Lata Mangeshkar


 
 

Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar (??? ???????) (born September 28, 1929) is a popular Indian singer, whose career has spanned over six decades. Although she has worked on non-film songs and has sung in many languages, she is chiefly known as a Bollywood Hindi playback singer.

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

Lata was born as Hema Hardikar at Sikh Mohalla, Indore in a middle-class Maharashtrian family. She was born as the eldest daughter of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar and his second wife Shevanti Mangeshkar. Her father was a theatre-artist and singer. Her siblings, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Mangeshkar, and Asha Bhosle, also chose music as their careers.


 

Bharat Ratna: Bharat Ratna is India's highest civilian award....

September 28: September 28 is the 271st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (272nd in leap years). There are 94 days remaining....

1929: 1929 was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar)....

~ Table of Content ~

Introduction
Childhood
1940s: Initial days in Bollywood
1950s: Popularity on the rise
1960s: Lata is the playback queen
1970s: Lata is ageless diva
1980s: Lata gets selective
1990s
2000s
Singing style
Lata the person
See also
External link
 
FR: Lata Mangeshkar


 

~ Related Subjects ~

India (2) - September 28 (2) - Dinanath Mangeshkar (1) - Middle-class (1) - Maharashtrian (1) - Asha Bhosle (1) - Leap year (1) - Gregorian calendar (1) - Civilian award (1) - Bollywood (1) - 1929 (1) - Bharat Ratna (1) - Hindi (1) - Indore (1) - Sikh Mohalla (1) -
 

~ Community ~

History Forum
Come and discuss about History, Civilizations, Historical Events and Figures
History Web-Ring
A community of sites, blogs and forums dedicated to History. Do not hesitate to submit your site.