Lata Mangeshkar is often regarded as the greatest female playback singer in the history of the Indian music industry. She will always be remembered as ‘the queen of melody’ for generations to come. However, not everyone is aware of the fact that when Lata Mangeshkar was making a name for herself in Indian cinema with her voice, she faced relentless and stiff competition from Suman Kalyanpur.
For the unversed, Suman Kalyanpur is one of the most respected singers ever. The singer was bestowed with the Padma Bhushan award in March 2023 from the government of India. Apart from Hindi, Suman sang songs in 10 different languages, like Bhojpuri, Marathi, Rajasthani, Bengali, Odia, Assamese, Gujarati, Kannada, Maithili, and Punjabi.
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