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Lata Mangeshkar, birthed 28 September 1929, is an Indian playback vocalist. She is one of the best-known and most revered playback vocalists in India. She has videotaped tunes in over a thousand Hindi films and has actually sung songs in over thirty-six local Indian languages and also foreign languages, though largely in Marathi, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese.
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was presented on her in 1989 by the Government of India. In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was granted the Bharat Ratna, India's highest non-combatant honour and is only the second singer, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to get this honour. France provided on her its highest possible civilian award i.e. Officer of the Legion of Honour in 2007.
Lata Mageshkar is the recipient of three National Film Awards along with 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, 4 Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, 2 Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and also many many more. In 1974, she came to be the very first Indian to perform in the Royal Albert Hall.
Lata has worked with a number of famous music supervisors including Madan Mohan, R D Burman, the duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal and A R Rahman. Lata has sung over 700 tunes for Laxmikant-Pyarelal. She has had the lengthiest life span in Indian film sector along with her sibling, Asha Bhonsle.
She has four siblings-- Meena Khadikar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, and Hridaynath Mangeshkar-- of whom she is the eldest. She lives in Mumbai as well as does not sing these days.
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