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Lata  Mangeshkar
...a living legend...

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main tumhare hi swaron mein...
geet apne gaa rahi hun..

"Have you ever seen a waterfall retrace its path?...I have seen it...rather heard it in didi's voice. The tinkling notes of her taan tumble forth like a waterfall plunging down a cliff and then go back exactly the same way."

It is a voice that no Indian can miss. Delightfully high, the notes rendered clearly to the last bar, the words pronounced with a rare panache -  the voice has haunted Indians for the over five decades.  The 'masseuse' of this all-pervading music and the queen empress of India's immensely popular light music industry, is a portly, dark, camera-shy, plain-as-jane, woman, Latabai Mangeshkar, who, as a playback singer, enjoys today, a clout, which even the movie moguls of the country's film industry cannot dream of.

Lata Mangeshkar's songs have captured the hearts and imagination of millions of her admirers around the world. They have become an inseparable part of the daily lives of Indians - wherever they may be.

Words fail to express the depth and scope of Lata Mangeshkar's genius. Lata Mangeshkar has come to symbolise India in a way that no one else has, or ever will for years to come.

On her 70th birthday, I would like to show my appreciation for her songs by putting up a home-page dedicated to this singer whose voice has cheered me up on many a blue evening and made life worth living after all.

To know more about Lata:

FACTOIDS
WHAT OTHERS SAY ABOUT HER
WHAT LATA SAYS ABOUT OTHERS
ARTICLES & INTERVIEWS
AWARDS
BOOKS
AVAILABLE ALBUMS
COLLECTOR's INFORMATION
COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF SONGS
CONTACT LATA MANGESHKAR
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
 
 
 

Lata Mangeshkar : A living legend...