| Name(s) |
LATA MANGESHKAR |
| Date of
Birth |
September 28, 1929 |
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Identity |
One of the Greatest
Female Singers of India |
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Other Events &
Developments |
- She is one of the best-known and most respected
playback singers in India.
- Her career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and
a half decades.
- She has recorded songs for over a thousand Bollywood
movies and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian
languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi.
- She is the elder sister of singer Asha Bhosle, and
Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena
Mangeshkar.
- She is the second vocalist to have ever been awarded the
Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour.
- She was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records
from 1974 to 1991 for having made the most recordings in the
world. But later, it was found that her younger sister, Asha
Bhosle, had more song recordings than she had.
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Awards & Accolades |
- Padma Bhushan (1969)
- Padma Vibhushan (1999)
- Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989)
- Maharashtra Bhushan Award (1997)
- NTR National Award (1999)
- Bharat Ratna (2001)
- ANR National Award (2009)
- Three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film
Journalists' Association Awards.
- Four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards.
- Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993
- In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the
Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote
fresh talent. She was later awarded .
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Commemoration |
- In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh
instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honuor of Lata
Mangeshkar.
- The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a
Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
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