‘India’s Nightingale’ Lata Mangeshkar handed away resulting from multi-organ failure in Mumbai on Sunday. After contracting Covid-19 final month, the legendary singer was admitted to a hospital for 28 days earlier than she breathed her final this morning. As the world pays tribute, composer Salim Merchant mentioned that he feels lucky to dwell within the time of Lata Mangeshkar and expertise her songs.
“We should feel so lucky that we are living in the time when we made him alive. We got to hear his songs. We experienced that magic,” he completely informed indianexpress.com. That he believed Lata Mangeshkar was not from this world, as he mentioned, “When it comes to artistic quality, I think she is truly a blessing from above. She was from another world.”
While Salim Merchant by no means received to spend time with Lata Mangeshkar, he shared that he spoke to her on the telephone a number of occasions. Describing it as a ‘nice alternative’, the singer mentioned that Lata Mangeshkar at all times had love and happiness to share. “He appreciated our music, our songs and discussed it at length. I will always be blessed and grateful to have a conversation with him. Those are really precious moments for me and I will cherish them forever,” he mentioned. shared.
And it was not simply Salim-Sulaiman’s music however the iconic singer additionally spoke about her profession. Recalling the telephonic dialog, he shared, “He had such great tales to share. She used to speak about working with stalwarts like Madan Mohan. We will at all times focus on up to date music as effectively. She was at all times eager on totally different traits. It is priceless and valuable. And as we bid her farewell, all I can say is that she is going to dwell endlessly. His songs and voice will maintain him alive amongst all of us.”
In a latest dialog with us, Anuradha Paudwal additionally described Lata Mangeshkar as Saraswati, the goddess of studying. Stating that she has impressed generations of musicians to take up music and has healed many hearts together with her voice, the playback singer mentioned, “I really feel blessed to be born within the period of Lata Mangeshkar. We hear that Tansen ji was there, however we by no means heard his voice. Whereas we had been born listening to the melodious voice of Lata didi. She is Sakshat Saraswati (an incarnation of Goddess Saraswati herself) and we’re blessed to dwell within the age of her voice. She is a legend and was no unusual particular person. He was God despatched. His voice has healed hearts, and is the most effective factor that would have occurred to humanity.”
Lata Mangeshkar’s final rites can be carried out with state honors at 6.30 pm in the present day.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
