The world of music will not be the same without the veteran singer Lata Mangeshkar.
Lata Ji blessed our ears with the best songs such as “Ajeeb dastan hai ye”, “Pyar kiya to darna kya”, “Neela asman so gaya” and “Tere liye”. She was awarded with Bharat Ratna, Padma Bhushan, the Padma Vibhushan and the Dada Saheb Phalke Award, and multiple National Film Awards.
The veteran singer’s journey has not been easy. With losing father at a very young age and taking over all the responsibilities of the family was one of the difficult tasks. Later she also had to go through bad behaviour from other people in the industry.
Naushad Saheb revealed an incident where Lata ji was badly treated by GM Durrani. He said, “”There were only two mikes at the time. One for musicians, the other for singers. That’s how they both (Durrani and Lata) stood face to face. As soon as Durrani’s line was complete, he would start doing some mischief. I told her later to stand quietly and not to obstruct that girl’s work with his pranks. Because the girl (Lata) was new and it could have shaken her confidence. However, the ‘new girl’ was getting angry instead of being alarmed by Durrani’s antics.“
He also commented saying, “Lata, why don’t you wear colourful clothes?’ How do you come out with a white sheet wrapped like this?”
Lata Ji in returned, being polite said, “I used to think that this man would pay more attention to my singing than my clothes. That very moment I decided that I would not sing with that artist again.”
