FIR
fame
actress
Mahika
Sharma
remembers
how
she
started
singing
songs
and
calls
the
legendary
singer
Lata
Mangeshkar,
her
first
music
teacher.
She
says,
"I
remember
during
my
childhood
every
morning
my
mother
or
my
aunts
would
play
the
wonderful
melodies
crooned
by
Lataji
on
tape
recorder
and
I
would
casually
sing
along.
Without
knowing
the
singer's
name
or
the
meaning
of
the
songs
initially,
the
songs
somehow
became
a
constant
in
my
life.
Even
though
I
am
a
bad
singer,
I
would
memorise
the
way
of
Lataji
sang.
Ajeeb
Daastan
Hai
Ye,
is
still
one
song
I
have
learned
and
I
keep
playing
it
often."
Mahika
remembers
meeting
the
'Nightingale
of
India'
along
with
her
mentor,
the
legendary
Bhupen
Hazarika.
She
adds,
"I
was
very
lucky
to
meet
and
greet
Lata
didi
along
with
my
mentor
Bhupen
Hazarika.
She
blessed
me
with
Rs
500
the
old
note
which
is
still
with
me
as
her
blessings.
I
never
got
any
other
chance
to
see
her.
But
she
is
a
very
special
person
in
my
life.
She
was
a
woman
of
determination,
will
power
and
commitment
and
motivation
and
believed
that
women
can
be
strongest
at
their
own
will.
While
managing
a
career,
they
can
be
equally
responsible
to
run
a
house.
I'm
very
inspired
by
her.
She
is
physically
not
present
with
us
anymore
but
her
beautiful
intentions
and
music
will
always
keep
living
with
every
Indians."