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Non-singing career
Music direction
Lata Mangeshkar composed music for the first time in 1955 for movie "Ram Ram Pavhane". Later in 1960s, she composed music for following Marathi movies under the pseudonym of "Anand Ghan".[15]
• 1950 - Ram Ram Pavhana
• 1963 - Maratha Tituka Melvava
• 1963 - Mohityanchi Manjula
• 1965 - Sadhi Manase
• 1969 - Tambadi Mati
She won Maharashtra State Government's Best Music Director Award for the film Sadhi Manase. The song Airanichya deva tula from the same film received best song award.
Production:
Lata Mangeshkar has produced four films:
• 1953 - Vaadal (Marathi)
• 1953 - Jhaanjhar (Hindi), co-produced with C. Ramchandra
• 1955 - Kanchan (Hindi)
• 1990 - Lekin (Hindi)
Awards and recognitions:
Lata Mangeshkar has won several awards and honors, including Padma Bhushan (1969), Padma Vibhushan (1999), Dada Saheb Phalke Award (1989), NTR National Award (1999), Bharat Ratna (2001), three National Film Awards, and 12 Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards. She has also won four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards. In 1969, she made the unusual gesture of giving up the Filmfare Best Female Playback Award, in order to promote fresh talent. She was later awarded Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993.
In 1984, the State Government of Madhya Pradesh instituted the Lata Mangeshkar Award in honor of Lata Mangeshkar. The State Government of Maharashtra also instituted a Lata Mangeshkar Award in 1992.
In 1974, The Guinness Book of Records listed Lata Mangeshkar as the most recorded artist in the history, stating that she had reportedly recorded "not less than 25,000 solo, duet and chorus backed songs in 20 Indian languages" between 1948 and 1974. Her record was contested by Mohammed Rafi, who was claimed to have sung around 28,000 songs. After Rafi's death, in its 1984 edition, the Guinness Book of World Records stated Lata Mangeshkar's name for the "Most Recordings", but also stated Rafi's claim. The later editions of Guinness Book stated that Lata Mangeshkar had sung no fewer than 30,000 songs between 1948 and 1987.
Although the entry has not been printed in Guinness editions since 1991, reputable sources claim that she has recorded thousands of songs, with estimates ranging up to figures as large as 50,000. However, even the earliest Guinness claim of 25,000 songs (between 1948-1974) was claimed to be exaggerated by other sources, who stated that the number of songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar in Hindustani (Hindi-Urdu films till 1991 was found to be 5250. Mangeshkar herself stated that she does not keep a record of the number of songs recorded by her, and that she did not know from where Guinness Book editors got their information
This is an incomplete list of awards, honors and recognitions of Lata Mangeshkar
Government of India Awards:
• 1969 - Padma Bhushan
• 1989 - Dada Saheb Phalke Award
• 1999 - Padma Vibhushan
• 2001 - Bharat Ratna
• 2008 - "One Time Award for Lifetime Achievement" honour to commemorate the 60th anniversary of India's independence
Maharashtra State Awards:
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1966 - Best Playback Singer for Sadhi Mansa (Marathi)
• 1967 - Best Playback Singer for Jait Re Jait
• 2001 - Maharashtra Ratna (First Recipient)
National Film Awards:
• 1972 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Parichay
• 1975 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Kora Kagaz
• 1990 - National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for Lekin
Filmfare Awards:
The Filmfare Awards for playback singing first started in 1958. In 1956, the song 'Rasik Balma' from the film Chori Chori won the Best Song Filmfare Award. Lata refused to sing it live in protest of absence of a Playback Singer category. The category was finally introduced in 1958. Though, separate awards for male & female singers were introduced later on.
Lata Mangeshkar monopolized the best female playback singer award from 1958 to 1966. In 1969, Lata made the unusual gesture of giving up Filmfare awards in order to promote fresh talent.
• 1958 - Aaja Re Pardesi from Madhumati
• 1962 - Kahi Deep Jale Kahi Dil from Bees Saal Baad
• 1965 - Tumhi Mere Mandir Tumhi Meri Pooja from Khandan
• 1969 - Aap Mujhe Achhe Lagne Lage from Jeene Ki Raah
• 1993 - Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1993 - Filmfare felicitated by the Maharashra Government for completion of 50 years.
• 1994 - Filmfare Special Award for Didi Tera Devar Deewana from Hum Aapke Hain Kaun
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
All Best Female Playback Singer
• 1964 - for Woh Kaun Thi
• 1967 - for Milan
• 1968 - for Raja Aur Rank
• 1969 - for Saraswati Chandra
• 1970 - for Do Raaste
• 1971 - for Tere Mere Sapne
• 1973 - for Marjina Abdulla (Bengali)
• 1973 - for Abhimaan
• 1975 - for Kora Kagaz.
• 1981 - for Ek Duje Ke Liye
• 1983 - A Portrait Of Lataji
• 1985 - for Ram Teri Ganga Maili.
Doctor of Letters:
• Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (2005)
• Shivaji University, India
• Kolhapur University, India
• Pune University, India
• Khairagarh Music University, India
• Hyderabad University, India
• New York University.
• Baroda University.
Other awards and honors:
• 1980 - Presented key of the city of Georgetown, Guyana, South America
• 1980 - Honorary Citizenship of The Republic of Surinam, South America
• 1985 - June 9, declared as Asia Day in honour of her arrival in Toronto, Canada
• 1987 - Honorary Citizenship of USA in Houston, Texas
• 1990 - Raja-Lakshmi Award by Sri Raja-Lakshmi Foundation, Chennai
• 1996 - Star Screen Lifetime Achievement Award
• 1997 - Rajiv ****hi Award [3]
• 1998 - Lifetime Achievement Award by the South Indian Educational Society
• 1999 - NTR National Award
• 1999 - Zee Cine Award for Lifetime Achievement
• 2000 - IIFA Lifetime Achievement Award
• 2000 - Jeevan Gaurav Puraskar by the Chaturang Pratishthan
• 2001 - Best Playback Singer of the Millennium (female) by Hero Honda and file magazine "Stardust".
• 2001 - Noorjehan Award (First Recipient)
• 2002 - Felicitation By CII (For Contribution to Music & the Film Industry)
• 2002 - Hakim Khan Sur Award (For National Integration by Maharana Mewar Foundation)
• 2002 - Asha Bhosle Award (First Recipient)
• 2004 - Living Legend Award by the Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
• 2005 - Legend Honour by Sahara One Sangeet Awards
• 2006 - Life Achievement Award by Merrill Lynch investment managers and Adora (India's second largest diamond exporter)
• 2007 - Knight of the Legion of Honour (French highest civilian award)
• 2007 - Forever Indian Award
• 2007 - Uttam Vaggayekar Jialal Vasant Award
• "Avadh Samman" by the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
• "Swar Bharati" award given by Shankaracharya of Sankeshwar
• The only Asian to have received the Platinum Disc of EMI London
• Conferred the title of Asthaan Sangeet Vidwaan Sarloo ("Court Musician of the Shrine"), Tirupathi.
Apart from the above, Lata has received about 250 trophies and 150 gold discs.
Lata Mangeshkar Award
The Lata Mangeshkar Award is a national-level award was instituted by the state Government of Madhya Pradesh in 1984. The award consists of a certificate of merit and a cash award of 1,000,000 Rupees. Award winners include:
• Naushad (1984)
• Kishore Kumar (1985)
• Jaidev (1986)
• Manna Dey (1987)
• Khayyam (1988)
• Asha Bhosle (1989)
• Bhupen Hazarika (2000)
• Mahendra Kapoor (2002)
• Sandhya Mukherjee (2003)
• Snehal Bhatkar (2004)
• Manna Dey (2005)
• Jayamala Shiledar (2006)
• Hridaynath Mangeshkar (2007)
There is also Lata Mangeshkar Award in issued by the Maharashtra Government starting in 1992
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