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Hamid Faqiri PRESENTATION Good morning ladies and gentlemen. My name is Hamid Faqiri and I am going to talk to you about the most popular playback singer in Bollywood’s history, Lata Mangeshkar. I will be discussing the rise of Lata Mangeshkar’s career which has spread over six and a half decades starting with a small introduction of her family and early life. Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore, India. Her father Pandit Deenanath was a classical singer and a theatre actor. Her mother Shudhamati was her father’s second wife. Lata is the eldest child. Her siblings are the equally famous Asha Bhosle and also Usha, Meena and Hridayanath Mangeshkar. Lata had her first music lessons from her father. When she was five years old she was an actress in her father’s plays. In 1942 her father died of heart disease. Master Vinayak was a close friend and he owned a movie company. He helped Lata launch her career. In 1945 she moved to Mumbai as his movie company had moved there. In 1947 Lata started to learn classical music. After Vinayak’s death Lata went to Ghulam Haider, a top music director. He liked the sweetness of her voice and so he took her to Subodh Mukherjee. However he did not like her voice because at that time heavy voices were more popular. At first Lata Mangeshkar try to sing in the same way as the well known singers of that time such as Noor Jahan but later on she established her own style of singing. Ghulam Haider gave Lata her first big break with the sing ‘Dil Mera Toda’ from the film ‘Majboor’. In the 1950’s Lata sang songs composed by lots of differebt acclaimed music directors. In 1958 she won her first Film Fare Best Female Playback Award for the song ‘Aja Re Pardesi’ from the film ‘Madhumati’. In the 1960’s and 1970’s Lata Mangeshkar’s career went from strength to strength with songs like ‘Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya’ from ‘Mughal E Azam’. She has recorded duets with all the leading male singers including Mukesh Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi and Kishore Kumar. In 1973 Lata Mangeshkar won the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for the song ‘Beeti Na Bitai’ from the film ‘Parichay’. From the 1970’s Lata has done many concerts in India and also abroad. This includes some charity concerts. Her first concert abroad was at the Royal Albert Hall in London in 1974. In the 1980’s Lata cut down on her film singing in order to concentrate on her shows abroad. She recorded songs mainly for films by well known companies such as Yash Raj Films. Mangeshkar has sung for almost all the Yash Chopra films including; • Lamhe • Darr • Dilwale Dulhaniya Lejainge • Mohabbatein • And Veer Zara In 2001 Lata was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. As I said before Lata does not sing as much as she did before but even today some of Hindi cinemas biggest films including ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Lejainge’ and ‘Dil to Pagal Hai’ feature her legendary voice. To conclude my presentation I want to share some interesting facts about Lata Mangeshkar that you probably did not know before. 1. The Royal Albert Hall has recorded Lata’s voice with the use of a computer which shows that her voice is the ‘most perfect’ in the world. 2. Although Lata attended school for only one day, she has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate by six universities. 3. Lata Mangeshkar has a permanent gallery reserved for her at the Lord’s Stadium where she enjoys watching her favourite game, cricket. 4. Lata’s horoscope is one of the ten most powerful horoscopes of the century in the country. 5. And lastly, Lata can sing in three octaves whereas most singers can only sing in two octaves. This concludes my presentation, thank you for your time. Would anyone like to ask any questions'