Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar – ‘Bollywood Nightingale’
I missed my childhood. I had to work hard, but they immediately gave me a place in the reproduction.”
Bharat Ratna Shri Lata Mangeshkar (September 28, 1929) is one of India’s best known and most respected playback singers and music directors. He is hailed as the ‘nightingale of Bollywood’ with a career spanning over seven decades. He has recorded songs for more than a thousand Hindi movies and has sung more than 50,000 songs in more than thirty-six regional languages of India and foreign languages. The ‘Queen of Melody’ is the proud winner of 3 National Film Awards, 12 Bengal Journalist Association Awards, 4 Filmfare Awards for Best Female Performance, 2 Filmfare Special Awards and Filmfare Lifetime Award. In 2001, for her immense contribution in the field of music, she received the Bharat Ratna Award, making her the second female vocalist after MS Subbulakshmi to receive the highest civilian award of the Republic of India and the Dadasaheb Phalke Award. in 1989 by the Government of India. . The ‘voice of the millennium’ held the Guinness Book of World Records from 1974 to 1991 and claimed that he had reportedly recorded ‘no fewer than 25,000 songs solo, duet and backed by choirs in 20 languages.
“Voice of the Nation” has won several awards including Padma Bhushan, Padma Vibhushan, Dadasaheb Phalke Award, Maharashtra Bhushan Award, National NTR Award and National ANR Award. She has conferred the title of ‘Officer of the French Legion of Honour, France’s highest civil order. She was the first Indian to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in 1974 in the category of Best Female Playback Singer and she holds the record for the oldest winner (61 years old) of the National Film Award.
Born to a prominent classical singer and stage actor Deenanath Mangeshkar, Lata Ji was introduced to music at a young age and recorded her first song at the age of 13. After her father’s death due to a heart attack, she was forced to become the bread and butter of the family. winner. She began singing and acting to make ends meet.
life lesson – In adverse situations, winners like their work for the material and spiritual well-being, elevation and security of their family. They look after the well-being, health and happiness of their loved ones. They never blame external or internal factors, they do not play the victim card or the blame game, nor do they expect any support from others about their unfavorable situation for their family. Achievers like Lata Ji accepted the responsibility of his late father and in return received more love and respect not only from his fantasy, but also from society.
