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Dilip Kumar's comment prompted Lata Mangeshkar's big decision, Maulana helped her overcome flaw.
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News18•28-09-2026, 05:31
Dilip Kumar's comment prompted Lata Mangeshkar's big decision, Maulana helped her overcome flaw.
- •Lata Mangeshkar, known for her melodious voice, sang in Hindi, Marathi, Bengali, and other languages.
- •In 1947, music director Anil Biswas introduced Lata Mangeshkar to Dilip Kumar.
- •Dilip Kumar commented on Lata Mangeshkar's Urdu pronunciation, which deeply affected her.
- •Taking Dilip Kumar's words as a challenge, Lata Mangeshkar decided to learn Urdu.
- •She took formal Urdu training from a Maulana to perfect her pronunciation and overcome this shortcoming.
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Lata Mangeshkar decided to learn Urdu after legendary actor Dilip Kumar made a comment during their 1947 meeting about her needing a better understanding of the language for correct pronunciation.
To improve her pronunciation, she began formal training in Urdu from a learned Maulana after returning home.
She later documented this anecdote and her experience of learning Urdu in her autobiography titled 'The Substance and the Shadow: An Autobiography'.
