Lata Mangeshkar: Shankar Mahadevan remembers India's 'musical Koh-i-Noor'
Lata Mangeshkar died on Sunday. Bollywood singer and composer Shankar Mahadevan remembers the legend.For over 70 years, the passage of India has been to the thrum of her mellifluous voice. She was hailed as the queen of melody in the country and we can relate to various touchpoints in our lives with the thousands of songs she has sung. Her voice has been a constant in our lives through these many years.
While many musicologists in India find that her iconic songs were "sweetest songs about saddest thoughts", her singing was equally celebratory, inspirational, moving. It was difficult not to melt before her crooning. Her sound was soulful, singing was evocative, and musicality was joyous.Lata Mangeshkar was India's most popular singer
I was thrilled and honoured when I finally was able to musically collaborate with her for my devotional album, Har Har Mahadev in 2013. She was pushing 80 and it was my first time working with her. We found our common shared spiritual thread while we both sang for the album. I come from a "musical household" where my parents and family were all musically involved. Like most Indians I grew up with her music as a constant aural companion while growing up. Growing up in Bombay music on the radio was a given at home and I cannot remember a day when I did not pick my satchel and lace my boots to rush to school to the backdrop of a Lata Mangeshkar movie song or bhajan playing at home.
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