2018Baiju Bawra\u2019, \u2018Madhumita\u2019, \u2018Hum Dono\u2019, \u2018Aandhi\u2019,\u2019Silsila\u2019and the recent \u2018Dil To Pagal Hai\u2019, to name a few. She has sung in virtually all Indian languages with elan. The title of Nightingale of India is a befitting description to the melody Queen of India.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An illustrious career in playback singing, spanning across six and a half decades, in thirty-six regional languages, it\u2019s no wonder she is referred to as the Nightingale of India. Lata Mangeshkar, the melodious voice that dominated Indian cinema with an unparalleled claim in signing, turns 83. Guinness Records holder for singing 25,000 solo, duets and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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