Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary female playback singer celebrates her birthday today, September 28. The singer turned 81 today and the entire nation celebrates this day and congratulates her with warm wishes
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28 September 2010
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary female playback singer celebrates her birthday today, September 28. The singer turned 81 today and the entire nation celebrates this day and congratulates her with warm wishes
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Many Many Happy Returns of the DAY...
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Bharat Ratna Latabai Mangeshkar, who, as a playback singer, enjoys today, a clout, which even the movie moguls of the country's film industry cannot dream of.Lata Mangeshkar's songs have captured the hearts and imagination of millions of her admirers around the world. They have become an inseparable part of the daily lives of Indians - wherever they may be. Words fail to express the depth and scope of Lata Mangeshkar's genius. Lata Mangeshkar has come to symbolise India in a way that no one else has, or ever will for years to come. She has charmed her fans with thousands of songs she has sung as a playback singer in films, her name was in the Guinness Book of World Records for singing the maximum number of songs way back in 1974 sung in over 20 different languages. Perhaps only mother's voice sounds more magical than Lata's. The name of Lata Mangeshkar (b.1929) is a byword in Indian semi-classical music. A soprano with over three octave range, she has an indescribable, unsoiled purity in her voice. It is delicate, sharp and clear in difficult note patterns. Her rendition is marked with a rare sense of rhythm and lyrics.
Lata is a legend in her lifetime and undeniably the best singer India has ever produced. As renowned Classical singer Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali Khan said for lata "Kambakht Galti Se Bhi Kabhi Besura Nahi Gati". Her contribution to making music popular throughout India and the world is incalculable and she has reigned supreme all through the last six decades.
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Santhosh Poojary
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The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in the year 1958. In 1956, 'Rasik Balma'[CHORI-CHORI] won the Best Song Filmfare Award, Lata refused to sing it live in protest of no Playback Singer category, which paved way in 1958 of this new category ( though Male & Female Awards where started later on).
From the year 1958 to 1966 no other female singer was able to get the filmfare award. Since she had won the popular Filmfare awards so many times & had always been accussed of monopolising the industry (along with sister Asha), after 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up FILMFARE awards in favour of fresh talent.
1958 - Aaja Re Pardesi [MADHUMATI]
1962 - Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil [BEES SAAL BAAD]
1965 - Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja [KHANDAAN]
1969 - Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage [JEENE KI RAAH]
1993 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
1993 : Filmfare felicitated by the Maharashra Government
1972 - Parichay - Best Female Playback Singer.
1975 - Kora Kagaz - Best Female Playback Singer.
1990 - Lekin - Best Female Playback Singer.
1966 - Sadhi Mansa - Best Playback Singer.
1967 - Jait Re Jait - Best Playback Singer.
1964 - Woh Kaun Thi - Best Female Playback Singer.
1967 - Milan - Best Female Playback Singer.
1968 - Raja Aur Rank - Best Female Playback Singer.
1969 - Saraswati Chandra - Best Female Playback Singer.
1970 - Do Raaste - Best Female Playback Singer.
1971 - Tere Mere Sapne - Best Female Playback Singer.
1973 - Marjina Abdulla (Bengali) - Best Female Playback Singer.
1973 - Abhimaan - Best Female Playback Singer.
1975 - Kora Kagaz - Best Female Playback Singer.
1981 - Ek Duje Ke Liye - Best Female Playback Singer. 
1985 - Ram Teri Ganga Maili - Best Female Playback Singer.
Some of Lataji's awards include :
1969 : Padam Bhushan
1974 : Guinness Book of World Records:for singing the maximum number
1980 : Was presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America
1980 : Honorary Citizenship. The Republic of Suriname, South America
1985 : 9th June declared as Asia Day in honour of her arrival in Toronto, Canada
1987 : Honorary Citizenship of the U.S.A, Houston, Texas, U.S.A
1989 : Dada Saheb Phalke Award
1990 : Honorary Doctorate (Literature) By Pune University
1996 : Videocon Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
1997 : Rajiv Gandhi Award.
1998 : Lux Zee Cine Lifetime Achievement Award
1999 : Padma Vibhushan
1999 : NTR Award
2000 : Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London
2000 : Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan
2001 : Bharat Ratna - The Nation's Highest Civilian Award
2001: Noorjehan Award : First Reciepient
2001: Maharashtra Ratna : First Reciepient
2002: Felicitation By CII ( For Contribution to Music & the Film Industry)
2002: Hakim Khan Sur Award ( For National Integration by Maharana Mewar Foundation)
2002: Asha Bhosle Award : First Reciepient
Doctor of Literature from Shivaji, Kolhapur, Pune, Khairagadh Music University, Hyderabad University & New York University.
Lataji has received about 250 trophies and 150 gold discs
The only Asian to have received the Platinum Disc of EMI London
Swar Bharati award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar
In Tirupati, the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo(Court Musician of the Shrine).
She has also been the member of the Rajya Sabha
Lata Mangeshkar Award was also instituted by Maharashtra Government in 1992, first recipient of this award was Manik Verma for her outstanding contribution in singing.
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