The biography “Dastaan​-e-Hemlata” of famous playback singer Hemlata was recently released on the Sahitya Aaj Tak platform in Delhi. This biography is written by renowned journalist and author Dr. Arvind Yadav. It is considered to be an authentic record of Hemlata’s life. The book records many interesting stories in his life. In the book, the author also reveals the life of Hemlata’s father Pandit Jaichand Bhatt. The book tells that Hemlata recorded her first film song at the age of 13.
Notably, during her career, Hemlata has sung more than 5,000 songs in 38 languages ​​so far. Hemratha sings in various languages ​​and dialects used in Indian filmmaking. In addition to Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Oriya, Bengali, Assamese, Gujarati, Apart from major languages ​​such as Punjabi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, etc., he also sang songs in regional languages ​​and dialects such as Marwari, Braj, Bhojpuri, Awadhi. He even spoke in Bundli, Maithili, Dogri, Kashmiri, Konkani, Haryanvi, Nepali, Garwali, Kumani, Chambiali, Sung in Bilaspuri.
Hemlata also sang foreign language songs
The book also reveals the secrets behind Hemlata’s singing in a variety of foreign languages, including English, French, Italian, Dutch, Zulu, Mauritian Creole, Siraiki and Multani. He has sung songs from almost all genres – love songs, separation songs, devotional songs, folk songs, ghazals, etc.
Most songs sung with Yesudas
Hemlata’s Hindi duet with famous singer Yesudas was very popular. Hemlata and Yesudas sang together the greatest number of duets. During childhood, Hemlata was called “Baby Lata” and during adolescence she was called “Doosri Lata”. Interestingly, for filmmakers who couldn’t afford Lata Mangeshkar, or music directors who couldn’t get Lata a date, Hemlata became their favorite entertainer.
What musicians are saying about Hemlata
The great music director Naushad once said – Hemlata has the sound quality of Lata Mangeshkar and the innocence of Noorjahan. Roshan commented – I found my creeper. SD Burman told his son Rahul Dev Burman – I will make Hemlata sing first. Hemlata is one of the few artists capable of challenging Lata Mangeshkar’s dominance.
Who is the author of “Dastan-e-Hemlata”?
The author of the biography of playback singer Hemlata is Dr. Arvind Yadav who is basically a journalist. Apart from Hemlata, he has also written biographies of famous scientist Professor Bharat Ratna CNR Rao, India’s first female cardiologist Dr. Padma Vibhushan Padmavati, famous social worker Padmashree Phoolbasan Yadav, famous entrepreneur Sardar Jodh Singh.
