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Lata
Mangeshkar |
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Bharat
Ratna Lata 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.
Lata
Mangeshkar has come to symbolize India in a way
that no one else has, or ever will for years to
come. She has charmed her fans with thousands of
songs she has sung as a playback singer in films.
Her name was in the
Guinness
Book of World Records
for singing the maximum number of songs way back
in 1974.
The
nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar, who has charmed
her fans with over 50,000 songs she has sung as a
playback singer in films. For
Lata ,the Filmfare Awards for playback singing first
started in the year 1958. In 1956, 'Rasik Balma'(
Chori- Chori ) won the Best Song Filmfare Award, Lata
refused to sing it live in protest of no Playback
Singer category, which paved way in 1958 of this new
category ( though Male & Female Awards where started
later on). From
the year 1958 to 1966 no other female singer was able
to get the filmfare award.
Lata
Mangeshkar is a legend in her lifetime and
undeniably the best singer India has ever produced.
As renowned Classical singer Ustad Bade Ghulam Ali
Khan said for lata "Kambakht Galti Se Bhi Kabhi
Besura Nahi Gati". Her contribution to making
music popular throughout India and the world is
incalculable and she has reigned supreme all through
the last six decades.
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Filmfare
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1958 - Aaja Re Pardesi [Madhumati]
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1962 - Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil [Bees Saal Baad]
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1965 - Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja [Khandan]
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1969 - Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage [Jeene Ki raah]
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1993 : Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
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1993 : Filmfare felicitated by the Maharashra Government
for completion of 50
years.
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1994 : Filmfare Special Award (Didi Tera Devar Deewana
- Hum Aapke Hain Kaun)
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National
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1972
- Parichay
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1975 - Kora Kagaz
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1990 - Lekin
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Other Awards: |
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1969 : Padam
Bhushan
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1974 : Guinness Book of World Records:for
singing the maximum number Songs
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1980 : Was presented key of the city of Georgetown,
Guyana, South America
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1980 : Honorary Citizenship. The Republic of Suriname,
South America
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1985 : 9th June declared as Asia Day in honour of
her arrival in Toronto, Canada
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1987 : Honorary Citizenship of the U.S.A, Houston,
Texas, U.S.A
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1989 : Dada Saheb Phalke Award
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1990 : Honorary Doctorate (Literature) By Pune University
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1996 : Videocon Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
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1997 : Rajiv Gandhi Award.
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1998 : Lux Zee Cine Lifetime Achievement Award
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1999 : Padma Vibhushan
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1999 : NTR Award
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2000 : Lifetime Achievement Award by IIFA in London
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2000 : Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan
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2001 : Bharat Ratna - The Nation's Highest Civilian
Award
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2001 : Noorjehan Award : First Reciepient
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2001 : Maharashtra Ratna : First Reciepient
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2002 : Asha Bhosle Award : First Reciepient
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Best Songs |
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Movie |
Song |
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Bees saal Baad
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Kahin Deep Jale Kahin
Dil |
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Mughal - e -Azam
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Pyar Kiya To Darna
Kya |
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Mere Humdum Mere Dost |
Chalo
Sajana |
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Padosan
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Bhai Batoor
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Pakeezah
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Chalte-Chalte
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1942 A Love Story
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Kuch Na Kaho
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Dil Se
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Diya Jale
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Lekin
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Sunio Ji Araj Mhari
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Maine Pyaar Kiya |
Dil Deewana |
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Razia Sultana
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Aye Dil-e-Nadaan
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Bazaar |
Dikhaye Diye Ki Bekhud
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