Over the course of her career, she sang in 36 languages. Lata gave her immortal voice to many Bengali songs including playback recordings for films and other releases that carved out an eternal place ...

Lata Mangeshkar has sung thousands of songs in over 36 languages, including Bengali. Conferred with the Banga Bibhushan in 2016, with over 180 songs in Bangla — the second highest after Hindi — the ...

During her illustrious career, Lata Mangeshkar’s bond with Bengal only got stronger as she sang near about 225 film and non-film Bengali songs since the legendary singer first sang in the Bengali ...

There cannot be too many more popular Bengali songs than this old classic as there can’t be too many better songs. ‘Shankhabela’ had just about everything. This song from the Agragami film is probably ...

Kolkata: Recalling younger days of cherished relationships with legendary Bengali musicians, singing sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhonsle feel sorry to have lost touch with the Bengali language.

Something unprecedented happened at All India Radio’s stations whenever this hit song was played. Their phone lines got jammed with people calling to know the name of the singer. The record carried ...