Usha Mangeshkar

About

Playback Singer famous among the Bollywood industry of films with a career that has spanned over seven decades. Over the years, she has performed in many of the Indian dialects including Marathi, Manipuri, Hindi, Bengali, Kannada, Nepali, Bhojpuri, Gujarati and Assamese songs. One of her most popular songs "Mungda" was featured in the 1972 Marathi movie Pinjara about a religious school teacher. It would also be released to the Hindi market under the same title, in the same year.

Before Fame

She burst into the spotlight after a small independent feature from 1975 called Jai Santoshi Maa. Surprisingly, it became a blockbuster smash that featured her as the prominent voice of the film's devotional songs. 

Trivia

Her first was for the song "Main to Aarti" in the film Jai Santoshi Maa (1975). While she lost the Filmfare award, she would go on to win the Bengal Film Journalist's Association (BFJA) Award for Best Female Playback Singer for that same performance. In 2006, she would reprise her role and sing the same song for the film's modern remake. 

Family Life

Like most Bollywood stars, she comes from a long lineage of distinguished creatives amongst the film industries in India. She is one of five children born to well-known Marathi actor Deenanath Mangeshkar and his wife. All of her siblings work in music production for the film industry. Her only brother Hridaynath is a music director and all of her sisters are playback singers, and her youngest sister Meena also composes music.  

Associated With

Her sisters Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle are also famous playback singers in Bollywood films.