Lata Mangeshkar

 

Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar is a renowned Indian playback singer and music director. She was born on September 28, 1929, in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, India. She began her singing career in 1942 and has since recorded thousands of songs in various Indian languages. She has received numerous awards for her contributions to Indian music, including the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor. Mangeshkar is considered one of the greatest and most influential singers in the Indian music industry and has a career spanning over seven decades. She also has a singing school known as Lata Mangeshkar Academy of Music in Mumbai.

Childhood Music Education

Lata Mangeshkar began receiving music lessons at a young age. Her father, Dinanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theater actor, and he began teaching her music and classical singing when she was just five years old. She also received formal training in classical music from Amanat Khan Deva Swale, a well-known music teacher in Indore.

In addition to her formal music education, Mangeshkar also had the opportunity to learn from some of the most renowned musicians of her time. Her father's connections in the Indian film industry allowed her to meet and learn from many prominent musicians, including Ustad Aman Ali Khan, Ustad Abdul Wahid Khan, and Ustad Baba Allauddin Khan.

Her family also was involved in Marathi-language music and theater, which exposed her to a lot of different forms of music. Therefore, she also learned Marathi Natya Sangeet songs from her father.

By the time she was a teenager, Mangeshkar had become a highly accomplished classical singer and was ready to begin her career in the Indian film industry.

Married Life of Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar never married. Throughout her career, she has always maintained a strong focus on her work and dedicated her life to her music and her family. She has always been a private person and has not spoken much about her personal life in the public domain.

Though, she stated in an interview that she had turned down a marriage proposal when she was young, as she did not want to leave her family and be away from her passion and focus of singing. And she has always kept a balance between family and professional life, and her passion for singing always took priority over personal life for her.

Some of her Famous Songs

She has recorded and sung a large number of songs throughout her career, some of which have become extremely popular and are considered classics. Some of her famous songs include "Ajeeb dastan hay yeh", "Tere Bina Zindagi Se", "Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya", "Lag Jaa Gale", "Aaja Re Pardesi" and many more. These songs were recorded for various Indian movies and are in different languages.