Lata Mangeshkar (born September 28, 1929) is a singer from India. Focusing mainly on Hindi and Marathi film music, she is one of the world’s foremost Indian vocalists.
Mangeshkar’s first cinematic song was for the Marathi film Kiti Hasaal (1942), produced by Vasant Joglekar. However, her father disliked the idea of any of his daughters singing for movies, so the song was dropped from the film.
Lata Mangeshkar monopolized the best female playback singer award from 1958 to 1966. In 1969, Lata made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in order to promote fresh talent.
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