![]() He helped her get started in a career as a singer and actress. Master Vinayak (Vinayak Damodar Karnataki), the owner of Navyug Chitrapat movie company and a close friend of the Mangeshkar family, took care of them. In 1942, when Mangeshkar was 13, her father died of heart disease. Main article: List of songs recorded by Lata Mangeshkar Early career in the 1940s On her first day of school, Mangeshkar left because she was not allowed to bring her sister Asha along with her. At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her father's musical plays ( Sangeet Natak in Marathi). She received her first music lesson from her father. Meena, Asha, Usha and Hridaynath, in birth order, are her siblings all are accomplished singers and musicians. Her parents later renamed her Lata after a female character, Latika, in one of her father's plays. She learned Gujarati folk songs such as garbas of Pavagadh from her maternal grandmother. Her maternal grandfather, Seth Haridas Ramdas Lad, was from Gujarat, a prosperous businessman and landlord of Thalner. Shevanti was Deenanath's second wife his first wife Narmada, who had died before his marriage to Shevanti, was Shevanti's older sister. Her mother, Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), was a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra). : 47–48 Deenanath had taken the surname Mangeshkar, based on the name of his ancestral village, Mangeshi in Goa. Deenanath's father's surname was Hardikar. As a Devadasi, Yesubai was a reputed musician. Deenanath's mother Yesubai Rane was his father's mistress belonging to the Devadasi community of Goa, a matrilineal community of temple artists now known as Gomantak Maratha Samaj. Deenanath's father was Ganesh Bhatt Bhikoba (Bhikambhatt) Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki), a Karhade Brahmin who served as a priest at the famous Mangeshi Temple in Goa. Her father, Deenanath Mangeshkar was a Marathi and Konkani classical singer and theatre actor. Mangeshkar was born in a Marathi family on 28 September 1929 : 67 in Indore (in the present-day Indore district of Madhya Pradesh), then the capital of the princely state of Indore which was part of the Central India Agency in British India. See also: Mangeshkar family Childhood photo of Lata Mangeshkar She appeared in the Guinness World Records as the most recorded artist in history before being replaced by her sister, Asha Bhosle. In 1974, she became the first Indian playback singer to perform at the Royal Albert Hall in London, England. She was the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, before declining further ones, two Filmfare Special Awards, the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award amongst others. ![]() In 2007, France made her an Officer of the National Order of the Legion of Honour, the country's highest civilian award. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, one of only three singers to receive India's highest civilian honour. In 1989, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her by the Government of India. She received several accolades and honors throughout her career. ![]() Mangeshkar recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi and her mother tongue Marathi. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody", "Nightingale of India", and "Voice of the Millennium". Her voice was one of the unifying elements of the peoples of South Asia across borders. She is considered to be the most celebrated singer in independent India and one of its most influential artists. Lata Mangeshkar ( ( listen) born Hema Mangeshkar 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer.
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