“Mangeshkar’s voice was a gift from God as one could hear the divinity in it and it was a privilege to hear him,” he said.
Famous Pakistani historian and educationist Fakir Syed Aijazuddin still remembers the day in 1983 when he saw the legend of singing Lata Mangeshkari Enjoy spicy pickles and spicy curries during lunch, which singers usually avoid.
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mangeshkaroThe voice was a gift from God because one could hear the divinity in it and it was a privilege to hear it, a tribute to the common creator, the historian said in an interview. PTI,
,Lata Mangeshkar had a supernatural voice Trapped in the body of the human throat. He claimed it was a gift from God. He regarded it as a boon – never betrayed the responsibility that came with it, nor denied a world that could not see God but could hear divinity through song,” Mr. Aijazuddin he said.
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great singer dies On Sunday, Mr Ejazuddin, like many of his longtime fans, condoled the singer’s demise following complications related to COVID-19 and paid tribute to the singer’s talent.
As one of the greatest playback singers of Indian cinema, Mangeshkar sang over 25,000 songs in various Indian languages, including the popular Hindi tracks “Ajeeb Dastan Hai Yeh”, “Naam Ghoom Jaye Ga”, Lag Ja Gale and “Behen”. Come on in”.
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Mr. Aijazuddin vividly recalled meeting the singer during a concert in Abu Dhabi in January 1983.
“She spent the afternoon rehearsing, and that evening gave a flawless performance. Dressed in a white sari, she approached the stage, took off her sandals and then began with a sacred ‘shloka’… Her climax was Satyam, Shivam, Sundaram Tha – the title song of Raj Kapoor’s film which he built around Zeenat Aman’s distorted form. The face imitating the invisible voice of Lata.” After the show, Mangeshkar joined Mr. Aijazuddin’s group and as she sat on a set, there was a silence in the group.
“Others were hesitant to sit next to him. I did Tongue-tied – what one calls a legend – I admired insufficiently and then asked for his autograph. Mr. Aijazuddin said he was amazed to see the singer’s foodie side.
“One must have thought that she was very careful with her throat. No, during lunch, she enjoyed spicy pickles and spicy curries, as if her vocal cords were made of iron,” he said. The historian said that in the 1970s, Mangeshkar gave one of his rare concerts which he had seen on television.
“During this, he sips water continuously to moisten his throat. Noor Jahan used a dab of butter to lubricate it, others did something stronger,” he said.
Mr. Aijazuddin has spent his life researching Indian miniature paintings, Sikh art history, the work of 19th-century artists who traveled to the subcontinent.
His friendship with the late Khushwant Singh came to an end when he brought the author’s ashes to Pakistan by train for immersion in his birthplace, Hadali.
The historian recalled how in the 1950s Indian films were shown in Pakistani cinemas without issue.
“I, like most of my generation, grew up to countless songs from Nargis’s film actresses, Vyjayanthimala, Hema Malini, Dimple Kapadia in the 1950s to Kajol’s in the 2000s. Their faces became smaller, but their singing voices on screen remained as everlasting as Lata’s melodious voices,” said the Pakistani historian.
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