Before singing for the screen she appeared as an actress in some Marathi films “Pahili Mangalagaur”(1942), “Maze Bale”(1943), “Gajabhau”(1944) and “Chhatrapati Shivaji”(1952), “Badi Maa”(1945), “Jeewan Yaatra”(1946), “Subhadra”(1946), and “Mandir”(1948).
Lata Mangeshkar composed the music under her own name for the Marathi film “Ram Ram Pahune”(1950). She was also the Music Director of four films “Mahityanchi Manjula”(1963), [...]

Music direction

Lata Mangeshkar composed music for the first time in 1955 for movie “Ram Ram Pavhane”. Later in 1960s, she composed music for following Marathi movies under the pseudonym of “Anand Ghan”.
* 1950 - Ram Ram Pavhana
* 1963 - Maratha Tituka Melvava
* 1963 - Mohityanchi Manjula
* 1965 - Sadhi Manase
* 1969 - Tambadi Mati
She [...]

Nightingale of India, Lata Mangeshkar is an avid cricket fan. She even had the chance to watch the 1983 Cricket World Cup final from the galleries at Lord’s stadium.
The Board of Cricket Control in India (BCCI) has invited the Bharat Ratan awardee on the silver jubilee celebration of the world cup triumph to be held [...]

4 top film personalities will be conferred with the ‘One Time Award for Life Time Achievement’ honour to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India’s independence. These include noted veteran playback singer Lata Mangeshkar, thespian Dilip Kumar, filmmaker Tapan Sinha and Kannada film actress Saroja Devi.
Since Tapan Sinha is not in the best of health, the [...]