It’s been 80 years since we listened to the beautiful voice of Lata Mangeshkar. Yes, India’s Nightingale completed eight decades of singing in films on 16 December. At the age of just 14, he sang two songs for the radio for the first time.
When Subhash K Jha asked her, ‘Didi, now you have completed 80 years of singing?’ So Lata ji said, ‘All this is the grace of God. And of course the blessings of my parents who dreamed big for me. Do you know, my father was an astrologer. She predicted that I would do something special in my life.
And you are going far beyond what your father predicted…
(laughs) Yes. I sang a lot of songs for little boys. Laxmikant-Pyarelal had composed a song about love for their mother which I love very much.
O Ma Tu Kitna Achcha Hai Tu Kitni Bholi Hai From The Movie Raja Aur Rank?
That’s right. It was a lovely song. There was some innocence in the world we lived in those days. There was laughter and happiness and joy in simple things. Now it’s all gone.
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