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| Lata Mangeshkar conferred highest French honour | | | | IJS STAFF WRITER 2009-11-30 | | New Delhi: Celebrated playback singer Lata Mangeshkar has been conferred France’s highest civilian award, the Insignia of ‘Officier de la Legion d’Honneur’ (Officer of the Legion of Honour).
The award, which was earlier conferred on Oscar winning director Satyajit Ray and actor Amitabh Bachchan, will be bestowed on the 80-year-old singer at an official ceremony in Mumbai hosted by Jerome Bonnafont, Ambassador of France to India, on December 2.
“France has a tradition of supporting artists from all over the world. Bestowing the Insignia of ‘Officer of the Legion of Honour’ on Lata Mangeshkar, is a recognition of her incomparable singing career, and to a personality who has stayed at the top range in her field for over 60 years,” Mr. Bonnafont said.
The ‘Legion d’Honneur (Legion of Honour) is the highest distinction that is conferred by the French Republic on a French citizen as well as on a foreigner.
The legendary singer is considered as the greatest playback singer in Indian cinema, having sung more than 30,000 songs in a career spanning six decades. |
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