Lata Mangeshkar news

When Lataji Singlehandedly changed The Future Of Playback Singing

Playback singing in Hindi cinema can be divided into  two neat halves: before and after Lata  Mangeshkar . Before Lataji,… Read More

8th March 2023

Sorry Rolling Stones, Lata Mangeshkar Position Is  Not Listable

Dear Rolling Stones,  Firstly, thank you  for  honouring our most precious  and  irreplaceable  Goddess Of  All Melodious Things among the … Read More

4th January 2023

Lataji, Nargis, Simi Garewal:  The Three Legendary  Ladies In  White Of Bollywood

There are  three  Bollywood  ladies  of  legendary repute who  preferred to wear  only one  colour.Lata Mangeshkar, Nargis  and  Simi  Garewal… Read More

12th November 2022

In An Interview Conducted  in 1999 Lata Mangeshkar talks about awards, the contemporary   music  scene and her sister Asha Bhosle.

What do awards mean to you  at this  stage  of  your  life  and career when you’ve seen every recognition  possible?… Read More

28th September 2022

Lata Mangeshkar’s Dream Project To Be A Reality Soon

India’s greatest national treasure  Lata  Mangeshkar  has passed on into the ages. But she  left a  dream behind. And  it… Read More

29th May 2022

When Lata Mangeshkar Spoke On The People Who Influenced Her Life

My Father Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar: “My father was a huge influence in shaping me into the singer that I became. He taught me… Read More

20th February 2022

“What it means to be Lata Mangeshkar”

Lalit Pandit, one-half the  popular  Jatin-Lalit duo, tells Subhash K Jha what it means  to be Lata Mangeshkar and to… Read More

19th February 2022

Lata Mangeshkar On Her 7 Most Romantic Songs

Javed  Akhtar  told me about  an incident that Pandit Jasraj narrated  to him .In the 1950s Pandit Jasraj  was in  Amritsar  when… Read More

14th February 2022

The Nightingale Lata Mangeshkar On Her  Equation With Sister Asha Bhosle

Everyone knows  Lataji and her  super-illustrious sister  have come together  for monumental numbers like  Mann  kyon behka(Utsav) and Jab jab tumhe bulaya(Jahan Aara).But it's … Read More

10th February 2022

When Jagjit Singh Made History With Lata Mangeshkar

Like so many myths and misrepresentations  regarding the  Goddess Of All Melodious Things, which were  floating around  while she was … Read More

9th February 2022

Lataji ….Unknown Facts

She  was  very shy  of meeting  people.  But  everyone  wanted to just see her. There would be  a congregation  of … Read More

7th February 2022

Lata Mangeshkar Is A Religion Beyond Saffron Or Green

I  had decided to not  write  an obituary on the Goddess Of All Melodious Things. Obituaries  are written  for the… Read More

7th February 2022

When I Met God, Lata Mangeshkar, For The First Time

As she recuperates slowly but surely  from the  attack by the  greatest villain  civilization has encountered   since Gabbar Singh  I … Read More

23rd January 2022

Lata Mangeshkar: 5 Songs That Sing About Healing

Javed Akhtar is  among the millions who  believe Lataji’s voice to the therapeutic. “When your morale is down or when… Read More

17th January 2022

“Many Songs Got Left Behind”  Lata Mangeshkar Speaks Of Those Classic Melodies That Slipped Through the Crack

Vishal Bhardwaj’s composition  Theek nahin lagta which was recorded for a film in the 1990s that never got released,  until  January  this … Read More

13th January 2022

Lata Mangeshkar: “I had no time to play with  dolls”

As  the Goddess  of all melodious things  Lata Mangeshkar completed  80 years  of singing on December 16, her most ardent… Read More

17th December 2021