Every year on February 6, India pauses to remember Lata Mangeshkar, the singer whose voice became the emotional backbone of Indian cinema and popular music for more than seven decades.

For over 70 years, Lata Mangeshkar’s voice was inescapable in the world of Bollywood film, an industry that continues to expand beyond its native India, attracting sizable audiences in the U.S., China ...

Mangeshkar lent her voice to top star Meena Kumari in this song and dance number, which also has a religious meaning of Radha singing in praise of Lord Krishna. Showing off her classical roots, ...

Lata Mangeshkar was born in Indore, Madhya Pradesh. She is better known as Queen of Melody.” She has sung songs in many different languages. She received her first music lesson from Marathi singer, ...