After she moved to Mumbai, India’s film industry capital, she became a star with immensely popular appeal, enchanting audiences with her smooth but sharp voice and immortalizing Hindi music for decades to come.įew musicians defined versatility like Mangeshkar, who issued her debut song in 1942 for a Bollywood film when she was just 13. 28, 1929, Mangeshkar first sang at religious gatherings with her father, who was also a trained singer. Mangeshkar’s songs, always filled with emotion, were often sad and mostly dealt with unrequited love, but others involved national pride and were used to motivate Indians and the country's defense forces during times of wars with neighboring Pakistan and China.īorn in Indore on Sept. She was also fondly revered as the “Melody Queen” and “Nightingale of India.” Over the course of nearly eight decades, Mangeshkar was a major presence as a playback singer, singing songs that were later lip-synced by actors in India’s lavish Bollywood musicals. The coming generations will remember her as a stalwart of Indian culture, whose melodious voice had an unparalleled ability to mesmerize people.” “She leaves a void in our nation that cannot be filled. “I am anguished beyond words,” Modi said in a tweet.
India declared two days of national mourning and lowered the country’s flags through Monday.Ĭondolence messages poured in immediately after Mangeshkar's death was announced. India’s public broadcaster, Doordarshan, transmitted live scenes of the cremation to a grieving nation while Mangeshkar's songs played in the background.
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