She would regularly send photos, she even did just before the day she was hospitalized. A bond developed between him and her sisters which continued till yesterday. After watching one of his films, she came to Chennai to see him. READ: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar India's nightingale, dies at 92 Sivaji's sense of humor had Lata in raptures He added that Lata Mangeshkar was a great fan of his father and she and her sisters would affectionately call him 'Anna'.

She said 'I did it for my elder brother'. She came, sang and left for Mumbai without accepting any remuneration. Prabhu recalled:“My brother Ramkumar was particular that she should render a song for the film. Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates from around the world Her first song - Aararo Aararo - was for the film Anand released, in 1987, with Sivaji Ganesan's son Prabhu in the lead role. Her songs in the modern period of film-making became runaway hits. It was, however, in the 1980s that her combination along with Illayaraja that put her songs on the lips of Tamil film fans. The 50s also saw her sing in the remake of Dilip Kumar's Uran Khatola in the Tamil as Vanaratham. It was in the 1950s that she made her foray into Tamil films, with Aan Murattu Adiyaal, the Tamil remake of the Hindi film Aan. Her foray into the Tamil film industry happened because of her close relationship with the late Thespian Sivaji Ganesan and his family. Chennai, February 7 (The Hindu): Lata Mangeshkar rendered innumerable film songs in almost all Indian languages and a couple of them she sang in Tamil became all-time greats.

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