The All-Knight Café at Arles (Night Caffe )Painting by Vincent van Gogh

Lata Mangeshkar has ruled over the hearts of millions of her listeners throughout the world for the last forty years by the magic of her melodious voice. Her voice is especially notd for its remarkable freshness. She has sung songs, based on classical Indian music and ragas, bhajans or devotional songs, romantic songs, and so on.

Lata’s name has come in the Guinness Book of Records as the singer of the highest number of songs. She has already sung over 30,000 songs. She has sung in almost all the main Indian languages. It is due to the melodious voice of Lata Mangeshkar that many Lyric writers and music directors became successful. She is the recipient of many awards and honours both within the country and abroad.