Lata Mangeshkar said goodbye to this world on 6 February 2022.
If Lata Mangeshkar, famous all over the world as Swar Kokila, was in this world today, she would have celebrated her 94th birthday. With her unique voice, Lata Mangeshkar made her mark not only in India but all over the world. Lata Mangeshkar was born on 28 September 1929 in a Marathi family in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. Her real name was Hema Mangeshkar, but then her father Dinanath Mangeshkar changed her name to ‘Lata’. Lata was fond of music since childhood, as her father was a renowned classical singer and theater artist. Although many stories related to Lata Mangeshkar are famous, but today we will tell you one story about her on the occasion of her birthday.
Story related to Ziddi in 1948
This story was related to his first song. Year 1948, the film ‘Ziddi’ came. The songs were superhit. Lata Mangeshkar sang songs for Kamini Kaushal, a renowned actress of that era. The film was well liked. In fact, at that time the singer’s name was not included on the disc and Lata Mangeshkar’s name was also not included on the disc. But, there was some other name in his place. The story goes like this that the name on the disc was not of Lata Mangeshkar but of Asha. Asha means not his younger sister, the name of Kamini Kaushal’s character in that film. The music company printed the name Asha only. That era was such that the names of actresses and actors were known, but singers were not given credit. Then it happened that the song was played a lot, people liked it and as a singer, Kamini Kaushal started getting a lot of love from the people.
Kamini Kaushal had mentioned the story
But, Kamini Kaushal was shocked by this. He felt hesitant in taking credit for Lata. Immediately, the recording company was requested to replace Lata’s name. This happened and then Lata’s name was written in place of Asha. Kamini Kaushal herself had mentioned this in an interview.
Lata Mangeshkar was considered to be the incarnation of Saraswati.
Lata Mangeshkar was considered to be the incarnation of Saraswati and it was believed that she could make any song a hit with her magical voice. But, there was a time when Lata Mangeshkar was rejected by a famous director because of her thin voice. Meaning, a singer like Lata ji also had to go through a lot of struggles. This matter is related to Dilip Kumar’s film ‘Shaheed’. The producer of the film was S Mukherjee. He auditioned Lata Mangeshkar for a song in this film and he did not like her voice because he felt that Lata’s voice was very thin. Then he rejected them. Then Dilip Kumar advised Lata ji to learn Urdu and she also worked hard on it.
Lata Mangeshkar sang more than 50 thousand songs
Lata Mangeshkar has the record of singing more than 50 thousand songs in her account. He has sung so many songs in 141 different languages. He started his singing career at the age of just 13. Lata ji herself had said that she did not listen to the songs she sang because she saw hundreds of shortcomings in the songs she sang. She kept naming Madan Mohan as her favorite music director.
Received National Award thrice
Lata Mangeshkar received the National Award thrice for her excellent singing. In his 80 years long career, he sang more than 50 thousand songs in 36 languages. He was also awarded with honors like Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan. This is the reason why his name is recorded in the ‘Guinness Book of World Records’. The whole world knows Lata Mangeshkar by the name of ‘Suron Ki Mallika’ and ‘Kokila Kanthi’, but few people know that she was also very fond of photography.
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