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The nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, who has charmed the people in India and across the globe with her melodious voice by singing over 50,000 songs as a playback singer in films at least in 14 languages. Perhaps, she must have been the most recorded voice in the history of this century.
Jago Mohan Pyare - from Jagte Raho - the sweetness and compassion in Lata’s voice, perfect with the melody by Salil Choudhary and lyrics by Prem Dhawan, Vande Mataram - from the film Ananda Math - Music by Hemant Kumar, Lyrics by Bankim Chandra Chaterjee. The ultimate call to battle song.
Lata Mangeshkar is a singer from India. She is the best-known playback singer in the Indian Hindi movie industry. Mangeshkar’s career started in 1942 and has spanned over six and a half decades. She has done playback singing for over 980 Hindi (or “Bollywood”) movies, and has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages, mostly in the Marathi. She is the elder sister of the equally accomplished singer, Asha Bhosle and lesser known singers Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar.
