LATA MANGESHKAR

 Lata Mangeshkar(28 September 1929 - 6 February 2022)

Lata Mangeshkar was a Bollywood playback singer and occasional composer of the songs. Her father was a classical singer and artist, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar and her mother was a housewife, Shevanti. She was named as "Hema" at her birth, but later his father name her "Lata" from his play's character. She was a child artist in Marathi movie, but her dream was to be a singer so alongside, she practiced for te songs too. She sung 6550 songs in total, in which 5328 were Hindi Bollywood songs, and others were of different languages. She was also known as "Nightingale Of India" and one of the most versatile singers in the Indian film Industry, she has recorded albums of all kinds(ghazala, pop, etc.). Her first Hindi song was Hisdustan Ke Logo from Marathi movie Gajabhau. She was awarded with Padma Bushan in 1969, Dada Saheb Phalke Award in 1989, Padma Vibhushan in 1999, Bharat Ratna in 2001, One Time Award For Lifetime Achievement in 2008 and many more.

Best songs of Mangeshkar are:

1. Lag Ja Gale: This song featured in movie, Mere Jeevan Saathi in 1972, music directed and composed by Madan Mohan Kohli, lyrics written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. This song was released in null by Saregama.

2. Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh: This song featured in movie, Dil Apna Ur Preet Parai in 1960, music directed and composed by Jaikishan Dayabhai Panchal and Shankar Singh Raghuvanshi, lyrics written by Shailendra. This song was released on 1st January by Saregama.

3. Bangle Ke Peeche: This song featured in movie, Samadhi in 1972, music directed and composed by Rahul Dev Burman, lyrics written by Majrooh Sultanpuri. This song was released on 11th February by Saregama.

4. Humko Humise Se Churalo: This song featured in movie, Mohabbatein in 2000, music directed and composed by Jatin Pandit and Lalit Pandit, lyrics written by Anand Bakshi. Along with Lata, Udit Narayan also gave his voice to this song. This song was released on 27th October by YRF Music.

5. Jiya Jale Jaan Jale: This song featured in movie, Dil Se.. in 1998, music directed and composed by A. R. Rahman, lyrics written by Gulzar. 

Along with Lata, M. G. Sreekumar also gave his voice to this song. This song was released on 21st August by Venus.

6. Apki Nazron ne Samjha: This song featured in movie, Anpadh in 1962, music directed and composed by Madan Mohan Kohli, lyrics written by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan. This song was released on 10th May by Saregama.

7. Luka Chhupi: This song featured in movie, Rang De Basanti in 2006, music directed and composed by A. R. Rahman, lyrics written by Javed Akhtar. This song was released on 26th January by Saregama.

For more of her songs: LINK FOR HER PLAYLIST