Lata
Mangeshkar
...a
living legend...
main tumhare
hi swaron mein...
geet apne
gaa rahi hun..
"Have
you ever seen a waterfall retrace its path?...I have seen it...rather heard
it in didi's voice. The tinkling notes of her taan tumble forth like a
waterfall plunging down a cliff and then go back exactly the same way."
-
Asha Bhonsle
It
is a voice that no Indian can miss. Delightfully high, the notes rendered
clearly to the last bar, the words pronounced with a rare panache -
the voice has haunted Indians for the over five decades. The 'masseuse'
of this all-pervading music and the queen empress of India's immensely
popular light music industry, is a portly, dark, camera-shy, plain-as-jane,
woman, Latabai Mangeshkar, who, as a playback singer, enjoys today, a clout,
which even the movie moguls of the country's film industry cannot dream
of.
Lata
Mangeshkar's songs have captured the hearts and imagination of millions
of her admirers around the world. They have become an inseparable part
of the daily lives of Indians - wherever they may be.
Words
fail to express the depth and scope of Lata Mangeshkar's genius. Lata Mangeshkar
has come to symbolise India in a way that no one else has, or ever will
for years to come.
On
her 70th birthday, I would like to show my appreciation for her songs by
putting up a home-page dedicated to this singer whose voice has cheered
me up on many a blue evening and made life worth living after all.
Lata Mangeshkar : A living legend...