Lata Mangeshkar First Public Appearance after Knee Surgery

Lata Mangeshkar First Public Appearance after Knee Surgery

Some works of  art  never  get old.  Lata Mangeshkar's voice  is one of them.  Almost fully recovered  from her knee surgery  the  Nightingale  of India Lata Mangeshkar  ,  now almost 80, is  all set to  do what she has  done with  breathtaking finesse  for  6 decades.

 Lataji says she will be   back to recording songs from  next month.  Though she's much too  shy to  reveal  names  the composers  who have been waiting patiently   for  her to recover  fully   the indomitable  Nightingale, now back to being sprightly and  supple-throated says, "I was always choosy about what I sing. Now  I've  to be even more particular . The  language  of  the songs don't matter. They could be in Hindi, Bengali or Marathi. But I've to be  convinced  about singing them."

Before she  pleases  her  legion of fans  by returning to  singing, Lataji will  be participating in the most important annual event of  her life. Her father  Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar's  death anniversary on April  24.

  Lataji would be making her  first  public appearance after her knee surgery   for her father's sake.

"I  recently  got  the   Radio Mirchi lifetime achievement award. But I was  unable to attend.  They very kindly came home and gave it to me. But attending  the function for my  father is  something I'd   never  like  to miss."

 Every year a handful of  distinguished  artistes are   honoured  in Pune  for their contribution to  society. A  novel addition to this years'  Pandit Dinanath Mangeshkar award would be  awards  to  cops who  fought  terrorists  on  26/11.

What  more befitting tribute   to  the nation's  resilience and  partriotism  straight  from  the  singer who  has sung  the country's most patriotic song  ever Ae mere watan ke logon?