It’s hard to pay tribute to someone who is a legend in her own right, has sung more than 25,000 songs in as many as 20 languages. And who has been around since 5 decades. Hindi cinema wouldn’t be as melodious as it is without it’s nightingale – Lata Mangeshkar, who turns 80 today.
She was named Hridaya at birth, her parents however renamed her Lata after the character Latika from her father’s play Bhaw Bandhan, but what’s in a name. Well, nothing at all if you are Lata Mangeshkar.
Though Lata Mangeshkar worked with almost every big music director and singer of her time she had a special bond with Laxmikant Pyarelaal.
“They didn’t want to work with any other female singer but me. They offered me songs from Bobby, I had at first because Raj Kapoor and I had been in an arguement over royalty of songs. They said if I didn’t sing, they would drop the project altogether. It was a big film and I did not want them to lose out. I agreed but only after Raj Kapoor had said yes to the royalty,” said Lata Mangeshkar.
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