Personal tragedies have upset the legendary singer and hence she has expressed that she is in no mood to celebrate her 84th birthday.
Born to a Marathi family headed by theatre actor and singer Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar in Indore, Lata Mangeshkar is the eldest sister of an equally accomplished playback singer Asha Bhosle. Her other siblings-Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar are also into singing.
Crowned as the ‘Nightingale of India’, Lata started her career as a playback singer in 1942 and ever since she has been associated with timeless classics. With a career spanning over six decades, the singer has the rare feat of crooning in thousands of Bollywood movies in addition to many Indian regional languages.
From Nutan to Meena Kumari, Hema Malini to Rekha, Sridevi to Madhuri Dixit and Kareena Kapoor to Preity Zinta, Lata Mangeshkar has lent her voice to divas of different eras of Hindi cinema.
Naino mein badra (Mera Saaya, 1966)
Ae mere watan ke logon (Haqeeqat, 1964)
Satyam Shivam Sundaram (Satyam Shivam Sundaram, 1978)
Kuch dil ne kahaa (Anupama, 1966)
Lag jaa gale (Woh Kaun Thi, 1964)
Rahe na rahe hum (Mamta, 1966)
Aayega aanewala (Mahal, 1949)
Pyaar kiya toh darna kya (Mughal-e-Azam, 1960)
Zara si aahat hoti (Haqeeqat, 1964)
Ae dil-e-nadaan (Razia Sultan, 1983)
Ajeeb dastan hai yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parayi, 1960)
Woh bhooli dastaan (Sanjog, 1961)
Tere bina zindagi (Aandhi, 1975)
Dikhayee diyen (Bazaar, 1982)
Kya jaanu sajan (Baharon Ke Sapne, 1967)
E24telugu.com wishing the Nightingale of India a happy and fun filled birthday.
