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'The world of music lost its mother'

Last updated on: February 08, 2022 10:50 IST

'Lata didi's voice was as pure as a bell that rings in a temple.'

She was immortal.

That is what everyone thought.

Lata Mangeshkar, everyone believed, would live on forever.

The magic of her voice will.

But the shock of her demise on February 6 has left the musical world reeling.

Lata Mangeshkar with R D Burman

IMAGE: Lata Mangeshkar shares a laugh with R D Burman. Photograph: Kind courtesy Lata Mangeshkar/Twitter
 

 

'Jaate jaate Lataji aashirwad de gayi'
Shailendra Singh
Singer

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

 

'The world of music lost its mother'
Salim Merchant
Composer, singer

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

 

'Lata didi's swar daan'
Ronu Majumdar
Flautist

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

 

'Lata didi showed us how to sing perfectly'
Anup Jalota
Singer

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

 

'Lataji was God's blessing'
Kailash Kher
Singer, composer

Video: Kind courtesy Kailash Kher

 

'I was blessed that Lata Mangeshkar sang for me'
Hema Malini
Actor, MP

Video: ANI

 

'This void is going to remain forever'
A R Rahman
Composer, singer

Video: ANI

 

'Lataji was a true Bharat Ratna'
Shatrughan Sinha
Actor, politician

Video: ANI

 

'Lata didi's voice was as pure as a bell that rings in a temple'
Pandit Sajan Mishra
Classical vocal exponent

Lataji's singing soothes our soul'
Puranchand Wadali
Sufi exponent

Video: ANI

 

'Lata didi was Hindustan's pride'
Ustad Rashid Khan
Classical vocalist

Video: ANI

 

'A personal loss'
Madhur Bhandarkar
Film-maker

Video: ANI

 

'Film music can be divided into Before Lata and After Lata'
Harish Bhimani
Voice artiste, Lata Mangeshkar biographer

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

 

'End of an era'
Pandit Somesh Mathur
Singer, composer, song writer

Video: Kind courtesy Pritam Sharma

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