Photograph: Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0
Hindi film music · 1940s–2000s
Lata Mangeshkar
Playback singer whose recordings span more than six decades of Indian cinema.
- Born
- 28 September 1929, Indore, India
- Died
- 6 February 2022, Mumbai, India
- On these dates
- Active period taken from the decades recorded in the era field; approximate.
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Lag Jaa Gale — Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)
Recorded 1964 · Shemaroo Filmi Gaane
The film soundtrack recording, posted by the Shemaroo catalogue channel.
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Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha — Anpadh (1962)
Recorded 1962 · Saregama Music
Saregama's transfer of the original LP recording.
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Naina Barse Rimjhim Rimjhim — Woh Kaun Thi? (1964)
Recorded 1964 · Saregama Music
Posted by Saregama, the label holding the original soundtrack.
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Mera Saaya Saath Hoga — Mera Saaya (1966)
Recorded 1966 · Saregama Music
Posted by Saregama, the label holding the original soundtrack.
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Songs & films
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Biography
Life
Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore in 1929 into the family of the singer and theatre actor Dinanath Mangeshkar, and began recording for Hindi films in the 1940s. Her work with Madan Mohan runs through this archive's first film-music collection: "Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha" (Anpadh, 1962), "Lag Jaa Gale" and "Naina Barse Rimjhim" (Woh Kaun Thi?, 1964) and "Mera Saaya Saath Hoga" (Mera Saaya, 1966).
Her wider career, honours and recordings in other languages are queued for research rather than summarised here from memory.
Lineage & company
Teachers, students and musical connections
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Musicians whose own pages record a connection with this one, in the words their sources use.
- Ustad Sultan KhanTheir page records: Accompanied on one documented occasion
The Guardian reports that she asked him to accompany her when she visited Rajkot, which led to his move to Bombay. Not a continuing partnership.
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Photograph: Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0
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