Bollywood: Sonu Nigam says Lata Mangeshkar was avid photographer
Late singer would take her camera along every time she travelled
An artist in the true sense, Lata Mangeshkar was a legendary personality who had ruled the music industry with her magical voice.
Apart from singing, Mangeshkar had some other interests too that talked a lot about her creative personality, which television show ‘Naam Reh Jaayega’ is bringing to the fore.
Not many people are aware that Mangeshkar was an ace photographer and would take her camera along every time she travelled.
Singer Sonu Nigam has revealed her interest in photography. He said, “Lataji used to love clicking photos. Whenever she had time she used to go for jungle safaris and used to click a lot of photos. In fact, she had a huge collection of photos, and very soon we will be expecting a book launch of her photographic collection.”
Star Plus’ eight-episode series ‘Naam Reh Jaayega’ has more than 20 of the biggest Indian artists join hands to pay tribute to the legendary Lata Mangeshkar.
Conceived and produced by Gajendra Singh, singers featured on the show include Sonu Nigam, Arijit Singh, Shankar Mahadevan, Nitin Mukesh, Neeti Mohan, Alka Yagnik, Sadhana Sargam, Udit Narayan, Shaan, Kumar Sanu, Amit Kumar, Jatin Pandit, Javed Ali, Aishwarya Majumdar, Sneha Pant, Pyarelal Ji, Palak Muchhal and Anwesha.
Mangeshkar died from multiple organ dysfunction syndrome on February 9 at the age of 92, weeks after getting COVID-19.