DYK Lata Mangeshkar never listened to her own songs post recording? Here's why
2 years, 2 months ago

DYK Lata Mangeshkar never listened to her own songs post recording? Here's why

India Today  

Lata Mangeshkar, popularly called the Nightingale of India, was a blessing for music lovers of all generations. WHEN LATA MANGESHKAR SAID SHE DIDN'T LISTEN TO HER OWN SONGS Every music lover has always been inspired by Lata Mangeshkar. Even in the past, once I finished recording a song, I was done with it.” The late legendary singer had also denied views about fans’ belief that there will never be another singer like her. WHAT LATA MANGESHKAR SAID ABOUT SUCCESS Lata Mangeshkar was extremely down-to-earth.

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Review: Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music by Yatindra Mishra
1 year, 7 months ago

Review: Lata Mangeshkar: A Life in Music by Yatindra Mishra

Hindustan Times  

It’s been over a year since Lata Mangeshkar soared into the musical realms beyond. Her devotion to her craft was unstinting, and her extraordinary range and effortless rendering on any pitch earned the admiration not just of ordinary listeners but also of the doyen of classic music, Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan, who once remarked: “Kambakht besuri hee nahee hoti.” …

Lata Mangeshkar Death Anniversary: More Than 5,000 Songs In 36 Languages — A Career Like No Other
1 year, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar Death Anniversary: More Than 5,000 Songs In 36 Languages — A Career Like No Other

ABP News  

New Delhi: The legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, fondly known as The Nightingale of India, was a musical force to reckon. Lata Mangeshkar has worked with some legendary music directors, including Madan Mohan, R D Burman, Laxmikant-Pyarelal duo and others. She has sung for Laxmikant-Pyarelal in more than 700 songs, but working with RD Burman, Lata Mangeshkar's songs became extremely popular …

Lata Mangeshkar Death Anniversary: Throwback photos of the singing legend
1 year, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar Death Anniversary: Throwback photos of the singing legend

India TV News  

Image Source : Instagram/ lata_mangeshkar 1/9 On the occasion of Lata Mangeshkar's death anniversary, we take a look back at the playback singer's most precious throwback photos Image Source : Instagram/ lata_mangeshkar 2/9 Two Bharat Ratna awardees in one frame. MS Subbulakshmi snapped with Lata Mangeshkar in a throwback photo Image Source : Instagram/lata_mangeshkar 3/9 When Lata Mangeshkar had a …

Lata at no. 84 in the list of best singers has fans fuming
1 year, 11 months ago

Lata at no. 84 in the list of best singers has fans fuming

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: To describe Lata Mangeshkar as a singer or even a legendary singer is an understatement in India. How about Mohd Rafi, Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan…” @KaamkiBaat said on Twitter, ‘Lata Mangeshkar at 84. Another user goes by the twitter handle @Wildmooree tweeted, “Lata Mangeshkar was too low on the list.” Not stopping at that, user …

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary: Five unforgettable classics by the late singer
2 years, 2 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar Birth Anniversary: Five unforgettable classics by the late singer

Firstpost  

Known for giving her voice to over 25,000 songs, Lata Mangeshkar passed away in February 2022 at the age of 92. Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai Another hit song from Mangeshkar’s list, this song is said to be one of the best compositions by the duo Shankar-Jaikishan which was later given voice by the singer. …

When Lata Mangeshkar arrived, competition became an irrelevant concept
2 years, 2 months ago

When Lata Mangeshkar arrived, competition became an irrelevant concept

Firstpost  

While Lataji began playback singing in 1945 her breakthrough year was 1949 when she sang as many as one hundred and sixty songs!! Yes, that many. When exactly did the super-lionized sovereign of sonority Lata Mangeshkar arrive in the music scene to permanently redefine the epiglottic tradition of singers like Noorjehan and Shamshad Begum? While Lataji began playback singing in …

Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh and 16 playback singers pay tribute to Lata Mangeshkar with Naam Reh Jaayega series
2 years, 7 months ago

Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh and 16 playback singers pay tribute to Lata Mangeshkar with Naam Reh Jaayega series

India Today  

Lata Mangeshkar, known as the ‘Nightingale of India’, defined the music of Hindi cinema for decades with thousands of songs. Now, Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh and other prominent singers are set to pay tribute to the legendary singer with an eight-part series titled Naam Reh Jaayega. 18 SINGERS COME TOGETHER TO PAY GRAND TRIBUTE TO LATA MANGESHKAR Lata Mangeshkar lived …

Lata Mangeshkar: Lingering melody
2 years, 9 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar: Lingering melody

The Hindu  

Nawab Shariq lived in Matia Mahal, a few steps from the historic Jama Masjid in Delhi. First success Incidentally, a little more than two decades before Pakeezah, in 1949, Kamal Amrohi gave Lata Mangeshkar her first taste of success with Mahal, a film better remembered for the magic of the music director Khemchand Prakash and Lata’s timeless song ‘Aayega aanewala’, …

Lalit Pandit recalls working with Lata Mangeshkar on DDLJ: 'If she had not sung for us, our songs wouldn’t have been half as successful'
2 years, 10 months ago

Lalit Pandit recalls working with Lata Mangeshkar on DDLJ: 'If she had not sung for us, our songs wouldn’t have been half as successful'

Firstpost  

“There never was a Lata Mangeshkar. To have her actually sing for any composer of my generation was a dream-come-true.” “Lataji’s family and mine were both classically inclined. Lataji had once mentioned it to me, ‘Aapke Pitaji ghar aate tthe aur aap bachche log bhi unke saatth aate the, chote chote bachche. Main tumhe table pe khada kar deti tthi …

Udit Narayan Recalls Lata Mangeshkar Praising His Voice: 'It Was Like Goddess Saraswati Blessing Me'
2 years, 10 months ago

Udit Narayan Recalls Lata Mangeshkar Praising His Voice: 'It Was Like Goddess Saraswati Blessing Me'

News 18  

Udit Narayan and late singer Lata Mangeshkar sang many chartbuster songs including Mehendi Laga Ke Rakhna, the title track of Dil To Pagal Hai, and the album of Veer Zaara. “Ek hi Lata ji thi aur woh chali gayi,” Udit told Hindustan Times. “She would say, ‘Udit, tumhari awaaz original hai.’ Lata Mangeshkar ji saying something like that was like …

How Marathi-speaking Lata Mangeshkar's Bengali music left a Kolkata boy transfixed
2 years, 10 months ago

How Marathi-speaking Lata Mangeshkar's Bengali music left a Kolkata boy transfixed

Firstpost  

When you listen to Lata Mangeshkar’s Bengali songs, it is hard to tell that the singer is a native Marathi speaker. She smiled, and said in that quintessential Lata Mangeshkar voice, “Aapko dungi toh sabko dena padega” [If I oblige you, I will have to oblige others too>. In an article, noted Indian classical musician Kumar Gandharva observed that there …

Lata Mangeshkar No More: Five Books On India’s Legendary Singer That Give Us Insight Into Her Life
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar No More: Five Books On India’s Legendary Singer That Give Us Insight Into Her Life

News 18  

Lata Mangeshkar has left us for her heavenly abode on February 6 this year. Mothi Tichi Savali by Meena Khadikar Lata Mangeshkar’s sister Meena Mangeshkar Khadikar published a memoir on the nightingale of India. Lata: Voice Of The Golden Era by Dr Mandar V. Bichu The coffee table book is all about Lata Mangeshkar’s melodies. Lata Mangeshkar …In Her Own …

Did Lata Mangeshkar refuse to sing Ambedkarite songs? Here is what we know
2 years, 10 months ago

Did Lata Mangeshkar refuse to sing Ambedkarite songs? Here is what we know

Op India  

Within hours of her demise, the name of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar got dragged into a controversial-cum-malicious discussion wherein it was being claimed that she had refused to sing Ambedkarite song. It is a common rumour that Marathi Dalit artists and poets had approached Lata Mangeshkar to sing a song on Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar and she had refused to sing …

A loss for every musician, music lover
2 years, 10 months ago

A loss for every musician, music lover

Hindustan Times  

The demise of Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar is a loss for every music lover but for those singers, musicians and people who had a chance to meet the iconic singer, the loss is profound. Harshit Saxena with Lata Mangeshkar in 2007 Folk singer and Padma Shri Malini Awasthi told HT from Dubai, “It’s the same broken feeling that I got …

Lata Mangeshkar's songs preserved in 7,600 gramophone records in Indore's private museum
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar's songs preserved in 7,600 gramophone records in Indore's private museum

India Today  

A museum in Indore in Madhya Pradesh has a collection of 7,600 rare gramophone records of songs of melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, who died in Mumbai on Sunday. "Lata Didi's demise, a day after Vasant Panchami, has left millions of music lovers like me deeply shocked. Chourasia said he started saving gramophone records of Mangeshkar's songs from 1965, which has …

Sea of fans gather to bid adieu to Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar
2 years, 10 months ago

Sea of fans gather to bid adieu to Nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar

India Today  

Countless fans are mourning the loss of Lata Mangeshkar today. LATA MANGESHKAR’S FANS GATHER TO PAY LAST TRIBUTE Lata Mangeshkar sang several melodious tracks and ruled the hearts of music lovers. Check out the video: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92 today. For a couple of days, Lata Mangeshkar was showing continued signs of improvement …

Story of Lata Mangeshkar reads like a powerful feminist script: Filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya | India Today, 1981
2 years, 10 months ago

Story of Lata Mangeshkar reads like a powerful feminist script: Filmmaker Basu Bhattacharya | India Today, 1981

India Today  

Lata Mangeshkar was India's Nightingale, Queen of Melody, One-Woman Music Industry and so much more. Quoted in a 1981 edition of India Today magazine, he said, "The story of Lata Mangeshkar reads like a powerful feminist script." LATA MANGESHKAR AS A FEMINIST ICON "It has indeed all the ingredients of a feminist plot, the single woman's search for identity in …

Lata Mangeshkar passes away: A neighbour recalls lessons on music — and life — from the legendary singer
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar passes away: A neighbour recalls lessons on music — and life — from the legendary singer

Firstpost  

Lata Mangeshkar was a Bharat Ratna, a national treasure in every sense but at home, she was just tai. Just as the legendary singer Asha Bhosle finished saying that, the doyenne of playback singing, Lata Mangeshkar, sauntered into the room, presumably looking for her spectacles. A few more years into training and after sitting through multiple practice sessions in the …

Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 92. Hina Khan to Arjun Bijlani, TV celebs pay last respects
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar passes away at 92. Hina Khan to Arjun Bijlani, TV celebs pay last respects

India Today  

As Lata Mangeshkar passed away at the age of 92 today, several television celebrities took to social media to pay their last respects. TV CELEBS PAY LAST RESPECTS Hina Khan tweeted, "Shayad Phir iss janam mai mulakaat ho na ho. prayers and condolences — Hina Khan February 6, 2022 "Ajeeb dastan hai kaha shuru kahan khatam, I listen to you …

Lata Mangeshkar | Wedded to music, it was music that was her language of communication
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar | Wedded to music, it was music that was her language of communication

The Hindu  

How does one capture a lifetime of music in a few words? Lata’s early struggle when money was hard to come by after her father’s death, mirrored the woes of a young country struggling to shake off its colonial yoke. The sheer drudgery of the early years stood in sharp contrast to the moods her songs evoked in a voice …

Lata Mangeshkar once revealed she never listens to her own songs. Here's why
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar once revealed she never listens to her own songs. Here's why

India Today  

It’s a sad day for all of us as we lost our Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar today. WHY LATA MANGESHKAR AVOIDED LISTENING TO HER OWN SONGS While every music lover wanted to learn from Lata Mangeshkar by listening to her tracks, again and again, the singer herself was not a huge fan of her own creations. Even in the past, once …

Lata Mangeshkar's melodious legacy will live as long as there's Indian music
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar's melodious legacy will live as long as there's Indian music

India Today  

Lata Mangeshkar, known as the ‘Nightingale of India’, was just 13 when she recorded her first song in 1942. Lata Mangeshkar had revealed on Twitter in 2020 how her father had reacted when she sang on the radio for the first time on December 16, 1941. Jab mere Pitaji ne wo sune tab wo bahut khush hue, unhone meri maa …

Lata Mangeshkar’s Best Duet Songs With Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Sonu Nigam And Others
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar’s Best Duet Songs With Mohammed Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Sonu Nigam And Others

News 18  

The nightingale of India Lata Mangeshkar who blessed Indian cinema with her soulful voice for over 80 years, passed away on Sunday, February 6. Check out the iconic singer’s best duets with her frequent collaborators here: 1 – Lata Mangeshkar-Mohammed Rafi Rafi and Lata recorded several tracks such as Yeh Dil Tum Bin Kahin Lagta Nahin, Jhilmil Sitaron Ka Aangan …

Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022): The singer who consistently struck that divine 'sur'
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar (1929-2022): The singer who consistently struck that divine 'sur'

The Hindu  

The nation of more than a billion lost its most popular voice, as Lata Mangeshkar transcended to the heavenly stage on Sunday. From Madhubala to Kajol and Preity Zinta, female actors were considered to have arrived on the scene when they got an opportunity to lip-sync to Lata’s voice. Post-independence, when Dilip Kumar emerged as the Nehruvian hero, Lata’s voice …

Lata Mangeshkar: The Nightingale of Bollywood
2 years, 10 months ago

Lata Mangeshkar: The Nightingale of Bollywood

The Hindu  

Singing legend Lata Mangeshkar, the voice of generations of Indians and one of the biggest music icons of the country, died Sunday due to multiple organ failure, her sister Usha Mangeshkar and doctors treating her said. Lata Mangeshkar Live Updates | Centre announces two-day national mourning "Lata di died at 8.12 a.m. due to multi organ failure after over 28 …

Lata Mangeshkar — The name says it all
3 years, 1 month ago

Lata Mangeshkar — The name says it all

The Hindu  

How to describe someone like Lata Mangeshkar? The artiste, who managed to overtake all other musicians in success and stature, surprisingly said: “I can never listen to my songs,” and explained, “If at all I listen to them, I feel I could have done so much better, applied my creative mind, given it a higher rendition.” It is hard to …

10 Lesser Known Facts About Lata Mangeshkar on Her 91st Birthday
4 years, 2 months ago

10 Lesser Known Facts About Lata Mangeshkar on Her 91st Birthday

News 18  

The Indian nightingale Lata Mangeshkar turns 91 today. 1) Lata Mangeshkar’s mother Shevanthi was the second wife of his father Dinanath Mangeshkar. 7) Lata recorded her first song in the year 1942 for the Marathi film Kiti Hasaal but it never got released as it was dropped from the final cut. 9) Lata’s patriotic song Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon …

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