It is a testament to her talent that even over seven decades after she first burst on the Indian playback music scene, her songs are played in every nook and corner of the country.
Lata Mangeshkar leaves behind a sea of fans, a hundred dozen stories from various stages of her glorious career, and an unparalleled legacy as she breathed her last on February 6. And the lingering, piercing memory of an awaaz that was indeed her pehchan.
The popular song ‘Lara Lappa Lara Lappa Laayi Rakhda’ from the film “Ek Thi Ladki” (1949) may have done wonders to the then little-known actor Meena Shorey but many fans called it a “frivolous” song, just not up to Lata Mangeshkar’s standard.