Lata Mangeshkar was born on September 28, 1929 in a Maharashtrian family of Madhya Pradesh. She is one of the most famous as well as successful playback singer of bollywood. She has sung songs in over twenty regional Indian languages. She is the elder sister of renowned singer, Asha Bhonsle. Lata is also the proud holder of ‘Bharat Ratna‘.

After her father’s death, Lata moved to Mumbai with her family and started her career as a singer and an actress. She took lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Amanat Ali Khan Bhendibazaarwale. Lata sang songs for all the acclaimed music directors of the period including Shankar-Jaikishan, Naushad, S. D. Burman, Khayyam, Kalyanji-Anandji etc.

Lata sang many songs for legendary Naushad in movies like Baiju Bawra, Mughal-E-Azam. Shankar-Jaikishan also gave various superhit songs with Lata in the movie like Aag, Shree 420 etc. Lata Mangeshkar was praised by Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru for rendering the patriotic song Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon in such a beautiful way. She has also won six Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards till now.

1. Ae mere watan ke logon zara aankh mein bhar lo paani jo shaheed hue hain unki zara yaad karo qurbani
2. Tere bina zindagi se koi sikhwa to nahi sikhwa nahi sikhwa nahi - Aandhi
3. Jab pyaar kiya to darna kya pyaar kiya koi chori chupp chupp aahein bharna kya = Mughal-e-azam
4. Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai aaj phir marne ka irada hai - Guide
5. Aap ki nazron ne samjha pyaar ke kaabil hamein dil ki ae dhahdkan tehar ja mil gayi manzil mujhe - Anpadh
6. Tu jahan jahan chalega mera saaya saath hoga tu jidhar ka rukh karega mera saaya saath hoga - Mera Saaya
7. Inhi logon ne le liya dupatta mera - Pakeezah
8. Ho gaya hai tujhko to pyaar sajna lakh lakh kar le tu inkaar sajna - Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jaayenge
9. Humko hamise churalo dil mein kahin tum chuppa lo hum akele kho naa jaaye - Mohabbatein
10. Tere liye hum hain jiye hothon ko siye - Veer Zara