Usha Mangeshkar

Usha Mangeshkar was born into a family of musicians and music lovers. Her father Dinanath Mangeshkar was a classical singer. She is the younger sister of singers, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle. Her highlight has been the devotional film Jai santoshi Maa Made by C Arjun who was passing through financial difficulties-the film was made in a tiny budget. Perhaps it was the subject, which invited such huge audiences, perhaps the time was right but in the film the legendary Kavi Pradeep wrote the Bhajans and as a bigger singer was not affordable by the producer, he chose UshaMangeshkar to sing them. As luck would have it the film became the biggest hit of the time and the music broke every record. It is played till today at every religious occasion in the country.