Ranu Mondal Responds To Lata Mangeshkar¡¯s Sly Dig, Says 'I'll Always Be Her Junior'
The first time the nation took notice of her mesmerising voice was after her video, in which she sang Lata Mangeshkar¡¯s Ek Pyaar Ka Nagma, went viral. A talent was there and then discovered.
While everyone lauded her voice and singing prowess, Lata Mangeshkar after quite some time reacted to Ranu Mondal¡¯s popularity but she had some reservations.
¡°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,¡± she had said in an interview with IANS. Lata Mangeshkar wasn¡¯t apparently happy with singers trying to imitate other singers and she felt that copying doesn¡¯t ensure success in long run.
Ranu Mondal, the woman who has now sung three songs for Himesh Reshammiya, has finally reacted to her comments. In an interview to Navbharat Times, she said, ¡°Lata ji ki umar ke hisab se mai choti thi, hu aur aage ja kar bhi rahungi.. Bachpan se unka awaz pasand hai.¡±
Reacting to the same, Himesh Reshammiya had earlier said that he agrees with Lata Ji that copying doesn¡¯t work, but he also feels that inspiration is important. ¡°I feel we have to see in which connotation Lata ji has made that statement. I feel when you start copying another singer then it doesn¡¯t work that well. But I also feel that taking an inspiration from someone else is really important,¡± he had said at the song launch event.
After Ranu Mondal became an internet sensation, speculations started doing the rounds that Salman Khan has decided to gift her house. Soon, the rumours were denied by Salman Khan¡¯s spokesperson. When Ranu Mondal was asked if there was some truth in the story and if Salman Khan had gifted her a house, she also said no.
¡°"Nahi diya. Agar dete to sabke saamne announce karte ki maine ranu mondal ko ghar diya hai. Ya fir mere friends ko diya, kuch to bol ke announcement karenge na. Ye jab tak nahi hota hai, tab tak k liye ye sochna theek nahi na,¡± she was quoted as saying.
Ranu Mondal truly deserves the success and fame she has got now.
Garima Satija leads the Entertainment vertical of Indiatimes. A storyteller at heart who enjoys the thrill of writing, she is sometimes found daydreaming about living the lives of movie characters. Also, she hates talking about herself in the third person.
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