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‘By imitating me you can get short-term attention,’ Lata Mangeshkar on Ranu Mondal

September 3: Ranu Mariah Mondal, a railway station singer shot to prominence recently and has become a great hit on social media. Her journey, which started from a railway platform to social media fame, has now led her into Bollywood, as she was noticed by noted music director Himesh Reshammiya, with whom she is now working. Ranu Mondal who sang herself to fame from penury and anonymity with Lata Mangeshkar’s all time hit song “Ek Pyar Ka Nagma Hai.”

When Lata Mangeshkar was asked about Ranu Mondal, the Nightingale expressed happiness but with reservations. The veteran singer said, “If anyone gets benifitted from my work, I feel fortunate. But I also feel imitation isn’t a reliable companion for success.” Lata Mangeshkar went a step further and said, “By singing my songs, aspiring singers can get short-term attention, but it won’t last long.”

She feels great concern for the talent on the music shows on television. “So many children sing my songs so beautifully. But how many of them are remembered after the first flush of success? I only know of Sunidhi Chauhan and Shreya Ghosal.”

She also gave advise to aspiring singers, “Be original. By all means sing the evergreen songs by me and my colleagues. But after a point the singer must seek and find his or her own song.”

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