01682nam a2200229Ia 4500 OSt 20250828145012.0 210210b1995 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 81 7223 170 9 AL English 780.92 BHII BHIMANI (Harish). 220589 In search of Lata Mangeshkar. India An imprint of Harper Collins Publishers 1995 331 IN MILLION OF MINDS, MYRIADS OF MEMORABLE SONGS AGO BUT HER ENIGMA AND A STONY SILENCE HAVE BEEN INSURMOUNTABLE BLOCKS. WHY THE SEARCH? BECAUSE, LATA MANGESHKAR'S SONGS ARE MUCH MORE THAN AN ESSENTIAL ADJUNCT SUCCESS OF MULTI-MILLION RUPEE PRODUCTIONS IN THE WORLD'S LARGEST FILM INDUSTRY THEY REPRESENT PRIVATE MOMENTS OF ANY INDIVIDUA WHO CAN HUM. THE AUTHOR'S SEARCH BEGAN WITH A PROFESSIONAL ENCOUNTER THAT WAS TO LAST THROUGH 14 YEARS OF CONCERT ASSOCIATION, SPANNING 21 COUNTRIES, 53 CITIES AND 123 SHOWS. STARTED AS A TRAVEL DIARY, IT SOON TOOK SHAPE OF A BIOGRAPHY THAT LOOKED AT ITS SUBJECT ANALYTICALLY AND HUMANELY FROM THE CLOSENESS NOT AFFORDED TO OTHERS. WHICH IS WHY, AS YOU READ THE BOOK, YOU FEEL THE WARMTH OF LATA'S PRESENCE, APART FROM DISCOVERING LITTLE-KNOWN FACETS OF THE LEGEND ITS TRAVELOGUE FORMAT ADDING ÉLAN TO ITS NARRATIVE. "MY ASSOCIATION WITH HER HAS BEEN ONE LONG REVELATION, THAT CONTINUES TO FASCINATE ME," SAYS THE AUTHOR. A DOCUMENT FOR POSTERITY, UNPARALELLED IN THE ANNALS OF INDIAN BIOGRAPHICAL WRITING, OF THE MUSICAL GENIUS UNPARALELLED IN INDIAN MUSIC. Lata Mangeshkar 220590 Biography 220591 049424 ddc BK 98076 98076 0 0 ddc 0 0 Fine Arts AL AL SK 2021-02-17 295.00 0 780.92 BHII 049424 2021-02-17 00:00:00 2021-02-17 BK