BIOGRAPHY OF MUSICIANS BHARAT RATNA AWARDEE FEMALE MUSICIANS-GEMS OF INDIAN MUSIC M.S. SUBBULAKSHMI AND LATA MANGESHKAR TITLE THEY WON M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI • FIRST RECIPIENT OF THE TITLE “SANGEETHA KALANIDHI” • POPULARLY KNOWN AS“NIGHTINGALE OF INDIA” • RAMAN MAGSAYSAY AWARDAsia’s highest civilian award in 1974 • BHARAT RATNA-1998 LATA MANGESHKAR • POPULARLY KNOWN AS Queen of Melody,Voice of the Nation, Nightingale of India. • DADASAHEB PHALKE AWARD1989 • BHARAT RATNA-2001 • LEGION OF HONOUR-2007 PICTURE OF EARLY DAYS M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI LATA MANGESHKAR EARLY LIFE M.S. SUBBULAKSHMI • BORN ON 16TH SEP,1916 Kunjamma, temple city of Madurai,Tamil Nadu. • Belonged to a musician family. Her grand mother was violin player and mother was veena artist. • FIRST RECORDING AT THE AGE OF 10 . • In 1940 she was married to T SADASHIVAM. LATA MANGESHKAR • BORN ON 28TH SEP 1929 AT INDORE. • Her father Pt Deenanath Mangeshkar was a classical singer and theatre actor. • Her father died when she was only 13 yr old. Master Vinayak, the owner of Navyug Chitrapat company helped her to start a career as singer and actress. • Moved to MUMBAIin1945and got her first break as play back singer in the movie MAJBOOR in1948 . GURUS AND ACTING CAREER M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI • RECEIVED HER TRAINING IN CARNATIC CLASSICAL MUSIC FROM SEMMANGUDI SRINIVASA IYER AND HINDUSTHANI CLASSICAL FROM PT NARAYAN RAO VYAS. • SHE PERFORMED AS AN ACTRESS INMOVIES LIKE SEVASADANAM ,BHAKTA MEERA ETC. LATA MANGESHKAR • HER GURU WAS HER FATHER PT DEENANATH MANGESHKAR. • SHE HAD LEARNT GUJRATI GRBAS OF PAVAGARD FROM HER MATERNAL GRAND MOTHER • SHE STARTED HER ACTING AND PLAY BACK SINGING CAREER WITH THE HELP OF VINAYAK DAMODAR KARNATAKI AFTER UNTIMELY DEMISE OF HER FATHER. • Hindusthani classical fromUstad Aman Ali Khan of bhendibazar gharana. Picture of legends M.S.Subbulakshmi Lata Mangeshkar YOUNG SUBBULAKHMI YOUNG LATA JI CONTRIBUTION IN MUSIC M.S.SUBBULAKSHMI • Few of her most popular works are SUPRABHATAM –early morning hymn, BHAJAGOVINDAM-Admiring LORD KRISHNA, composed by Adi Shankaracharya ,VISHNU SAHASRANAMAM,etc • She stopped her performances in concerts after the death of her husband in1997. LATA MANGESHKAR • She is one of the best known and most respected playback singers in south Asia, especially INDIA. • She has recorded over a thousand Hindi film songs. In 36 regional Indian languages and foreign languages ,though primarily in Hindi, Marathi and Bengali. • She has also directed songs. M.S. Subbulakshmi • After suffering from complications related to pneumonia and cardiac abnormalities ,she passed away on 11th dec 2004 in Chennai. Lata Mangeshkar • She Is A Living Legend Of India. She Is The Eldest Among Her Siblings-Meena,Asha,Usha And Hridaynath, three of them are famous musicians also. THANK YOU PREPARED BY MRS S. MUKHOPADHYAY PRT(MUSIC) K.V. FORT WILLIAM KOLKATA
