Happy Birthday melody queen Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar has being rightfully labelled the ‘Nightangle of India’ or the melody queen. Mangeshkar has been the soulful voice that has echoed in the hearts and minds of over the last seven decades. Lata Mangeshkar would arguably go down as the greatest playback singer India ever had. There were many great playback singers who enthralled music buffs with their melodious voices but the connect which 'Lataji' established with the Indian film diaspora is unparalleled. Mangeshkar collaborated with the legendary music directors like Shankar Jaikishen, Laxmikant Pyarelal, SD Burman and AR Rehman who brought the best out of the melody queen. Lata sang some beautiful duets with fellow singing maestro's like Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh and Kishore Kumar which turned out to be the success formula for many Bollywood blockbusters. Lata was versatile enough to lend her voice to leading Bollywood ladies, right from the days of Nargis, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman, Hema Mailini and Kajol to name a few…. For her excellence in her field of singing, she was bestowed with the country’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna in 2001. She won the Padma Bhushan in 1969 and Padma Vibhushan in 1999.

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