Lata Mangeshkar Cancels 91st Birthday Celebrations Due To COVID, PM Narendra Modi And Bollywood Pour Wishes

Lata Mangeshkar is the most celebrated singers of our country. Affectionately referred to as the Nightingale of India, her name featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in 1974 for having sung the maximum number of songs in the world. She has also been given the Dadasheb Phalke Award in 1989 by the Indian government and thereafter in 2001, she was awarded Bharat Ratna [India’s highest civilian honor]. 

Today, the songstress with a mellifluous voice like no other turns 91 years old. However, she refrained from celebrating her birthday due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic which has claimed countless lives throughout the globe.  

Her niece Rachna Shah told Bombay Times, Lataji is deeply concerned about the lives lost amid the pandemic. The paper has quoted her as saying, “She told us that this was not the time for celebration. She wants to pray for those who lost their lives in the pandemic. She will be spending the day with her family members and will eat daal, rice and aloo ki sabzi for lunch.” 

From the Prime Minister of India to many  Bollywood actors took to their official Twitter handle to wish the living legend a very happy birthday.