Salim Merchant says Lata Mangeshkar was a ‘blessing from above’, recollects speaking music with the legendary singer

‘India’s nightingale’ Lata Mangeshkar handed away on Sunday resulting from multi-organ failure in Mumbai. After contracting Covid-19 final month, the legendary singer was admitted in a hospital for 28 days, earlier than she breathed her final right this moment morning. As the world pays tribute, composer Salim Merchant mentioned that he feels lucky to have lived in Lata Mangeshkar’s time and skilled her songs.
“We should feel so lucky that we are living in a time that we had her alive. We got to listen to her songs. We experienced that magic,” he solely advised indianexpress.com. The composer added that he believes Lata Mangeshkar was not from this world, as he mentioned, “When it comes to artistic quality, I feel she is truly a blessing from above. She was from another world only.”

While Salim Merchant by no means received to spend time with Lata Mangeshkar, he shared that he spoke to her on the telephone a number of occasions. Calling it a ‘great opportunity’, the singer mentioned that Lata Mangeshkar all the time had love and happiness to share. “She appreciated our music, our songs and would discuss it at length. I will always be blessed and thankful for the conversations I had with her. Those are really precious moments for me and I will value them forever,” he shared.

 
And it was not simply Salim-Sulaiman’s music however the iconic singer additionally chatted about her profession. Remembering the phone conversations, he shared, “She had such wonderful stories to share. She would talk about working with legends like Madan Mohan. We would always also discuss contemporary music. She always had a keen ear for different trends. It’s priceless and precious. And as we bid her farewell, all I can say is that she will live forever. Her songs and voice will keep her alive among all of us.”
In a current chat with us, Anuradha Paudwal additionally described Lata Mangeshkar as Saraswati, the Goddess of studying. Saying she has impressed generations of musicians to take up music and healed a number of hearts along with her voice, the playback singer mentioned, “I feel blessed to have been born in the age of Lata Mangeshkar. We hear that Tansen ji was there, but we never heard his voice. Whereas we were born listening to Lata Didi’s melodious voice. She is Saakshaat Saraswati (the embodiment of Goddess Saraswati herself) and we have been blessed to live in the age of her voice. She is a vibhooti and was no ordinary person. She was God sent. Her voice has healed hearts, and the best thing that could have happened to humanity.”
Lata Mangeshkar’s funeral will happen right this moment at 6:30 pm with state honours.