Lata
Mangeshkar,
Bollywood's
legendary
play
back
singer,
turns
81
today.
On
a
micro
blogging
site
Lata
has
a
rare
childhood
picture
posted.
Lata
thanked
everyone
on
the
micro-blogging
site,
twitter,
“
Namaskar,
I'm
deeply
touched
and
overwhelmed
with
your
love
and
kind
wishes
on
my
birthday..it
is
only
because
of
your
constant
support
and
love
that
I
feel
the
need
to
keep
going
on..I
thank
you
all
from
my
heart..today
I
am
sharing
a
very
rare
photograph
of
mine
when
I
was
a
little
child..The
child
in
me
is
still
very
alive..never
ever
let
the
child
in
you
die....
Lata's
past
life
Lata
is
one
of
the
best-known
playback
singers
in
the
Hindi
film
industry.
Mangeshkar's
career
started
in
1942
and
has
spanned
over
six
and
a
half
decades.
She
has
sung
for
over
a
thousand
Bollywood
movies
and
has
also
sung
in
twenty
Indian
regional
languages.
Mangeshkar
was
featured
in
the
Guiness
Book
of
World
Records
from
1974
to
1991
for
having
made
the
most
recordings
in
the
world.
The
claim
was
that
she
had
recorded
no
less
than
25,000
solo,
duet,
and
chorus-backed
songs
in
20
Indian
languages
between
1948
to
1974
(30,000
songs
between
1948
and
1987,
according
to
the
1987
edition).
We
at
Oneindia
wish
the
Indian
nightingale
a
great
birthday
and
a
healthy
life
ahead.
Story first published: Wednesday, September 29, 2010, 17:23 [IST]