Lata Mangeshkar is the most renowned and respected artist of popular culture. She has an extensive fan base across the globe. Generations of people keep regarding her as their inspiration. In this extract, we shall have a look at the lesser-known, interesting, and fun facts of Lata Mangeshkar Ji.
She was held and known as Hema and later changed her name to Lata established on an identity Latika from one of her dad’s plays- BhavBandhan. Her last name, Mangeshkar, is regarded after a town- Mangeshi in Goa.
The initial time she conducted in front of the public was in 1938 at the ‘Nutan Theater’ in Solapur. At the theatre, she sang “Raag Khambavati” and two Marathi language songs.
At the age of 5 years, Lata commenced functioning in her dad’s lyrical plays- ‘Sangeet Natak’ in Marathi. She furthermore worked on a secondary role in the early, initial Hindi movie by Master Vinayak- Bari “Ma” in 1945.
She followed the academy merely for a single day and on the very initial day at the school she took her untrained sister Asha and began educating symphony to the learners and when educators punished her for this, she left school permanently.
Her initial lyric was- “Naachu Ya Gade”, “Khelu Saari Mani Haus Bhaari” for the Marathi movie ‘Kiti Hasaal’ in the year 1942, nonetheless, the music was plunged for some justifications from the ultimate cut. She remarks her very first music in Marathi terminology- “Natali Chaitraachi Navalai” in a similar year for the Marathi movie “Pahili Mangalaa-gaur.”
Sashadhar Mukherjee who was preparing a movie- Shaheed (1948) rejected Lata Ji’s voice by condemning it as “too thin.”
Lata Mangeshkar disclosed in a consultation that her real godfather was Ghulam Haidar who believed in her ability.
During her preliminary singing vocation, she wielded to emulate the prosperous and talented vocalist Noor Jehan and later she developed her vocalizing technique.
After the music- Aayega Aanewala from the film ‘Mahal’ in 1949, Lata Mangeshkar evolved as a celebrity vocalist overnight. The music is still contemplated as one of the hardest lyrics to vocalize.
Lata Ji isn’t a makeup lover and doesn’t love applying it and she also maintains distance from the media attention.
(According to Ohfact)