Lata Mageshkar, Nightingale of India : 1929-2022

Lata Didi’s passing away on 06 February,2022, has created a void in our national life very difficult to fill for a long time to come.

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Rich tributes have been paid to this versatile artist and a great human being for her contribution to our national ethos.

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Born as the eldest daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, an equally illustrious singer & a Marathi stage artist, on 28 September,1929 ,Lata started singing under the guidance of her father when she was just five.

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She acted in Marathi plays in her childhood.

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In 1945 she took methodical training in singing for one year.

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Her main assets were her melodious voice and the training she got from her father.

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He had given her the tanpura and the notebook of classical compositions and most of all, his blessings.

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Lata entered the field of playback singing in 1941 ,with the film “Khajanchi”.

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In1948 Ghulam Haider invited her to Punjab and gave her work in his films.This made her famous.

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She has sung more than 50,000 songs in 36 languages.She has lent her voice for more than 2,000 films She has presented her stage- shows in U S A, U K & Australia.

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Lata has also produced some Marathi films and a Hindi film “Lekin”, based on Rabindranath’s short story named Hungry Stones.

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Lata has provided background music to two Marathi films “Pawnakathcha Dhondi” and “Tambadi Mati “ under a pseudonym ‘Anandghan’.

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