By Shakir Husain<\/p>\n\n\n\n
NEW DELHI, Feb 6 (NNN-Bernama) — India on Sunday mourned the demise of famous Bollywood playback singer Lata Mangeshkar who captivated generations of music lovers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangeshkar passed away at a Mumbai hospital where she was admitted last month after contracting COVID-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 92-year-old legend of playback singing, an essential feature of Indian movies, recorded thousands of songs in different languages, including Hindi, her mother tongue Marathi and Bengali, in a career spanning seven decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was known for her versatility and revered as the “Melody Queen” of India.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“I am anguished beyond words. The kind and caring Lata Didi has left us. She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled,” Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said in his condolence message.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerise people,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangeshkar’s condition had deteriorated and she was put on a ventilator at the Breach Candy Hospital, according to reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She was “under aggressive therapy”, doctor Pratit Samdani said in a statement on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eldest of five siblings, she was born in Indore in central India, in 1929 and moved to Mumbai, then known as Bombay, as a youth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She learned music as a child from her father and later studied classical music from experts such as Ustad Aman Ali Khan Bhendibazarwale and Ustad Amanat Khan Devaswale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her film singing career took off after she came in contact with Ghulam Haidar, a leading music director of that period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
She sang for the 1948 film “Majboor” and its success resulted in a succession of assignments for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangeshkar gave her voice to countless devotional, romantic and patriotic songs that became popular via India’s national radio and television network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Advancements in film and music production techniques and the Internet brought her more fame as she witnessed generational changes in Bollywood.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Her 88-year-old sister Asha Bhosle is also a famous playback singer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangeshkar received some of the country’s best-known national awards, including the highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 2001.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The grief was acute in Mumbai, Maharashtra’s capital and India’s filmmaking hub, where she lived in the wealthy Pedder Road locality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Heartbroken, but blessed to have known and loved this incredible soul,” film actor Anil Kapoor wrote in a tweet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray described her death as the end of an era.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mangeshkar will be given a state funeral.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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