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MUMBAI: Lata Mangeshkar, the Nightingale of India, is 91 years old. The singer has been ruling the industry for over five decades. Let's have a look at interesting facts about the legendary artist.
She was born as Hema in Indore on this day in 1929. Her name was later changed to Lata, inspired by ‘Latika,’ a popular character from her father’s play titled Bhaaw Bandhan.
Lata ji attended school only for a day because she wasn’t allowed to bring her sister Asha along with her.
In 1938, she sang publicly for first time at Nutan Theatre, Sholapur.
In 1945, she was offered a minor role in Hindi film Badi Maa.
Raj Kapoor originally wanted to make Satyam Shivam Sunderam with Lataji in the lead.
Sashadhar Mukherjee, a renowned producer, had earlier dismissed Lata Mangeshkar’s voice as ‘too thin.’
The category of best playback singer at the Filmfare Awards was introduced in 1959 after Lata Mangeshkar’s protest.
The legendary singer was once given slow poison by some unidentified person because of which she was bedridden for almost 3 months.
Lata Mangeshkar was a recipient of the Bharat Ratna in the year 2001.
Here's wishing her a happy birthday!
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Credits: ABP
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