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Lata Mangeshkar
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Lata Mangeshkar

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Also known as Mangu, Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar, Latha Mangeshkar, Lataji

Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

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Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian singer, film actor, film score composer, and film producer. Born in Indore in 1929, she began her work period in 1942 and continued until 2022. She sang in Hindi and performed genres including world music, filmi music, Indian classical music, and Hindustani classical music. Her instrument was her voice. She was a member of the Mangeshkar Family and the sister of Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar, Meena Khadikar, and Asha Bhosle.

She received the Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Officer of the Legion of Honour. She served as a member of the Rajya Sabha. A Hindu, she died in Mumbai in 2022 from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome due to natural causes. Her name in her native language is लतಾ मंगेशकर. Her father was Deenanath Mangeshkar.

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Lata Mangeshkar was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She was the best-known and most respected playback singer in India. She was referred to as the Nightingale of India and the Queen of Melody. Mangeshkar's career started in 1942 and had spanned over seven decades. She recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and had sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian…

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  • Hits of Lata Mangeshkar - Vol .2 — Singer2018
  • Hits of Lata Mangeshkar - Vol .1 — Singer2018
  • Cinema Asia: India — Self (archive footage)2007
  • Pukar — as Herself in song, "Ek Tu Hi Bharosa"2000
  • Raj Kapoor - The Showman of Indian Cinema — Self1987
  • Emperor Shivaji1952
  • Maze Baal1943

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Gender
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Origin
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Active from
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Active to
2022
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Instance of
human
Gender
female
Citizenship
India
Place of birth
Indore
Place of death
Mumbai
Father
Deenanath Mangeshkar
Sibling
Asha Bhosle
Occupation
playback singer
Position held
member of Rajya Sabha
Languages spoken
Hindi
Religion
Hinduism
Award
Knight of the Legion of Honour
Family
Mangeshkar Family
Genre
bhajan
Instrument
voice
Image
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Lata Mangeshkar
date of birth
1929-09-28
name in native language
लता मंगेशकर
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1942-00-00
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date of death
2022-02-06
end of work period
2022-00-00
manner of death
natural causes
cause of death
multiple organ dysfunction syndrome
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Lata Dinanath Mangeshkar ( Hindi pronunciation: [ləˈt̪aː məŋˈɡeːʃkəɾ] ; born Hema Dinanath Mangeshkar; 28 September 1929 – 6 February 2022) was an Indian playback singer and occasional music composer. She is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential singers of the Indian subcontinent. Her contribution to the Indian music industry in a career spanning eight decades gained her honorific titles such as the "Queen of Melody" and "Voice of the Millennium".

Mangeshkar recorded songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and a few foreign languages, though primarily in Hindustani, Bengali and Marathi.

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