The Indian film industry is remembering the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar on her third death anniversary on February 6, 2025. Indian Film Industry Pays Tribute to ‘Nightingale of India’ Lata Mangeshkar on Her Third Death Anniversary

Shatrughan Sinha-the veteran actor, Vishal Bhardwaj-filmmaker, and Jaspinder Narula-Singer were among many artists who paid heartfelt tributes to the Bharat Ratna awardee.

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Celebrities Remember the Legend

Shatrughan Sinha, also a TMC MP, took to social media to express his gratitude for Mangeshkar’s musical legacy. “Floral & earnest tributes for the pride of the nation melodious nightingale a ‘Bharat Ratna’ #LataMangeshkar on her death anniversary. We can never thank you enough for the treasure of everlasting melodies you have left for us to cherish 🎶💐🙏🏽 #DeathAnniversary.” – Shatrughan Sinha on X (Twitter).

Vishal Bhardwaj, the director who teamed up with Mangeshkar for the all-time hit “Paani Paani Re” for the 1996 film Maachis, took to Instagram Stories to pay a tribute, posting the song’s audio.

Singer Jaspinder Narula, who received Padma Shri recently, made a heartfelt video singing one of Mangeshkar’s great tracks, Betaab Dil Ki Tamanna, in Hanste Zakhm from 1973.

Actor Jackie Shroff paid tributes to the veteran singer as he posted an excerpt of Lag Ja Gale from an old Hindi movie on his handle X and added, “Forever in our hearts.”

National Tributes

As homage, the Indian Prime Minister paid an obituary on her demise along with the cultural institutions in India. The Ministry of Information & Broadcasting wrote that “Her Voice in time is still sounding into the hearts of millions.”

The National Film Development Corporation of India (NFDC) referred to her as the “Voice of the Millennium.” Doordarshan wrote her song melodies as “weaving magic, keeping her music legacy alive in every note and heart.

Here, the National Archives of India released a very rare letter of 1989 that Mangeshkar had written giving permission for using her photograph in the Golden Hits of Lata Mangeshkar video cassette.
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History of Legend Lata Mangeshkar

Lata Mangeshkar began her singing career in 1942. Mangeshkar received the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, in 2001, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1989, and many more. Also, over nearly eight decades she recorded thousands of songs in 36 languages, including Hindi, Marathi, Tamil, Kannada, and Bengali. A few of her most listened-to songs include:

Ajeeb Daastaan Hai Yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai)

Aayega Aane Wala (Mahal)

Mohe Panghat Pe (Mughal-e-Azam)

Tere Liye (Veer-Zaara)

Jiya Jale (Dil Se)