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Happy birthday to Lata Mangeshkar

It’s Lata Mangeshkar’s 80th birthday. Wherever there is discussion about music and singers, the first name which traverses across any Indian’s mind is the legendary Lata Mangeshkar.

Her voice has a magical quality about it and it sweeps the listeners off their feet. Its sweet and melodious but equally powerful and versatile. A voice which India loves, admires and worships!

The famous playback singer’s life was not an easy one. She has seen her shares of ups and downs throughout her career and life as well.

Born on September 28, 1929 in a Maharashtrian family at Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Lata Mangehskar was the first child of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and Shudhamati, followed by four siblings
Even at her age, Lataji’s voice sounds like a 16-year old and have the same innocence and freshness.

Amitabh Bachchan rightly said, “When the voice achieves perfect harmony with a note (sur), it is as if the soul has soared up to become one with the Supreme Being. That is how I feel when I listen to Lataji.”

She took singing lessons from her father from the tender age of 5. Her father, was the owner of a theatre company and a reputed classical singer. Lataji also studied classical music with Aman Ali Khan Sahib and later Amanat Khan. Her first AIR broadcast was in 1941.

At young as 13, she faced the trauma of her father passing away of a heart disease Lata shifted to Mumbai in 1945 began paving her footsteps with the film world.

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