SUSHMITA PATHAK, BYLINE: Lata Mangeshkar was a hugely popular star, even though she never actually appeared on screen. (SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "WOH KAUN THI SONG") LATA MANGESHKAR: (Singing in Hindi).

Singer Lata Mangeshkar, dubbed Nightingale of India, turns 90 on Sept. 28 and in honor of the woman who recorded thousands of songs we at Variety chose 25 of our favorite tunes from Bollywood ...

Though she was at the age of late 70s then, Lata Mangeshkar was keen to do her best for the song. Instead of asking Rahman to come to Mumbai to record the song, Lata insisted on traveling all the ...

Legendary Bollywood singer Lata Mangeshkar, “the Nightingale of India,” died Sunday at the age of 92. The prolific voice behind Indian film and devotional songs had been battling a Covid-19 ...

They called her the Queen of Melody. Lata Mangeshkar, the Bollywood singer who died on Sunday at 92, left behind a monumental body of work in a career that began in 1942, when she was just 13. Her ...

Lata Mangeshkar's first English song While her Hindi, Marathi and other Indian regional songs were highly popular, there was a time when Lata Mangeshkar had to sing an English melody. If we caught ...

This song was composed by Khemchand Prakash, a deeply admired musician of his time… When they tried to locate him to pay Rs 13,000 owed to him, it was found that his wife was begging in Malad.

Explore the haunting patriotic song 'Jo Samar Mein Ho Gaye Amar' by Lata Mangeshkar, composed by Jaidev Varma, and its overlooked brilliance compared to 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon'. Discover why this ...