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Jun 25, 2012, 6:34:22 PM (12 years ago)

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+'''Lata Mangeshkar (b. 1929)'''
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+Prolific megastar playback singer central to
+Hindi film music for the past four decades.
+Allegedly recorded over 25000 songs in 14
+Indian languages, although Nerurkar’s
+compilation (1989) lists a total of 5066 Hindi
+songs between 1946 and 1989, which should
+be the bulk of her output. Born in Indore, MP.
+Daughter of noted Sangeet Natak actor-singer,
+Dinanath Mangeshkar, started as a child actress
+in Master Vinayak films. Sang her first song in
+Vasant Joglekar’s Marathi film Kiti Hasaal
+(1942), but the song was dropped, making her
+real début with Joglekar’s Aap Ki Sewa Mein
+(1947). Came to prominence with Ghulam
+Haider’s score in Majboor (1948). Worked with
+all leading music directors, including Anil
+Biswas, Naushad, Shankar-Jaikishen and C.
+Ramchandra. Occasionaly composed for
+Marathi films, starting with Dinkar D. Patil’s
+Ram Ram Pahuna (1950) and then, under
+the pseudonym Anandaghan, only for Bhalji
+Pendharkar (Mohityanchi Manjula, 1963;
+Maratha Tituka Melavava, 1964; Sadhi
+Manse, 1965; Tambdi Mati, 1969). Turned
+producer with the Marathi films Vadal and
+Jhanjhar (both 1953), Kanchan (1955) and
+Lekin ... (1990). Since the 50s, possibly
+following Bhai Bhai (1956), she perfected her
+apparently effortless, high-pitched voice
+projection, usually in C sharp, a technique said
+to overcome the crude sound reproduction on
+rickety gramophones and in suburban and
+rural cinemas. Until the late 80s, recorded
+about 2 songs a day, featuring in almost every
+Hindi and most other language films. The
+major Khayal performer, Neela Bhagwat,
+commented that Mangeshkar’s performances
+regrettably became the norm for the Indian
+middle-class notion of feminine beauty in
+music. Kumar Shahani suggested that only
+she could have sung the difficult Ektaal-based
+song, Sangh so javo in his Tarang (1984). She
+appeared as actress in Pahili Mangalagaur
+(1942), Mazhe Bal and Chimukla Sansar
+(1943), Gajabhau (1944), Badi Maa (1945),
+Jeevan Yatra and Subhadra (both 1946),
+Mandir (1948) and Chhatrapati Shivaji
+(1952).
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+[[Music]]