Lata ji... Happy Birthday. (28 September 1929)
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Channel: IMIRZA777 · 2013 · Music
T R I B U T E... C. RAMCHANDRA : Unparalleled - there is no other word. JAVED AKHTAR : The Earth hath but one sun, one moon and one Lata. SAJJAD HUSSAIN : Lata sings....all others make a miserable effort. USTAD BADE GHULAM ALI KHAN : The 'blessed creature' never goes out of tune...what a miracle of Allah. USTAD AMEER KHAN : What we classical musicians take 3 and 1/2 hours to accomplish, Lata does in 3 minutes. ANIL BISWAS : Lata was a Godsend to us composers because with her around there was absolutely no limitations placed on our range. Such was her vocal artistry that we could explore the most complex reaches of compositions in the knowledge and confidence and that she could take it all in her stride. DILIP KUMAR : Her voice is like a shaft of pure light, a glow that illuminates this world as it were. KANAN DEVI : Before the advent of playback singing the songs that we actresses sang were KUMAR GANDHARVA : The note 'Gandhaar' that resonates while playing the taanpura can be heard in its purest form in Lata's 'aayega aanewala...'. MAI MANGESHKAR : The more she suffered, the more her art excelled. NAUSHAD : The very heart of India throbs in her voice. PANKAJ MALLICK : The more she hums, the more she sings, the richer our musical heritage becomes. YEHUDI MENUHIN (violinist): I can only try to recreate on my violin your marvelous singing...
