Her mother, Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra), was Deenanath's second wife his first wife Narmada, who had died, was Shevanti's older sister. Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theatre actor. Lata Mangeshkar was born in 1929, the eldest daughter of Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, a Marathi and Konkani musician and his wife Shevanti in Indore (in present-day Madhya Pradesh and then the capital of the princely state of Indore which was part of the Central India Agency in British India). She has four siblings- Meena Khadikar, Asha Bhosle, Usha Mangeshkar, and Hridaynath Mangeshkar-of whom she is the eldest. In 1974, she became the first Indian to perform at the Royal Albert Hall, London. She is the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more. France conferred on her its highest civilian award, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, in 2007.
In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest civilian honour and is only the second vocalist, after M. The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India.
She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Hindi and Marathi. She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India. Lata Mangeshkar ( ( listen)) (born Hema Mangeshkar 28 September 1929) is an Indian playback singer and music director.
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