{"id":2129,"date":"2022-02-06T04:40:06","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T04:40:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/?p=2129"},"modified":"2022-06-20T02:54:33","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T02:54:33","slug":"the-nightingale-sings-solo-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/calamur.org\/gargi\/2022\/02\/06\/the-nightingale-sings-solo-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Lata Mangeshkar : The Nightingale Sings Solo …"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A decade ago ago – i had blogged<\/strong> <\/a>the bulk of this post. written on her birtdhay it was my listing of her favourites. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today, as i hear news of her passing on, i just look at the treasure trove of work that she produced, and marvel at her versitility. I love her work till the mid 70’s. that is when she did the bulk of her phenomenal work, with great lyricists and wonderful music directors. P<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n

September 28th – The birthday of Lata Mangeshkar …. the woman with the golden voice.The first lady of [tag]Hindi film Music[\/tag]. For me, the last of the [tag]All India Radio [\/tag] generation , the lady and her music was a constant companion when I was growing up. Although in later years – i would think post the late 1980’s- her voice has lost much of the sweetness and melody, her body of work prior to that stands as testimony of her talent. On her birthday, I am going to take on a difficult task – the task of compiling my personal favourites sung by her. This is in no particular order of prefernce – just stuff that i enjoy listening to … the list will be divided into my favourite solo numbers & duets. Today is the list of the favourite solo numbers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

1) Aaj Phir Jeene ki Tamana Hai –<\/strong> the film [tag]Guide[\/tag]. A celebration of life. Picturised on [tag]Waheeda Rehman[\/tag] – a truly feminist song before the term feminist became popular in India<\/p>\n\n\n