Nicknamed “The Rossignol of India”, she had sung in more than 1,000 films and published a multitude of albums.
Le Monde with AFP
She was nicknamed “The Rossignol of India”. The Indian superstar Lata Mateshkar, who unmatched Bollywood’s music for decades, died at the age of 92, announced Sunday 6 February Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
“I am upset beyond words. The kind and benevolent lata Didi has left us. She leaves a void in our nation that can not be filled,” wrote Narendra Mod on Twitter.
Born September 28, 1929 in Indore, in the state of Madhya Pradesh (center), Lata Mateshkar had recorded his first piece in 1947 for the movie movie. Dil Mera Toda, one of the songs of the film, had propelled it to 18 years under the spotlight.
Bollywood SuperProductions had ripped off its incomparable voice throughout the following decades, marking many cinematographic works such as Barsaat or Mahal.
Album Multitude
She had lent his voice to a crowd of actresses, sometimes 50 years his cadets. So that some criticisms complained that his omnipresence eclipses rising stars.
But she kept a fan of fanatics who placed each of her titles at the top of the Hit-Parades.
Always wearing a long brunette mat, red dot on the forehead, she sang in more than 1,000 films and published a multitude of albums. It counted on its repertoire some 27,000 songs, interpreted in dozens of languages, including English, Russian, Dutch and Swahili.