Lata Mangeshkar

Name: Lata Mangeshkar
Birthday: Saturday, September 28, 1929
Star Sign : Libra
Family: Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar (Father) , Shevanti Mangeshkar (Mother)
First Film : Kiti Hasaal (1942)








BIOGRAPHY

Lata was born as Hema Hardikar at Sikh Mohalla, Indore, Madhya Pradesh into a middle-class Maharashtrian family. She was the firstborn child and daughter of Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar and his second wife Shevanti Mangeshkar. Dinanath had married Shevanti's sister earlier and they had a baby boy who died when he was a few months old. Following this, his wife died too and later on Dinanath married Shevanti. Her father was a theater actor and classical singer. Her siblings are Hridayanath Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. All of the siblings, except Meena (though she has sung quite a few songs, mostly with Lata and Usha), chose music as their careers. Although she was born at Indore, Lata was raised in Maharashtra. When she was 5 years old, Lata started working as an actress in several plays in which her father was performing. Her father began giving her singing lessons when she was 5. Her God-given musical gifts meant that she could master the vocal exercises from first pass and from early on she was recognized as being highly gifted musically. Dinanath's recitals, his tutelage of various students and his practice of music all left an indeliable impression on Lata. Ironically, according to Lata, her father forbade the listening to or singing of any Hindi film music, except K. L. Saigal's songs.