Thursday, October 14, 2010
LATAMANGESHKAR HISTORY
Lata
Mangeshkar
is the pride
of Indian
music
industry.
Blessed
with
beautiful
voice, she is
the most
well known
Indian
vocalist.
Highly versatile, she has sung in more than 20
languages. To honor and give recognition to her
works, Lata Mangeshkar is also known as the
Nightingale of India. Well, in this article, we will
present you with the biography of Lata
Mangeshkar.
Early Life
Lata was born on September 28, 1929 in Indore,
Madhya Pradesh as the daughter of Dinanath
Mangeshkar, who was a classical singer as well
as a theater artist. She was the first child of the
Mangeshkar family. She was born in Indore, but
brought up in Maharashtra. When she was five
years old, she began working as a theater artist
in sangeet nataks. She also started taking singing
lessons from her father.
Lata sang her maiden cinematic song for the
Marathi film Kiti Hasaal (1942). Her father did not
like the idea of her daughter singing for the
films. So, her song was deleted from the movie.
In the year 1942, she lost her father. Due to
sudden demise of her father and unsound
financial condition of the house, she decided to
play small roles in various Hindi and Marathi
films. She had to take up the acting assignments,
despite the fact that, she was not at all fond of
acting. To know the complete life history of Lata
Mangeshkar, read on.
Career
In the year 1945, she happened to meet the film
producer S. Mukherji through Ghulam Haider.
Haider personally wanted her to be given an
opportunity to show her singing talent.
However, S. Mukherji did not like her voice and
said no for giving her a chance to sing for his
film. At that point of time, Haider promised
himself to establish her singing career in
Bollywood. He even said to the producer that,
one day will come when all the producers and
directors will fall on her feet and beg her to sing
in their films.
Lata got her biggest break, when she was given
the chance to sing the song "Aayega Aanewaala"
for the movie Mahal. The song was a super duper
hit. The period of 1950s witnessed tremendous
growth in her career. She rose to the top in the
list of Bollywood singers. She worked with all the
famous composers of that era like Shankar
Jaikishan, S D Burman, Naushad, Hemant Kumar,
and Salil Chowdhury. Shankar Jaikishan was
absolutely stunned by her voice and used her
voice for playback singing in almost all the
movies that he got.
The period of 1960s made her the queen of
Bollywood playback singing. She sang for almost
all the prominent composers of the industry and
set her foothold in Bollywood. Her songs got an
overwhelming response from people all over the
country. During the 1970s, Lata recorded songs
for Bollywood actress Meena Kumari in the film
Pakeezah, which brought her recognition and
popularity. She performed tracks for S.D.
Burman's films like Prem Pujari, Sharmilee, and
Abhimaan.
In late 1970s and early 1980s, Lata Mangeshkar
worked with the children of the music
composers, with whom she had worked in the
past. In the year 1990, Lata established her own
production house. Their first and last film "Lekin"
was a total flop. Mangeshkar has also sung some
non film songs including ghazals with Jagjit
Singh. Lata Mangeshkar has also sung for Yash
Chopra`s films including Lamhe, Dilwale
Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Darr, Yeh Dillagi, and Dil To
Pagal Hai. She sang quite a number of Bengali
songs with renowned music directors like Salil
Chowdhury and Hemant Kumar.
Trivia
Lata Mangeshkar has composed music and also
produced movies under the name of 'Anand
Ghan'.
She is very fond of cooking nice dishes.
She always sings barefoot.
Awards Won
Filmfare Awards (1958, 1962, 1965, 1969, 1993
and 1994)
National Awards (1972, 1975 and 1990)
Maharashtra State Award (1966 and 1967)
Other awards
1969 - Padma Bhushan
1974 - Recorded in the Guinness Book of World
Records for having sung the maximum number
of songs in the world
1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award
1993 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
1997 - Rajiv Gandhi Award
1999 - NTR Award
1999 - Padma Vibhushan
1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
2000 - Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in
London
2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium
(female) by Hero Honda and magazine "Stardust"
2001 - Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian
award
2001 - Noorjehan Award
2001 - Maharashtra Ratna
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