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Lata Mangeshkar Name In Hindi लता मंगेशकर Born 28th September 1929-6th February 2022 Was An Indian Singer And Music Director. She Is One Of The Best-Known And Most Respected Playback Singers In India. 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 Bengali And Assamese. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award Was Bestowed On Her In 1989 By The Government Of India. In 2001 In Recognition Of Her Contributions To The Nation She Was Awarded The Bharat Ratna India's Highest Civilian Honour And Is Only The Second Vocalist After M. S. Subbulakshmi To Receive This Honour. France Conferred On Her Its Highest Civilian Award The Officer Of The Legion Of Honour In 2007. She Is The Recipient Of Three National Film Awards 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards Four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards Two Filmfare Special Awards Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award And Many More. In 1974 She Became The First Indian To Perform In The Royal Albert Hall. She Has Four Siblings—Meena Khadikar Asha Bhosle Usha Mangeshkar And Hridaynath Mangeshkar—of Whom She Is The Eldest. Early Life
Lata Mangeshkar Was Born In 1929 The Eldest Daughter Of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar A Marathi And Konkani Musician And His Wife Shevanti In Indore In Present-Day Madhya Pradesh And Then The Capital Of The Princely State Of Indore Which Was Part Of The Central India Agency In British 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 Who Had Died Was Shevanti's Older Sister. Lata's Paternal Grandfather Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar Abhisheki Was A Karhade 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 Community Of Goa And Lata's Maternal Grandfather Was The Gujarati Businessman Seth Haridas Ramdas Lad A Prosperous Businessman And Landlord Of Thalner And Mangeshkar Learnt Gujarati Folk Songs Such As Garbas Of Pavagadh From Her Maternal Grandmother. The Family's Last Name Used To Be Hardikar Deenanath Changed It To Mangeshkar In Order To Identify His Family With His Native Town Of Mangeshi 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. Lata Is The Eldest Child Of The Family. Meena Asha Usha And Hridaynath In Birth Order Are Her Siblings All Are Accomplished Singers And Musicians. Lata Received Her First Music 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 Her First Day Of School She Left School Because They Would Not Allow Her To Bring Her Sister Asha With Her As She Would Often Bring Her Younger Sister With Her. Singing Career Early Career In The 1940s
In 1942 When Lata Was 13 Her Father Died Of Heart Disease. Master Vinayak Vinayak Damodar Karnataki The Owner Of Navyug Chitrapat Movie Company And A Close Friend Of The Mangeshkar Family Took Care Of Them. He Helped Lata Get Started In A Career As A Singer And Actress. Lata Sang The Song "Naachu Yaa Gade Khelu Saari Mani Haus Bhaari" Which Was Composed By Sadashivrao Nevrekar For Vasant Joglekar's Marathi Movie Kiti Hasaal 1942 But The Song Was Dropped From The Final Cut. Vinayak Gave Her A Small Role In Navyug Chitrapat's Marathi Movie Pahili Mangalaa-Gaur 1942 In Which She Sang "Natali Chaitraachi Navalaai" Which Was Composed By Dada Chandekar. Her First Hindi Song Was "Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya Badal De Tu" For The Marathi Film Gajaabhaau 1943 . Lata Moved To Mumbai In 1945 When Master Vinayak's Company Moved Its Headquarters There. She Started Taking Lessons In Hindustani Classical Music From Ustad Aman Ali Khan Of Bhindibazaar Gharana. She Sang "Paa Lagoon Kar Jori" For Vasant Joglekar's Hindi-Language Movie Aap Ki Seva Mein 1946 Which Was Composed By Datta Davjekar. The Dance In The Film Was Performed By Rohini Bhate Who Later Became A Famous Classical Dancer. Lata And Her Sister Asha Played Minor Roles In Vinayak's First Hindi-Language Movie Badi Maa 1945 . In That Movie Lata Also Sang A Bhajan "Maata Tere Charnon Mein." She Was Introduced To Music Director Vasant Desai During The Recording Of Vinayak's Second Hindi-Language Movie Subhadra 1946 . After Vinayak's Death In 1948 Music Director Ghulam Haider Mentored Her As A Singer. He Introduced Lata To Producer Sashadhar Mukherjee Who Was Working Then On The Movie Shaheed 1948 But Mukherjee Dismissed Lata's Voice As "too Thin". An Annoyed Haider Responded That In Coming Years Producers And Directors Would "fall At Lata's Feet" And "beg Her" To Sing In Their Movies. Haider Gave Lata Her First Major Break With The Song "Dil Mera Toda Mujhe Kahin Ka Na Chhora"—lyrics By Nazim Panipati—in The Movie Majboor 1948 Which Became Her First Big Breakthrough Film Hit. In An Interview On Her 84th Birthday In September 2013 Lata Herself Declared "Ghulam Haider Is Truly My Godfather. He Was The First Music Director Who Showed Complete Faith In My Talent." Initially Lata Is Said To Have Imitated The Acclaimed Singer Noor Jehan But She Later Developed Her Own Style Of Singing. Lyrics Of Songs In Hindi Movies Are Primarily Composed By Urdu Poets And Contain A Higher Proportion Of Urdu Words Including The Dialogue. Actor Dilip Kumar Once Made A Mildly Disapproving Remark About Lata's Maharashtrian Accent While Singing Hindi/Urdu Songs So For A Period Of Time Lata Took Lessons In Urdu From An Urdu Teacher Named Shafi. In Subsequent Interviews Lata Has Said That Noor Jehan Had Heard Her As A Child And Had Told Her To Practice A Lot. The Two Stayed In Touch With Each Other For Many Years To Come. One Of Her First Major Hits Was "Aayega Aanewaala " A Song In The Movie Mahal 1949 Composed By Music Director Khemchand Prakash And Lip-Synced On Screen By Actress Madhubala. In The 1950s Lata Sang Songs Composed By Various Music Directors Of The Period Including Anil Biswas In Films Such As Tarana 1951 And Heer 1956 Shankar Jaikishan Naushad Ali S. D. Burman Amarnath Husanlal And Bhagatram In Films Like Bari Behen 1949 Meena Bazaar 1950 Aadhi Raat 1950 Chhoti Bhabi 1950 Afsana 1951 Aansoo 1953 And Adl-E-Jehangir 1955 C. Ramchandra Hemant Kumar Salil Chowdhury Datta Naik Khayyam Ravi Sajjad Hussain Roshan Kalyanji-Anandji Vasant Desai Sudhir Phadke Hansraj Behl Madan Mohan And Usha Khanna. She Sang "Sri Lanka Ma Priyadara Jaya Bhumi" A Song In Sinhala For The 1955 Sri Lankan Film Seda Sulang. She Made Her Debut In Tamil Playback Singing With "Vanaradham" In 1956 Uran Khotala Dubbed In Tamil With The Tamil Song "Enthan Kannalan" For Nimmi In The Dubbed Version Composed By Naushad. Lata Sang Many Raga-Based Songs For Naushad In Movies Such As Deedar 1951 Baiju Bawra 1952 Amar 1954 Uran Khatola 1955 And Mother India 1957 . 17 Ae Chorre Ki Jaat Badi Bewafa A Duet With G. M. Durrani Was Her First Song For The Composer Naushad. The Duo Shankar-Jaikishan Chose Lata For Barsaat 1949 Aah 1953 Shree 420 1955 And Chori Chori 1956 . Before 1957 Composer S. D. Burman Chose Lata As The Leading Female Singer For His Musical Scores In Sazaa 1951 House No. 44 1955 And Devdas 1955 . However A Rift Developed Between Lata And Burman In 1957 And She Did Not Sing His Compositions Again Until 1962. Lata Won A Filmfare Award For Best Female Playback Singer For Salil Chowdhury's Composition "Aaja Re Pardesi" From Madhumati 1958 . Lata Mangeshkar's Association With C. Ramchandra Produced Songs In Movies Such As Albela 1951 Shin Shinkai Bublaa Boo 1952 Anarkali 1953 Pehli Jhhalak 1954 Azad 1955 Aasha 1957 And Amardeep 1958 . 18 For Madan Mohan She Performed For Films Like Baagi 1953 Railway Platform 1955 Pocketmaar 1956 Mr. Lambu 1956 Dekh Kabira Roya 1957 Adalat 1958 Jailor 1958 Mohar 1959 And Chacha Zindabad 1959 . 1960s
Lata's Song "Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya" From Mughal-E-Azam 1960 Composed By Naushad And Lip-Synced By Madhubala Still Remains Famous. The Hawaiian-Themed Number "Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh" From Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai 1960 Was Composed By Shankar-Jaikishan And Lip-Synced By Meena Kumari. In 1961 Lata Recorded Two Popular Bhajans "Allah Tero Naam" And "Prabhu Tero Naam" For Burman's Assistant Jaidev. In 1962 She Was Awarded Her Second Filmfare Award For The Song "Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil" From Bees Saal Baad Composed By Hemant Kumar. In Early 1962 Lata Was Given Slow Poison. A Doctor Was Called. He Came With An X-Ray Machine To Examine Her And Gave Her An Injection To Render Her Unconscious Because She Was In Pain. For Three Days She Had A Close Brush With Death. After Ten Days She Began To Recover. The Doctor Told Her That Somebody Had Given Her A Slow Poison. The Slow Poison Incident Rendered Her Very Weak. She Was Bedridden For Nearly 3 Months. The Most Surprising Thing Was That Soon After The Incident The Cook Who Used To Work At Lata's Home Suddenly Vanished Without Taking His Wages. The Cook Had Earlier Worked With Some People From The Film Industry. Lyricist Majrooh Sultanpuri Used To Regularly Visit Lata At Her Home Daily At 6 Pm. Majrooh Used To First Taste The Food And Then Allow Lata To Eat. He Used To Recite Poems And Stories To Keep Lata In Good Humour. On 27 January 1963 Against The Backdrop Of The Sino-Indian War Lata Sang The Patriotic Song "Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo" Literally "Oh People Of My Country" In The Presence Of Jawaharlal Nehru Then The Prime Minister Of India. The Song Composed By C. Ramchandra And Written By Kavi Pradeep Is Said To Have Brought The Prime Minister To Tears. In 1963 Lata Returned To Collaborate With S. D. Burman. She Had Sung In R. D. Burman's First Film Chhote Nawab 1961 And Later In His Films Such As Bhoot Bungla 1965 Pati Patni 1966 Baharon Ke Sapne 1967 And Abhilasha 1969 . She Also Recorded Several Popular Songs For S. D. Burman Including "Aaj Phir Jeene Ki Tamanna Hai" "Gata Rahe Mera Dil" Duet With Kishore Kumar And "Piya Tose" From Guide 1965 "Hothon Pe Aisi Baat" From Jewel Thief 1967 And "Kitni Akeli Kitni Tanhaa" From Talash. During The 1960s Lata Mangeshkar Continued Her Association With Madan Mohan Which Included The Songs "Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha" From Anpadh 1962 "Lag Jaa Gale" And "Naina Barse Rim Jhim" From Woh Kaun Thi? 1964 "Woh Chup Rahen To" From Jahan Ara 1964 "Tu Jahan Jahan Chalega" From Mera Saaya 1966 And "Teri Aankho Ke Siva" From Chirag 1969 And She Had A Continuing Association With The Maestros Shankar Jaikishan Who Got Her To Sing In Various Genres In The '60s. The 1960s Also Witnessed The Beginning Of Mangeshkar's Association With Laxmikant–Pyarelal The Music Directors For Whom She Sang The Most Popular Songs In Her Career. Starting In 1963 Laxmikant–Pyarelal's Association With Lata Mangeshkar Grew Stronger Over The Years. Lata Mangeshkar Sang Over 700 Songs For The Composer Duo Over A Period Of 35 Years Many Of Which Became Huge Hits. She Sang For Parasmani 1963 Mr. X In Bombay 1964 Aaye Din Bahar Ke 1966 Milan 1967 Anita 1967 Shagird 1968 Mere Hamdam Mere Dost 1968 Intaquam 1969 Do Raaste 1969 And Jeene Ki Raah For Which She Got Her Third Filmfare Award. She Also Sang Several Playback Songs For Marathi Films Composed By Marathi Music Directors Including Hridaynath Mangeshkar Vasant Prabhu Srinivas Khale Sudhir Phadke And Herself Under The Pseudonym Anandghan. During The 1960s And 1970s She Also Sang Several Bengali Songs Composed By Music Directors Like Salil Chowdhury And Hemant Kumar.
Lata Made Her Kannada Debut In 1967 For The Film Kranthiveera Sangolli Rayanna By Recording Two Songs For The Music Director Lakshman Berlekar. The Song "Bellane Belagayithu" Was Well Received And Appreciated. In The 1960s Mangeshkar Recorded Duets With Mukesh Manna Dey Mahendra Kapoor Mohammed Rafi And Kishore Kumar. For A Brief Period During The 1960s She Was Not On Good Terms With Mohammed Rafi Over The Issue Of Royalty Payments To Singers. Mangeshkar Wanted Rafi To Back Her In Demanding A Half-Share From The Five Percent Song Royalty That The Film's Producer Conceded To Select Composers.But Rafi Took A Diametrically Opposite View And Believed That A Playback Singer's Claim On The Filmmaker Ended With The Payment Of The Agreed Fee For The Song Leading To Tensions Between The Two. After An Argument During The Recording Of The Song "Tasveer Teri Dil Mein" From Maya 1961 The Two Refused To Sing With Each Other.The Music Director Jaikishan Later Negotiated A Reconciliation Between The Two. 1970s
In 1972 Meena Kumari's Last Film Pakeezah Was Released. It Featured Popular Songs Including "Chalte Chalte" And "Inhi Logon Ne" Sung By Lata Mangeshkar And Composed By Ghulam Mohammed. She Recorded Many Popular Songs For S. D. Burman's Last Films Including "Rangeela Re" From Prem Pujari 1970 "Khilte Hain Gul Yahaan" From Sharmeelee 1971 And "Piya Bina" From Abhimaan 1973 And For Madan Mohan's Last Films Including Dastak 1970 Heer Raanjha 1970 Dil Ki Rahen 1973 Hindustan Ki Kasam 1973 Hanste Zakhm 1973 Mausam 1975 And Laila Majnu 1976 . Many Of Lata Mangeshkar's Notable Songs In The 1970s Were Composed By Laxmikant–Pyarelal And Rahul Dev Burman. Many Of Her Songs Composed By Laxmikant-Pyarelal In The 1970s Were Written By The Lyricist Anand Bakshi. She Also Recorded Many Hit Songs With Rahul Dev Burman In The Films Amar Prem 1972 Caravan 1971 Kati Patang 1971 And Aandhi 1975 . The Two Are Noted For Their Songs With The Lyricists Majrooh Sultanpuri Anand Bakshi And Gulzar. In 1973 She Won The National Film Award For Best Female Playback Singer For The Song "Beeti Na Bitai" From The Film Parichay Composed By R. D. Burman And Written By Gulzar. In 1974 She Sang Her Only Malayalam Song "Kadali Chenkadali" For The Film Nellu Composed By Salil Chowdhury And Written By Vayalar Ramavarma. In 1975 She Again Won The National Award This Time For The Song "Roothe Roothe Piya" From The Film Kora Kagaz Composed By Kalyanji Anandji. From The 1970s Onwards Lata Mangeshkar Has Also Staged Many Concerts In India And Abroad Including Several Charity Concerts. Her First Concert Overseas Was At The Royal Albert Hall London In 1974 And Was The First Indian To Do So. She Also Released An Album Of Mirabai's Bhajans "Chala Vaahi Des" Composed By Her Brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar. Some Of The Bhajans In The Album Include "Saanware Rang Ranchi" And "Ud Jaa Re Kaaga". In The Early 1970s She Released Other Non-Film Albums Such As Her Collection Of Ghalib Ghazals An Album Of Marathi Folk Songs Koli-Geete An Album Of Ganesh Aartis All Composed By Her Brother Hridaynath And An Album Of "abhangs" Of Sant Tukaram Composed By Shrinivas Khale. In The 1978 Raj Kapoor-Directed Satyam Shivam Sundaram Lata Mangeshkar Sang The Main Theme Song "Satyam Shivam Sundaram " Among The Chart-Toppers Of The Year. The Film's Story Is Inspired By Lata Mangeshkar Was Revealed By Kapoor's Daughter Ritu Nanda In Her Latest Book. The Book Quotes Kapoor As Saying "I Visualised The Story Of A Man Falling For A Woman With An Ordinary Countenance But A Golden Voice And Wanted To Cast Lata Mangeshkar In The Role." In The Late 1970s And Early 1980s She Worked With The Children Of Composers She Had Earlier Worked With. Some Of These Composers Included Rahul Dev Burman Son Of Sachin Dev Burman Rajesh Roshan Son Of Roshan Anu Malik Son Of Sardar Malik And Anand-Milind Sons Of Chitragupta. She Also Sang Many Songs In The Assamese Language And Developed A Very Good Relationship With The Assamese Musician Bhupen Hazarika. She Sang Many Songs Under His Direction The Song "Dil Hoom Hoom Kare" From Rudaali 1993 Made The Highest Record Sales That Year. 1980s
From The 1980s Onwards Lata Mangeshkar Worked With Music Directors Such As Shiv-Hari In Silsila 1981 Faasle 1985 Vijay 1988 And Chandni 1989 And Ram Laxman In Ustadi Ustad Se 1981 Bezubaan 1982 Woh Jo Hasina 1983 Ye Kesa Farz 1985 And Maine Pyar Kiya 1989 . She Sang In Other Movies Such As Karz 1980 Ek Duuje Ke Liye 1981 Silsila 1981 Prem Rog 1982 Hero 1983 Pyar Jhukta Nahin 1985 Ram Teri Ganga Maili 1985 Nagina 1986 And Ram Lakhan 1989 . Her Song "Zu Zu Zu Yashoda" From Sanjog 1985 Was A Chartbuster. 40 In The Late 1980s Mangeshkar Made A Comeback To Tamil Films With Two Back-To-Back Renditions Of Composer Ilaiyaraaja's Songs "Aaraaro Aaraaro" And "Valai Osai" For The Films Anand 1987 And Sathya 1988 Respectively. In The 1980s The Composer Duo Laxmikant–Pyarelal Had Lata Sing Their Biggest Hits—"Sheesha Ho Ya Dil Ho" In Asha 1980 "Tu Kitne Baras Ka" In Karz 1980 "Kitna Aasan Hai" In Dostana 1980 "Hum Ko Bhi Gham" In Aas Paas 1980 "Mere Naseeb Mein" In Naseeb 1980 "Zindagi Ki Na Toote" In Kranti 1981 "Solah Baras Ki" In Ek Duuje Ke Liye 1981 "Ye Galiyan Ye Chaubara" In Prem Rog 1982 "Likhnewale Ne Likh Dale" In Arpan 1983 "Din Maheene Saal" In Avtaar 1983 "Pyar Karnewale" And "Nindiya Se Jagi" In Hero 1983 "Zu Zu Zu Yashoda" In Sanjog 1985 "Zindagi Har Qadam" In Meri Jung 1985 "Baith Mere Paas" In Yaadon Ki Kasam 1985 "Ungli Mein Anghoti" In Ram Avtar 1988 And "O Ramji Tere Lakhan Ne" In Ram Lakhan 1989 . Some Rahul Dev Burman Compositions For Lata In These Years Include "Aaja Sar-E-Bazaar" In Alibaba Aur 40 Chor 1980 "Bindiya Tarase" In Phir Wohi Raat 1981 "Thodi Si Zameen" In Sitara 1981 "Kya Yahi Pyar Hai" In Rocky 1981 "Dekho Maine Dekha" In Love Story 1981 "Tune O Rangeele" In Kudrat 1981 "Jaane Kaise Kab" In Shakti 1982 "Jab Hum Jawan Honge" In Betaab 1983 Which Became Instantly Popular "Humein Aur Jeene" In Agar Tum Na Hote 1983 "Tujhse Naraaz Nahin" In Masoom 1983 "Kahin Na Ja" And "Jeevan Ke Din" In Bade Dil Wala 1983 "Jaane Kya Baat" In Sunny 1984 "Bhuri Bhuri Aankhon" In Arjun 1985 "Sagar Kinare" In Sagar 1985 "Din Pyar Ke Aayenge" In Savere Wali Gaadi 1986 . "Kya Bhala Hai Kya" "Khamosh Sa Afsana" And "Seeli Hawa Chhoo" In Libaas 1988 . Rajesh Roshan's Collaboration With Dev Anand In Lootmaar And Man Pasand Resulted In Songs Such As "Paas Ho Tum Magar Qareeb" And "Sumansudha Rajni Chandha" Respectively. Lata Had Duets With Rafi Such As "Mujhe Chhoo Rahi Hain" In Swayamwar 1980 "Kabhi Kabhi Bezubaan" In Johnny I Love You 1982 "Tujh Sang Preet" In Kaamchor 1982 "Angrezi Mein Khete Hai" In Khud-Daar 1982 "Ankhiyo Hi Ankhiyo Mein" In Nishaan 1983 "Dushman Na Kare" In Aakhir Kyon? 1985 And "Wada Na Tod" In Dil Tujhko Diya 1987 Later Featured In The Soundtrack Of The 2004 Film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind. Bappi Lahiri Composed Some Songs For Lata Such As "Dooriyan Sab Mita Do" In Saboot 1980 "Baithe Baithe Aaj Aayi" In Patita 1980 "Jaane Kyun Mujhe" In Agreement 1980 "Thoda Resham Lagta Hai" In Jyoti 1981 "Dard Ki Ragini" In Pyaas 1982 And "Naino Mein Sapna" Duet With Kishore Kumar In Himmatwala 1983 . Mohammed Zahur Khayyam Continued To Work With Lata Mangeshkar During The 80s And Composed Songs Such As "Hazaar Rahein Mud" Duet With Kishore Kumar In Thodisi Bewafai 1980 "Simti Huyi" From Chambal Ki Kasam 1980 "Na Jane Kya Hua" In Dard 1981 "Chandni Raat Mein" In Dil-E-Nadaan 1982 "Dikhayi Diye" In Bazaar 1982 "Chand Ke Paas" In Dil-E-Nadaan 1982 "Bhar Lein Tumhe" And "Aaja Nindiya Aaja" From Lorie 1984 And "Kiran Kiran Mein Shokhiyan" In Ek Naya Rishta 1988 . During The 80s Lata Sang Hits Such As "Sun Sahiba Sun" In Ram Teri Ganga Maili 1985 For Ravindra Jain "Chand Apna Safar" In Shama 1981 "Shayad Meri Shaadi" And "Zindagi Pyar Ka" In Souten 1983 "Hum Bhool Gaye Re" In Souten Ki Beti 1989 For Usha Khanna. Hridaynath Mangeshkar Had "Kale Kale Gehre Saye" In Chakra 1981 "Ye Ankhen Dekh Kar" And "Kuchh Log Mohabbat Ko" In Dhanwan 1981 "Mujhe Tum Yaad Karna" In Mashaal 1984 Assamese Song "Jonakore Rati" 1986 With Music And Lyrics By Dr. Bhupen Hazarika "Jaane Do Mujhe" In Shahenshah 1989 For Amar-Utpal "Sajan Mera Us Paar" In Ganga Jamuna Saraswati 1988 And "Mere Pyar Ki Umar" In Waaris 1989 For Uttam Jagdish. In June 1985 The United Way Of Greater Toronto Invited Lata Mangeshkar To Perform At Maple Leaf Gardens. At The Request Of Anne Murray Lata Sang Her Song "You Needed Me". 12 000 Attended The Concert Which Raised $150 000 For The Charity. 1990s
During The 1990s She Recorded With Music Directors Including Anand-Milind Nadeem-Shravan Jatin Lalit Dilip Sen-Sameer Sen Uttam Singh Anu Malik Aadesh Shrivastava And A. R. Rahman. She Recorded Some Non-Film Songs Including Ghazals With Jagjit Singh. She Has Also Sung With Kumar Sanu Amit Kumar S. P. Balasubrahmanyam Udit Narayan Hariharan Suresh Wadkar Mohammed Aziz Abhijeet Bhattacharya Roop Kumar Rathod Vinod Rathod Gurdas Maan And Sonu Nigam. In 1990 Mangeshkar Launched Her Own Production House For Hindi Movies Which Produced The Gulzar-Directed Movie Lekin.... She Won Her Third National Film Award For Best Female Playback Singer For Her Rendition Of The Song "Yaara Sili Sili" From The Film Which Was Composed By Her Brother Hridaynath. Mangeshkar Has Sung For Almost All The Yash Chopra Films And Films From His Production House Yash Raj Films At That Time Including Chandni 1989 Lamhe 1991 Darr 1993 Yeh Dillagi 1994 Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge 1995 Dil To Pagal Hai 1997 And Later In Mohabbatein 2000 Mujhse Dosti Karoge! 2002 And Veer-Zaara 2004 . During 1990 Mangeshkar Records With Raamlaxman In Patthar Ke Phool 1991 100 Days 1991 Mehboob Mere Mehboob 1992 Saatwan Aasman 1992 I Love You 1992 Dil Ki Baazi 1993 Antim Nyay 1993 The Melody Of Love 1993 The Law 1994 Hum Aapke Hain Koun..! 1994 Megha 1996 Lav Kush 1997 Manchala 1999 And Dulhan Banoo Main Teri 1999 . A. R. Rahman Recorded A Few Songs With Mangeshkar During This Period Including "Jiya Jale" In Dil Se.. "Khamoshiyan Gungunane Lagin" In One 2 Ka 4 "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa" In Pukar "Pyaara Sa Gaon" In Zubeidaa "So Gaye Hain" In Zubeidaa "Lukka Chuppi" In Rang De Basanti "O Paalanhaare" In Lagaan And Laadli In Raunaq. She Made An On-Screen Appearance In The Film Pukar Singing "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa." In 1994 Lata Mangeshkar Released Shraddanjali - My Tribute To The Immortals. The Special Feature Of The Album Is That Lata Offers Her Tributes To Immortal Singers Of The Time By Rendering A Few Of Their Songs In Her Own Voice. There Are Songs Of K. L. Saigal Mohammed Rafi Hemant Kumar Mukesh Punkaj Mallick Kishore Kumar Geeta Dutt Zohrabai Amirbai Parul Ghosh And Kanan Devi. Mangeshkar Sang Both Rahul Dev Burman's First And Last Songs. In 1994 She Sang His Last Song "Kuch Na Kaho" For Rahul Dev Burman In 1942 A Love Story. In 1999 Lata Eau De Parfum A Perfume Brand Named After Her Was Launched. She Was Also Awarded Zee Cine Award For Lifetime Achievement The Same Year In 1999 Mangeshkar Was Nominated As A Member Of Rajya Sabha. However She Did Not Attend Rajya Sabha Sessions Regularly Inviting Criticism From Several Members Of The House Including The Deputy Chairperson Najma Heptullah Pranab Mukherjee And Shabana Azmi. She Stated The Reason For Her Absence As Ill-Health It Was Also Reported That She Had Not Taken A Salary Allowance Or A House In Delhi For Being A Member Of Parliament
2000s
In 2001 Lata Mangeshkar Was Awarded The Bharat Ratna India's Highest Civilian Honour. In The Same Year She Established The Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital In Pune Managed By The Lata Mangeshkar Medical Foundation Founded By The Mangeshkar Family In October 1989 . In 2005 She Designed A Jewellery Collection Called Swaranjali Which Was Crafted By Adora An Indian Diamond Export Company. Five Pieces From The Collection Raised £105 000 At A Christie's Auction And A Part Of The Money Was Donated For The 2005 Kashmir Earthquake Relief. 58 Also In 2001 She Recorded Her First Hindi Song With The Composer Ilaiyaraaja For The Film Lajja She Had Earlier Recorded Tamil And Telugu Songs Composed By Ilaiyaraaja. Lata Mangeshkar's Song "Wada Na Tod" Was Included In The Film Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind 2004 And In Its Soundtrack. On 21 June 2007 She Released The Album Saadgi Featuring Eight Ghazal-Like Songs Written By Javed Akhtar And Composed By Mayuresh Pai. 2010s
On 12 April 2011 Mangeshkar Released The Album Sarhadein Music Beyond Boundaries Which Contains The Duet "Tera Milna Bahut Acha Lage" By Mangeshkar And Mehdi Hassan Written By Pakistan's Farhad Shahzad . The Album Features Usha Mangeshkar Suresh Wadkar Hariharan Sonu Nigam Rekha Bhardwaj And Another Pakistani Singer Ghulam Ali With Compositions By Mayuresh Pai And Others. After 14 Years Mangeshkar Recorded A Song For Composer Nadeem-Shravan "Kaise Piya Se" For Bewafaa 2005 . After "Kitne Ajeeb Rishte Hain Yahan Par" For Page 3 2005 And "Daata Sun Le" For Jail 2009 Shamir Tandon Once Again Recorded A Song With Mangeshkar "Tere Hasne Sai Mujheko" For The Film Satrangee Parachute 2011 . After A Hiatus Mangeshkar Came Back To Playback Singing And Recorded At Her Own Studio The Song "Jeena Kya Hai Jaana Maine" For Dunno Y2...Life Is A Moment 2015 The Sequel To Kapil Sharma's Queer Love Story Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyun. On 28 November 2012 Mangeshkar Launched Her Own Music Label LM Music With An Album Of Bhajans Swami Samarth Maha Mantra Composed By Mayuresh Pai. She Sang With Her Younger Sister Usha On The Album. In 2014 She Recorded A Bengali Album Shurodhwani Including Poetry By Salil Chowdhury Also Composed By Pai. Citation Needed On 30 March 2019 Mangeshkar Released The Song "Saugandh Mujhe Is Mitti Ki" Composed By Mayuresh Pai As A Tribute To The Indian Army And Nation. Bengali Career
Mangeshkar Has Sung 185 Songs In Bengali Making Her Debut In 1956 With The Hit Song "Prem Ekbari Esechilo Nirobe" Composed By Hemant Kumar. The Same Year She Recorded "Rongila Banshite" Composed By Bhupen Hazarika Which Was Also A Hit. In The Late 1950s She Recorded A String Of Hits Such As "Jaare Ude Jare Pakhi" "Na Jeona" And "Ogo Aar Kichu To Noy" All Composed By Salil Chowdhury And Which Were Respectively Adapted Into Hindi As "Ja Re Ud Ja Re Panchi" And "Tasveer Tere Dil Mein" In Maya And "O Sajna" In Parakh. In 1960 She Recorded "Akash Pradip Jole" A Smash Hit Even Today. Later In The 1960s She Sang Hits Like "Ekbar Biday De Ma Ghure Ashi " "Saat Bhai Champa " "Ke Pratham Kache Esechi " "Nijhum Sandhyay " "Chanchal Mon Anmona " "Asharh Srabon " "Bolchi Tomar Kaney " And "Aaj Mon Cheyeche" By Composers Like Sudhin Dasgupta Hemant Kumar And Chowdhury. Awards & Recognition
Lata Mangeshkar Has Won Several Awards And Honours Including The Bharat Ratna India's Highest Civilian Award Padma Bhushan 1969 Padma Vibhushan 1999 Zee Cine Award For Lifetime Achievements 1999 Dadasaheb Phalke Award 1989 Maharashtra Bhushan Award 1997 80 NTR National Award 1999 Bharat Ratna 2001 Legion Of Honour 2007 ANR National Award 2009 Three National Film Awards And 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She Has Also Won Four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969 She Made The Unusual Gesture Of Giving Up The Filmfare Best Female Playback Award In Order To Promote Fresh Talent. She Was Later Awarded The Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award In 1993 And Filmfare Special Awards In 1994 And 2004. In 1984 The State Government Of Madhya Pradesh Instituted The Lata Mangeshkar Award In Honour Of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government Of Maharashtra Also Instituted A Lata Mangeshkar Award In 1992. In 2009 Mangeshkar Was Awarded The Title Of Officer Of The French Legion Of Honour France's Highest Order. In 2012 Mangeshkar Was Ranked Number 10 In Outlook India's Poll Of The Greatest Indian. Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan Said Kambakht Kabhi Besuri Na Hoti " She Is Never Off-Key" . Dilip Kumar Once Commented Lata Mangeshkar Ki Awaaz Kudrat Ki Takhleek Ka Ek Karishma Hain Meaning "Lata Mangeshkar's Voice Is A Miracle From God". Mangeshkar Is Also A Recipient Of Honorary Doctorates From The Sangeet Natak Akademi In 1989 Indira Kala Sangeet Vishwavidyalaya Khairagarh And Shivaji University In Kolhapur. read less