| Birth name | Lata Bhatt |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Hemlata, Hemalatha, Hemlata Bali |
| Born | 16 August 1954 Hyderabad, India |
| Origin | Rajasthan, India |
| Genres | Playback singing, Hindustani Classical Music, Bhajans |
| Occupation(s) | Playback singer |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 1968–present |
Hemlata (born 16 August 1954 in Hyderabad, India) has been one of the most famous and successful leading playback singers in Bollywood[1] since the late 1970s. She is classically trained and has a unique style of singing which makes her stand apart from other playback singers of her era. She had established herself on her unique exquisite voice quality that she delivered in various Indian Films, Concerts, T.V. Serials, Music Albums and gave many unforgettable songs like Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se,[2] Le To Aaye Ho Hame Sapno Ke, Tu Is Tarah Se Meri Zindagi Mein, Kaun Disha Leke Chala Re. Her magnificent velvety voice rich in emotion and expression has reached to millions of music lovers, touching their souls as she has recorded more than 5000 songs and has sung in more than 38 Regional, National and International languages including Bengali, Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Haryanvi, Rajasthani, Marwari, Brij Bhasha, Gujarati, Marathi, Sindhi, Oriya, Assamese, Malayalam, Kannada, Konkani, Dogri, Multani, Saraiki, Garhwali, Bundeli, Nepali, Arabic, Persian, Urdu, Sanskrit, Prakrit, English, French, Mauritian Creole, Spanish, Italian, Zulu, Dutch, Hindi, etc.
She was nominated for Filmfare Best Female Playback Award five times in the period of 1977–1981 and won once for Chitchor in 1977 for her classical rendition of “Tu Jo Mere Sur Mein” which was duet with Dr. K. J. Yesudas, composed by Ravindra Jain.
In her career, she worked with various renowned music composers, Including S. D. Burman, Madan Mohan, N. Dutta, Salil Chowdhury, Chitragupta, Khayyam, Laxmikant-Pyarelal, Kalyanji-Anandji, Raj Kamal, majority with Usha Khanna and Ravindra Jain.
She has sung with most of the leading male and female playback singers of her times like Manna Dey, Talat Mahmood, Mukesh, Mohammad Rafi, Kishore Kumar, Mahendra Kapoor, K. J. Yesudas, Suresh Wadkar, Shailendra Singh, Jaspal Singh, Shabbir Kumar, Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle, Chandrani Mukherjee, Alka Yagnik, Anuradha Paudwal, Kavita Krishnamurthy and several others.
She became the screen voice of some of the famous Bollywood actresses like Nutan, Shabana Azmi, Rekha, Hema Malini, Rameshwari, Yogita Bali, Ranjeeta, Sarika, Madhuri Dixit.
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