Not many music lovers perhaps know that legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar, who lent her mellifluous voice to thousands of film songs, had taken a break from singing for a few months during 1960s on the advice of renowned classical vocalist Ustad Amir Khan after she faced some problem with her vocal cords.
She had observed ‘maun vrat’ (silence) during the break before she returned to the microphone and continued her musical journey.
When did Lata Mangeshkar lose her voice?
This was revealed by the melody queen’s younger brother and music composer-singer Hridaynath Mangeshkar on February 21, 2010 during a programme titled “Mai aur Didi” (My elder sister and I) in Indore, recalls Sanjay Patel, who had compered that event.
Lata Mangeshkar (92), born in Indore on September 28, 1929, died at a hospital in Mumbai on Sunday.
According to Patel, during the programme, Hridaynath Mangeshkar had said that some time around 1960, his sister noticed that her voice was breaking to some issues with vocal cords when she sang high notes.
He said it had happened for the first time in her life and she shared her problem with Indore’s famous maestro Ustad Amir Khan, who advised her to observe silence for some time by taking a break from singing.
