The Academy featured late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar in its ‘In Memoriam’ segment on the Oscars website, on Sunday, but overlooked actor Dilip Kumar, who also passed away in the last year.
With the nation mourning the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, Silverscreen India spoke to one of her ardent fans, Suman Chaurasia, who has been running a gramophone record museum in Indore dedicated to the late singer. “It is with her blessing that I established the museum to preserve her song collections and keep her legacy alive,” he says.
We bring you the melodies that she sang with her sister Asha Bhosle, songs dedicated to mothers, and patriotic songs about India which are played every year on January 26 and August 15.In a career spanning over seven decades, she recorded several songs for over a thousand Hindi films, and sang in other languages too, including Marathi, Bengali, Tamil, Telugu, and Malayalam.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer fondly called the Melody Queen of India, died on Sunday in Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital at the age of 92.
Personalities from all walks of life paid their tributes to late singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away on Sunday morning at Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital at the age of 92.
Music composer AR Rahman condoled the death of singer Lata Mangeshkar, in a video homage paid to the “Nightingale of India.” He said that she was not just a “singer or icon” but “part of a soul” and “consciousness of India.”
Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar died on Sunday in Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital, after multiple organ failure. The 92-year-old singer was being treated for Covid-19 and pneumonia.
Veteran music composer Ilaiyaraaja shared a heartfelt condolence message on the demise of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday.
Several states, including Maharashtra, Goa, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Uttarakhand and Madhya Pradesh, have declared state-wide mourning and public holidays following the death of legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on Sunday.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary 92-year-old singer, died on Sunday morning in Mumbai’s Breach Candy hospital. According to ANI, the singer died due to multiple organ failure at 8:12 in the morning. Dr. Pratit Samdani, who was treating the veteran singer, said in a statement, “It is with profound grief that we announce the sad demise of Lata Mangeshkar at 8:12 am. She has died because of multi-organ failure after more than 28 days of hospitalisation post COVID19.”
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer who has been hospitalised since January 8 and was taken off the ventilator last week, has once again been put on ventilator support on Saturday.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer who has been hospitalised since January 8, is showing signs of improvement, Dr Pratit Samdani told ANI. The 92-year-old has been taken off the ventilator but continues to remain under observation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer who has been hospitalised since January 8, showed signs of improvement after she was taken off the ventilator on Thursday as a trial. However, the 92-year-old continues to remain under observation in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at the Breach Candy Hospital, Mumbai.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary singer, continues to be in the ICU after testing positive for Covid-19 last week.
Lata Mangeshkar, the legendary 92-year-old singer, has been admitted to a private hospital in Mumbai on Tuesday, after testing positive for Covid-19.
Sensing a possible separation, she further says that the night, which could well be their last, may not return in this lifetime – the lyrics penned by Raja Mehdi Ali Khan keeps up with the film’s tale of confusion and longing, and infuses sensuous moments between the visibly estranged couple.The most recent one for the film Meri Pyaari Bindu, starring Ayushmann Khurrana and Parineeti Chopra – a film that heavily relied on retro Hindi songs.
Lata Mangeshkar, who turns 88 today, says age doesn’t dampen her spirit and that she has always lived with a hope for a better tomorrow.
Veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar is shocked at how a woman named Revati Khare allegedly duped several people using her name. The soon-to-be 88-year-old singer, speaking to Deccan Chronicle, said:
Lata Mangeshkar turned 87 today. The legendary singer doesn’t think much of birthdays, and quipped, “I am not a big fan of birthdays. At this stage in my life, I always think, ‘Another year of my life has gone.’ It is not something to be happy about. Celebrations are good only for kids.”
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be conferred the Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award in Mumbai on Sunday. Awarded by the Master Deenanath Mangeshkar Smruti Pratishthan Charitable Trust, the honour was announced in memory of the late Indian singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Sung by Asha Bhosle and Lata Mangeshkar
Lata Mangeshkar (who celebrates her 88th birthday today) made her Tamil debut with this song from Vaana Ratham.
Earlier, Silverscreen had reported that Dileep had been feeling unwell in jail, and that Malayalam cinema veterans Adoor Gopalakrishnan and others visited him. Thus far, these veterans have issued no public statement of support towards the actress who was abducted and sexually assaulted.Celebrities including Akshay Kumar and Lata Mangeshkar prayed for Dilip’s speedy recovery and sent the legendary actor their wishes through social media.
Comedy troupe All India Bakchod’s (AIB) Tanmay Bhat has received strong criticism, particularly from public figures and politicians in Maharashtra, after allegedly insulting stalwarts of the nation Lata Mangeshkar and Sachin Tendulkar. Tanmay Bhat had used social media forums Snapchat and Instagram to post parody videos, using the ‘Face-swap’ feature to impersonate Mangeshkar and Tendulkar.
This duality, one structural and the other cultural, compete with each other in the film to make the message about education of women a blurred matter: necessary but not a sufficient condition to be a good woman.In a manner that’s classic Bollywood, the film also shows that Lajwanti was educated in the feminine values of sacrifice.