INFORMATION
| Artist Birtday : | 16/08/1954 (Age 71) |
| Occupation(s) : | Playback singer |
| Genres : | Playback singing, Hindustani Classical Music, Bhajans |
Hemlata (born 16 August 1954, Hyderabad) is an Indian playback singer in Bollywood best known for her songs in the late 1970s. She is classically trained. She established herself in film, concerts, television and music. She was nominated for Filmfare Best Female Playback Award five times in the period of 1977–81 and won once for Chitchor in 1977 for her classical rendition of “Tu Jo Mere Sur Mein” which was a duet with K.J. Yesudas, composed by Ravindra Jain.
In association with Ravindra Jain, she had worked on many other songs. Among them is “Ankhiyon Ke Jharokhon Se“. According to the Binaca Geet Mala (a radio show that used to compile records of album sales), it became the number one song in the year 1978. Hemlata was also nominated for Filmfare award for the best female playback singer for this song. It has received millions of views on YouTube. Hemlata sang on Jain’s cassette album Sahaj Dhara (1991) dedicated to Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi, and sang songs from this album in two concerts in Brussels, Belgium in July 1992.
In the 1990s, Doordarshan had invited her to perform “Tista Nadi Si Tu Chanchala”
