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Personality
Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar

and singing as her career. Her father's friend was
Master Vinayak Damodar Karnataki. He was the
owner of Navyug Cinematography Company. He
showed her the way to earn a living from this skill.
Lata Mangeshkar also appeared in a few Marathi
and Hindi films in minor roles. However, acting
did not appeal to her, so she devoted her entire
attention to music. For the first time, she sang
and acted in a Marathi film, "Pehli Mangala Gaur"
(1942). After the death of Master Vinayak in 1948,
musician Ghulam Haider gave direction to Lata's
singing career.
It was the year 1948. Ghulam Haider took Lata to
producer Shashadhar Mukherjee one day. He was
working on the film "Shaheed" at the time. When
Mukherjee heard Lata's voice, he dismissed her,
saying that this girl's voice was very mild. Ghulam Our Lata Didi left us and went to
Haider got furious and said, "In the coming days, a heavenly abode. From whose
the producer and director will fall at Lata's feet
and will beg her to sing in their film." Her voice throat everyone used to get the
was initially influenced by the voice of the then- blessings of Mother Saraswati,
famous and legendary singer Noor Jahan, but she she left everyone today. There are
later developed her own style.
many people like me who would

ZINDAGI AUR KUCHH BHI NAHIN TERI MERI KAHANI HAI… proudly say that we had a close
Urdu has long dominated film music. It is said
that once, composer Anil Biswas introduced meeting with Lata Didi. Lata Didi
Lata Mangeshkar to the most successful actor has fans all over the world, and
of that time, Dilip Kumar. Introducing Lata this void cannot be filled.
Mangeshkar, Anil Biswas said, "Dilip Bhai, this
is Lata Mangeshkar, who sings songs and is -Narendra Modi,
Marathi. To this, Dilip Kumar laughed and replied, Prime Minister
"Oh... Marathis speakers Urdu is not perfect. Lata
Mangeshkar was upset after that. Following that,
she studied Urdu for a year with a Maulvi.
four times in a row before withdrawing from the
MERI AWAJ HI PECHAAN HAI… race to allow new talent to compete for the award.
For the first time, she received the Filmfare Best She had previously won a National Award for the
Playback Singer Award in 1958 for the song film "Kora Kagaz" in 1975. Lata Mangeshkar has
"Aaja Re Pardesi" from the film "Madhumati." received numerous awards in India and around
Salil Chowdhury composed the music. Following the world, including the Padma Bhushan in 1969,
that, her voice continued to improve, and with the the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989, the Padma
addition of new musicians, her voice began to take Vibhushan in 1999, and the country's highest
on new dimensions. Lata won the Filmfare Award civilian award, the "Bharat Ratna," in 2001.

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