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Lata Mangeshkar Mentor Khemchand Prakash Life Story: The musician we are talking about, launched Lata Mangeshkar. He was a mentor of veterans like Kishore Kumar, Manna Dey. He is the success of his film ‘Mahal’ …Read more
His guru’s prediction about Lata Mangeshkar came true.
Highlights
- Khemchand Prakash gave Lata Mangeshkar a break in ‘Mahal’.
- Prakash’s wife was found begging at the railway station after his death.
- Javed Akhtar mentioned the plight of Prakash in the Rajya Sabha.
New Delhi: There are countless stories of many artists of Hindi cinema, who could not save their earnings and were forced to live in poverty. One of them was Khemchand Prakash, whose painful story will tear tears in anyone’s eyes. People remember Khemchand Prakash as mentors of artists like Lata Mangeshkar, Kishore Kumar, Naushad and Manna Dey. His last day was spent in a situation. After the death of Khemchand Prakash, his wife was found begging at the railway station.
Lata Mangeshkar had a break in ‘Mahal’
Khemchand Prakash actually gave Lata Mangeshkar a break in the film ‘Mahal’. When she was rejected by producer Chandu Lal Shah, she supported the young singer and predicted that Lata would achieve greatness in her career. His point proved to be true. She kept Lata to sing a song in the film ‘Jiddi’ (1948), but Lata became famous from her second song ‘Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa According to the report of Indian Express, unfortunately Khemchand Prakash died of liver cirrhosis in 1950 at the age of 42. He could not see the success of ‘palace’.
The credit for giving Lata Mangeshkar a break in Hindi cinema goes to Khemchand Prakash.
Musician’s wife was begging in Malad
The musician’s wife Sridevi and daughter Chandrakala did not get the industry allegedly supported and had to face poverty. Javed Akhtar mentioned his plight in his speech in the Rajya Sabha in 2012 and supported the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2010. He said, ‘Aaye Din Din Aaye Aayi’ is a very famous song. Was written 60 years ago. The song was composed by Khemchand Prakash, who was a very popular musician of his time. When he was found to pay the dues of Rs 13000, it was found that his wife was begging in Malad. This is not surprising. There are many such stories.
Abhishek Nagar is working on the post of Senior Sub Editor in News 18 Digital. They are part of the entertainment team of News 18 Digital. He has been active in the field of journalism for the last 6 years. They initiative from News 18 Digital …Read more
Abhishek Nagar is working on the post of Senior Sub Editor in News 18 Digital. They are part of the entertainment team of News 18 Digital. He has been active in the field of journalism for the last 6 years. They initiative from News 18 Digital … Read more