The melody queen of singing – the nightingale Lata Mangeshkar is turning another year young on September 28th. And to celebrate and adorn her birthday, India’s most popular music channel Zee Muzic is arranging a very special fiesta exclusively for its viewers across the world.
Zee Muzic will dedicate the entire day to the nightingale of India. Viewers will experience Lata in all her myriad moods right from spiritual to cabaret, from solo to duets, ghazals to discos. The channel will take you through a smooth drive from black & white to colour days, from Madhubala, Nargis and Helen to Madhuri and Kareena dancing to Lata’s popular songs.
Retro Parade will feature her songs from the 50s till the 80s and Ek Ke Baad Ek will play her songs from 90s till the recent ones. Cinemascope anchor, Roshni Chopra, will talk about the legend and swing our moods with some fantastic songs. Bollywood Tonight will have a special segment on Lata Mangeshkar and Midnite Manual will light the dance floor with her peppy and fast paced numbers.
A Cursory Look at Lata Ji:
It is a voice that no Indian can miss. Delightfully high, the notes rendered clearly to the last bar, the words pronounced with a rare panache – the voice has haunted Indians for over five decades. The ‘masseuse’ of this all-pervading music and the queen empress of India’s immensely popular light music industry, is a portly, dark, camera-shy, plain-as-jane, woman, 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. Words fail to express the depth and scope of Lata Mangeshkar’s genius. She symbolises India in a way that no one else has, or ever will for years to come.
Asha Bhonsle on Her Sister:
“Have you ever seen a waterfall retrace its path? I have seen it…rather heard it in didi’s voice. The tinkling notes of her taan tumble forth like a waterfall plunging down a cliff and then go back exactly the same way.”
Yes…the enthusiasm must be high now and the curiosity level be on high heels….so don’t worry the wait will be over on 28th September. Tune in to Zee Muzic to watch it all.
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