Though anticipated, when it became official that the Melody Queen of India, Lata Mangeshkar, is no longer among us, it hit the collective consciousness of the nation like a sledgehammer....
Kangana Ranaut conveyed the heartfelt sentiment of the Hindi film world when she wrote on her Instagram story: "What a loss!! India's most beautiful voice is gone!! There will never be another Lataji."...
Centre has decided to give a state funeral and observe two-day national mourning on the sad demise of the Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, the Ministry of Home Affairs announced on Sunday....
Music has no borders. When the world heard the news of the demise of 'Nightingale of India' Lata Mangeshkar, condolence messages started pouring in....
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday evening paid his respects to the mortal remains of legendary singer Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar, whom he referred to as his 'Badi Didi' (elder sister)....
Megastar Amitabh Bachchan has paid homage to legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away on Sunday aged 92 at a hospital in Mumbai....
In a music career spanning over seven decades, Lata Mangeshkar has bequeathed a rich treasure trove of immortal songs that are ingrained in the minds of as many generations of music lovers....
The final journey for Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar - who passed into immortality this morning - started from her Prabhukunj home on Pedder Road in south Mumbai to Shivaji Park, where she will be accorded a rare public funeral with full state honours on Sunday evening....
"You don't have to tell him (the producer) about money. I have quarrel with them (Filmistan), not with you. I am singing this for you and not for Filmistan," was Lata Mangeshkar's reply when Hemant Kumar approached her to sing as a playback singer in "Anand Math" where he was the music director....
Hundreds and thousands of film songs in more than a dozen languages, ghazals, patriotic songs and also 'bhav geet', the quintessential semi-classical, non-filmi songs in Marathi, Lata Mangeshkar sang them all -- but it was singing 'abhangs' that was closest to her heart....
