Lata Mangeshkar Indian playback singer

Lata Mangeshkar (born September 28, 1929) is an Indian replica singer, and occasional music-songwriter. She is one of the best known and most respected singers in India. Mangeshkar's career began in 1942 and has spanned seven decades. He has recorded songs for over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in more than thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, but mainly in Marathi and Hindi. She is the older sister of the singers Asha Bhosle, Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Usha Mangeshkar and Meena Mangeshkar. India's highest award in film, the Dadasaheb Phalke Prize, was awarded in 1989 by the Government of India. She is the second vocalist, after Mr. S. Subbulakshmi, has been awarded the Bharat Ratna, the highest civilian honor of India.