Lata Mangeshkar: She is a legend in her own self as she has spanned seven decades in her singing career since 1942. She is one of the most renowned and respected playback singers in the country and is also an occasional composer. India’s highest award in cinema, the Dadasaheb Phalke Award, was bestowed on her in 1989 by the Government of India. She is the second vocalist, after M. S. Subbulakshmi, to have ever been awarded the Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian honour. Lata started her career in singing when she was five and assisted her father in various musical plays. She can sing in various languages like Hindi, Urdu, Marathi, Assamese, Bengali, Oriya, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada, Gujarati, Punjabi, Konkani, Urdu, Sanskrit, Rajasthani, Bhojpuri, English, Nepali and the list goes on.