4. Biography
Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore on
September 8, 1929, & became , quite simply
, the most popular playback singer in
Bollywood’s history.
She was born the daughter of Dinanath
Mangeshkar, the owner of a theater company
and a reputed classical singer in his own
right.
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He started giving lessons from age of five ,
and she also studied with renowned singers
Aman Ali Khan Sahib and Amanat Khan.
Even at a young age she displayed a God-given
musical gift and could master vocal
exercises the first times.
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Ironically, for someone of her stature, she
made her entry into Bollywood at the wrong
time around the 1940s, when bass singers
with heavily nasal voices, such as Noor
Jehan and Shamshad Begum were in style.
She was rejected from many projects
because it was believed that her voice was
too high pitched and thin.
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However, in 1948, she got her big break with
Ghulam haider in the Majboor(1948), and
1949 saw release of four of her
films:Mahal(1949),
Dulari(1949),Barsaat(1949),and
Andaz(1949), all four became runway hits,
with their songs reaching to heights of what
was until then unseen popularity.
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she has sung for over 50 years for actresses
from Nargis to Preity Zinta, as well as
having recorded albums of all kinds (ghazals,
pop, etc).
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Until the 1991 edition, when her entry
disappeared , the Guinness Book of World
Records listed her as the most-records artist
in the world with not lee than 30,000 solo
duet, and chorus-backed songs recorded in
20 Indian language between 1948 and 1987.
10. Awards and Achievement
List of awards achieve Lata Mangeshkar
1969- Padma Bhushan
1989- Dada Saheb Phalke Award
1999- Padma Vibhushan
.
13. Recent Update
No matter which female playback
singer breaks through in any
generation, she cannot replace the
timeless voice of Lata Mangeshkar.
She is an icon beyond icons……