Lata Mangeshkar Responds to PM Modi’s Birthday Wish, Says, ‘Your Arrival Had Changed India’s Image and It Makes Me Very Happy’

Your arrival has changed India's image and it makes me very happy, legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar told Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday. Mangeshkar, who turned 90 on Saturday, was on a telephone call with Modi on his monthly radio broadcast Mann Ki Baat. In the phone conversation, which was recorded before the Prime Minister left the country on a week-long trip to the US, Modi wished the singer for her birthday. Mann Ki Baat: PM Narendra Modi Extends Birthday Wishes to Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar on His Radio Show

"Pranaam, I called because I will be travelling on your birthday. I thought before leaving I should wish you and congratulate you. I wish you good health and may your blessings be on us. I pray," he said. The nonagenarian asked Modi to bless her, but he said the singer was elder to him in age and work and she should bless him instead. Legendary Singer Lata Mangeshkar Pays Tribute to Soldiers by Singing to PM Modi’s Lines ‘Saugandh Mujhe Is Mitti Ki’

"People get old with age. But it's always good to get blessings from those who become big through their great work," Mangeshkar replied. "Your arrival had changed India's image and it makes me very happy," she added. Modi said the conversation between him and the singer "was like a younger brother talking to his elder sister."

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