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He was the first music director who showed complete faith in my talent.

She is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.

She has recorded songs in over a thousand Hindi films and has sung songs in over thirty-six regional Indian languages and foreign languages, though primarily in Marathi, Hindi, Bengali and Assamese.

In 2001, in recognition of her contributions to the nation, she was awarded the Bharat Ratna, Indias highest civilian honour and is only the second vocalist, after M.

S. Subbulakshmi, to receive this honour.

France conferred on her its highest civilian award, the Officer of the Legion of Honour, in 2007.

In 1974, she became the first Indian to perform in the Royal Albert Hall.

Her father, Pandit Deenanath Mangeshkar, was a classical singer and theatre actor.

Her mother, Shevanti (later renamed Shudhamati), a Gujarati woman from Thalner, Bombay Presidency (now in northwest Maharashtra), was Deenanaths second wife; his first wife Narmada, who had died, was Shevantis older sister.

Her parents later renamed her Lata after a female character, Latika, in one of her fathers plays, BhaawBandhan.

Meena, Asha, Usha, and Hridaynath, in birth order, are her siblings; all are accomplished singers and musicians.

At the age of five, she started to work as an actress in her fathers musical plays (Sangeet Natak in Marathi).

On her first day of school, she left school because they would not allow her to bring her sister Asha with her, as she would often bring her younger sister with her.

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Master Vinayak (Vinayak Damodar Karnataki), the owner of Navyug Chitrapat movie company and a close friend of the Mangeshkar family, took care of them.

Vinayak gave her a small role in Navyug Chitrapats Marathi movie Pahili Mangalaa-gaur (1942), in which she sang Natali Chaitraachi Navalaai which was composed by Dada Chandekar.

She started taking lessons in Hindustani classical music from Ustad Aman Ali Khan of Bhindibazaar Gharana.

She sang Paa Lagoon Kar Jori for Vasant Joglekars Hindi-language movie Aap Ki Seva Mein (1946), which was composed by Datta Davjekar.

The dance in the film was performed by Rohini Bhate who later became a famous classical dancer.

Lata and her sister Asha played minor roles in Vinayaks first Hindi-language movie, Badi Maa (1945).

In that movie, Lata also sang a bhajan, Maata Tere Charnon Mein.

She was introduced to music director Vasant Desai during the recording of Vinayaks second Hindi-language movie, Subhadra (1946).

An annoyed Haider responded that in coming years producers and directors would fall at Latas feet and beg her to sing in their movies.

In an interview on her 84th birthday, in September 2013, Lata herself declared, Ghulam Haider is truly my Godfather.