It is shocking. Shy and often soft spoken Lata Mangeshkar allegedly had tow love affairs. Her name linked with Bhupen hajarika and Raj sing dungarpur for long.
Lata Mangeshkar was allegedly romantic linked to noted musician Bhupen Hazarika, leading English daily The Times Of India (TOI) reported recently. TOI report said, In a shocking statement to Zee News, the late musician Bhupen hazarika's estranged wife Primvada had stated that the two would spend nights together and her husband apparently told her that if a musicians wants to come up, he has to have his songs sung by Lata Mangeshkar. This statement is said to have enraged Hazarika's partner Kalpana Lajmi and all the Mangeshkars.
Earlier, in 2012 TOI’s sister Tabloid Mumbai Mirror has reported same stuff with different sources. Mumbai Mirror’s report published on 7 Nov 2012 reads :
Barely a year after his death, an unsavoury controversy has erupted around late singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika. In an interview with an Assamese TV channel, his estranged wife Priyamvada has claimed that Lata Mangeshkar "started a big affair with him".
Ottawa-based Priyamvada's insinuations about a romantic relationship between her late husband and the songstress have angered not only the Mangeshkar family, but also Kalpana Lajmi - the filmmaker who had been Hazarika's companion for 40 years. Both parties have now decided to take legal action.
In the interview that was aired on Saturday, the octogenarian Priyamvada hinted that Lata was one of the reasons why she left her late husband 50 years ago. She even mentioned that the singer used to share one of the three bedrooms in their Tollygunge (Kolkata) flat whenever they'd be in the city. "He (Hazarika) told me one day, 'Look Priyam, in India, if a musician wants to rise, his songs have to be sung by Lata Mangeshkar'. Later, when I asked him why he should be with a woman in the room the whole night, he said, 'ketiaba koribo lage' (sometimes you have to do it)," Priyamvada said in the interview.
About alleged affair with Raj Singh Dungapur, Toi said : As per reports in the media, it was Lata Mangeshlar's alleged decade long love affair with the late Raj Singh Dungapur that come to light. Raj Singh Dungapur was the son of royalty and he had apparently promised his parents that he would not bring home a commoner bride. It is said that the duo met in Mumbai when Raj Singh Dungapur ended up playing cricket with Lata didi's brother at their Walkeshwar house. They came from different backgrounds and maybe those things were not allowed in those days, as commitment to families came first. Though the two remained unmarried, this itself was proof of their eternal love, if stories of their true love are anything to go by.
