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Lata Mangeshkar, Bollywood Singer Dubbed ‘Queen of Melody,’ Dies at 92
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Shalini Dore Features News EditorIndian singer and Bollywood icon Lata Mangeshkar died Feb. 6 in Mumbai, India.
She was 92 and was suffering from multiple post-COVID complications.She was admitted to Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital in January with pneumonia. Indian media have reported that she also had heart problems.Mangeshkar, dubbed “the queen of melody” by Indian media, sang mostly film songs, though many were also religious tunes called bhajans.
She was also responsible for singers earning royalties rather than just a one-time payment thanks to a lone battle she waged in the 1960s that finally bore fruit in 2018.In a tribute to her, the late Dilip Kumar once said, “The way the fragrance of a flower has no color, a flowing spring or cool breeze belongs to no country, the smile of an innocent child has no religion, similarly Lata Mangeshkar’s voice is a miracle of nature’s creativity.” When her father, musician and theater actor Deenanath, died at an early age, Mangeshkar, the oldest of four siblings, started to sing under the aegis of family friend Vinayak.Even though detractors said her voice was too reedy, Mangeshkar broke through first in Marathi films and later in Hindi cinema, which was headquartered in what was then called Bombay. Trained in Hindustani classical music, she also studied the Urdu language as many lyricists in the 1940s wrote in that language.
Her classical music background is evident in such songs as “Man Mohana Bade Jhoote” in 1955’s “Seema.”Music director Ghulam Muhammad took her under his wing when the mono-monickered Vinayak died. Muhammad gave her a chance to sing in 1948’s “Majboor.”In 1949’s “Mahal,” the lead Madhubala lip-synced to Mangeshkar singing “Aayega aanewala,” which went on to be
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Lata Mangeshkar (1929–2022), legendary Indian playback singer
Lata Mangeshkar was a legendary Indian playback singer whose voice was lip synced by actresses in countless Bollywood movies. Lata Mangeshkar was a legendary Indian playback singer who was the singing voice of Bollywood’s top female stars for several decades.
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Associated Press, the 92-year-old was hospitalised with the virus on January 11, where she was put on a ventilator. She was taken off life support as her condition improved, however, she deteriorated again on the weekend.As CNN reports, her doctor, Dr. Pratit Samdani, told reporters outside Breach Candy Hospital where she’d been treated: “Lata Di died at 8:12 a.m.
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Lata Mangeshkar, the singing voice behind many Bollywood actresses, died Sunday at Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai, India. She was 92 and the cause was complications of Covid-19, said Pratit Samdani, a doctor at the hospital, according to Indian news outlets.
Lata Mangeshkar, famous Indian singer, dead at 92
Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by more than a billion people in South Asia, has died. She was 92. The iconic singer died Sunday morning of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, her physician, Dr.
Lata Mangeshkar, legendary Indian singer, dies at 92
NEW DELHI -- Lata Mangeshkar, a legendary Indian singer with a prolific, groundbreaking catalog and a voice recognized by a billion people in South Asia, has died, her doctor said. She was 92.The iconic singer died of multiple organ failure at Breach Candy hospital in Mumbai, Dr.
Lata Mangeshkar, Bollywood Singer Dubbed ‘Queen of Melody’ Dies at 92
Shalini Dore Features News EditorIndian singer and Bollywood icon Lata Mangeshkar died Feb. 6 in Mumbai, India, according to the Press Trust of India.
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