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Post subject: Happy 80th Birthday To Melody Queen - Lata Mangeshkar
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:51 am
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Lata Mangeshkar, a name which is known to all the music lovers across the globe.. She with her soothing voice generates a musical energy that makes a frowning face to smile..
The placid face. The Mona Lisa-esque half smile. The crisp white cotton sari.
And above all else, The Voice.
It was in 1945 that that voice first crept up on us, catching us unawares with its dulcet notes. Then, she was a slender teenager, leaving her first tentative footprints on a Bollywood music scene dominated by the legendary Shamshad Begum. More than half a century later, that voice, beguiling in its seductivity, still reigns supreme, despite the best efforts of two generations of wannabes to supplant India's reigning nightingale from her throne. Way back then, she lent her voice to the lyrics of Bollywood's pop poets. Today, those same poets and their successors in verse try -- and, as they confess, fail -- to capture in words the enduring magic and that is Lata Mangeshkar.
In that decades-long reign, her voice has inspired patriot and lover alike. It has fanned the gentle zephyrs of a first love, fanned the fires of passionate romance, throbbed with the pain of heartbreak, celebrated the seasons, and, in time, come to epitomise the very emotions it has celebrated.
And today she is celebrating her 80th birthday Let us all together wish and pray for her good health and happiness because she is one to have dedicated her life only for music..
It is very difficult to list out the best songs of Lata ji but here is one of my favorites..
And one more...
_________________ Everything in life happens with a purpose and I am realizing how true this is with each passing day!!!
Post subject: Re: Happy 80th Birthday To Melody Queen - Lata Mangeshkar
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 2:57 am
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Joined: Sat Oct 18, 2008 3:53 am Posts: 1812
Shemaroo celebrates Lata Mangeshkar's 80th birthday with her original song compilation DVDs and VCDs
MUMBAI: Lata Mangeshkar, the name needs no introduction. A sensational singing legend who has inspired the whole nation with her gifted voice will be celebrating her 80th birthday on 28th September 2009. The queen of Indian melodies is the recipient of prestigious Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honor.
An artist with immense talent, she is the voice of Hindi Film Industry from the 40’s till date. Her musical journey includes lending her voice to actresses’ like Madhubala in 1940s to Waheeda Rehman, Sadhana, in the 50’s and 60’s to current Bollywood Beauties.
Most of the popular songs of this Singing Diva have been featured in Shemaroo’s DVD Song Compilations like ‘Lata Mangeshkar - Ultimate Unremix’ (2 DVD Pack) and ‘Lata Mangeshkar - The Immortal Collection’ (6 VCD Pack). Single VCDs and DVDs of this legend are also available in various series titles like ‘Magic Duets’ (Lata’s Magical Duets with Rafi, Kishore, Mukesh and Suresh Wadkar); ‘The Golden Collection Series’ and ‘The Queen of Melody: Lata Mangeshkar’ among others.
Shemaroo Entertainment with an authentic Bollywood Quotient has an entire collection of songs ranging from 50’s to the latest block busters. As a tribute to Lata Mangeshkar on her 80th birthday we can cherish all these beautiful original songs on Shemaroo DVDs and VCDs.
A must buy for the young and old, as these are timeless collections of melodies . . . Truly Immortal Collection!
_________________ Everything in life happens with a purpose and I am realizing how true this is with each passing day!!!
Post subject: Re: Happy 80th Birthday To Melody Queen - Lata Mangeshkar
Posted: Mon Sep 28, 2009 3:38 pm
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Oh wow Happy Birthday Lataji Im a BIG fan of Lataji she is a versatile singer .One of the greatest singer of all time. She has sung all types of songs be it a bhajan,patriotic song , Sad ,Romantic or songs of vamps ...She is the best
Dilbar dil se pyaare dil ki suntaja re saari duniya haari humse hum tujh pe dil haare
Post subject: Re: Happy 80th Birthday To Melody Queen - Lata Mangeshkar
Posted: Wed Sep 30, 2009 7:47 am
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Joined: Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:12 pm Posts: 91
One of my most favorite Lata song and a very nice article on that......
--------------------------- O Sajna Barkha Bahar Aayi
Author: Dr.Mandar
So now they say Lata Mangeshkar is 80. The dates on calendar confirm that, so it must be true. But in my mind, Lata stays young, forever young. Her countless songs keep echoing there, rekindling memories from different stages of my life. Practically all my life, in happiness and in sorrow, that voice has shared my emotions, many a time providing an expression to the unexpressed. Yes, over the years that voice has aged, becoming just a shadow of what it was but still even today, it feels reassuring to hear it. It feels as if at least some of the things dear to my heart are still standing there in this fast-changing, frightening world.
O Sajana Barakha Bahar Aayi from Parakh (1960) is the song that defines Lata in my mind. Out of her myriad memorable songs, somehow this song for me represents true essence of Lata's matchless virtuosity. Free-flowing like an unbridled river and fragrantly fresh like a blooming flower ' her voice is one to die for in this song. Purity and perfection, innocence and intensity, dignity and divine sweetness, expressiveness and erudition ' all precious qualities of her singing shine through this exquisite rendition.
Actually this song was first recorded as a Bengali non-film song. Initially composer Salil Choudhury was none-too-happy about his tune because of some negative remarks from his colleagues. He himself, almost reluctantly wrote the Bengali lyrics ' Na Jeo Na just before the recording. That day even Lata was unwell and yet, the song went on to become a huge hit in Bengali.
Director Bimal Roy chose this tune for his Hindi film Parakh and picturised it beautifully ' an angelic-looking Sadhana playing a just-fallen-in-love demure village-girl enjoying the first monsoon drizzle while fondly remembering her loved one.
Tumko Pukare Mere Man Ka Papihara/
Meethi Meethi Agani Mein Jale Mora Jiyara/
O Sajana Barakha Bahar Aayi/
Ras Ki Phuhaar Laayi/
Ankhiyon Mein Pyar Laayi/
O Sajana Barkha Bahar Aayi' who else but Shailendra could write such tenderly poetic and romantic lyrics?
With a sitar, a tabla, a jaltarang, a flute and a few violins, Salil provided just the basic minimum orchestral backdrop and let Lata's vocal artistry do the rest. Simple as it seems, this Khamaj raga-based semi-classical tune has a plenty of musical intricacies that only Lata could do justice to. Listening to Lata's delicate runs and bridges in the lines - Aisi Rimjhim Mein O Sajan Pyaase Pyaase Mere Nayan/ Tere Hi Khwab Mein Kho Gaye simply takes one's breath away and further when she sings Saanwari Saloni Ghata Jab Jab Chhaayi/ Ankhiyon Mein Raina Gayi Nindiya Na Aayi, the way she says the word 'Ghata' is pure magic!
Every time I listen to this song, it lights up my mind with its ethereal beauty and suddenly world seems a much better place to live in. Years after years, that bewitching Lata-magic keeps doing this trick. That's why Lata forever remains young in my mind! Forever!
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Let us all together wish and pray for her good health and happiness because she is one to have dedicated her life only for music.. 
