‘I started throwing up… it was terrible, the vomit was a greenish colour’ – FilmyVoice
Lata Mangeshkar is a legendary playback singer and an iconic determine within the nation. She began her profession on the age of 13 with the track Naachu Ya Gade, Khelu Saari, Mani Haus Bhaari for Marathi movie Kiti Hasaal (1942). The 1989 Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient has sung in additional than a thousand Hindi movies and recorded in over 36 Indian and overseas languages. She has sung primarily in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali and Assamese. In 2001, she was awarded Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour, and has thus far been the recipient of three Nationwide Movie Awards, moreover quite a few common awards. However many won’t bear in mind that Lata Mangeshkar was poisoned within the 12 months 1962 that left her bed-ridden for early 3 months.
When Nasreen Munni Kabir, London-based filmmaker and creator of a number of books on Hindi cinema, had requested Lata Mangeshkar about her sickness throughout the time of recording the Bees Saal Baad track Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil, the playback icon revealed that she was gradual poisoned.
“In 1962, I fell very unwell for about three months. I believed I might by no means be capable of sing once more. At some point, I awoke feeling very uneasy in my abdomen. After which I began throwing up — it was horrible, the vomit was a greenish color. The physician got here and even introduced an X-ray machine dwelling as a result of I couldn’t transfer. He X-rayed my abdomen and mentioned I used to be being slowly poisoned,” Lata Mangeshkar had mentioned within the interview.
“We had a servant in the home who made the meals. Usha went straight into the kitchen and instructed everybody that from that second on, she would do the cooking as an alternative. The servant sneaked off with out telling anybody and with out amassing any pay. So we thought somebody had planted him there. We did not know who it was,” she added.
The veteran singer mentioned that lyricist and poet Majrooh Sahib used to go to her each night whereas she was bed-ridden for 3 months and helped her cope by troublesome instances. “I used to be bed-ridden for 3 months and was so weak. I’ll always remember Majrooh Sahib’s (Majrooh Sultanpuri, the well-known lyricist and poet) kindness to me throughout these troublesome instances. He got here at six within the night and sat by me day by day for 3 lengthy months. He ate no matter I ate and recited poetry and skim me tales. We talked and laughed collectively. I totally loved his firm. Once I was feeling properly sufficient to sing, the primary track I recorded was Hemant Kumar’s Kahin deep jale kahin dil,” she mentioned.
This excerpt is from Lata Mangeshkar… In Her Personal Voice by Nasreen Munni Kabir, printed by Niyogi Books, the place the singer has revealed some fascinating details about her 75-year profession.
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