Her voice has enthralled millions of Indians and music doyen Lata Mangeshkar wishes to continue singing the rest of her life even as she celebrates her 80th birthday.

The icon, who first broke onto the music scene with ‘Aayega Aanewaala’ in “Mahal” (1949), is considered the greatest playback singer in the Indian cinema with more than 50,000 songs to her credit.
Looking back at her glorious six decades in music, the singer says, “Anybody will feel good but now that I’m turning 80, I feel extremely great. It’s always a charm to age gracefully.”
Talking about her colossal achievements, Lata says she is completely satisfied with her life and career.
“Whatever I achieved is by God’s grace. I’m completely satisfied and content with my life and career. I want to continue singing for the rest of my life,” the legendary singer told a newsagency.

When asked about her plans for birthday, the singer says she will be busy attending to calls from well-wishers from across the globe.
“My whole day will be spent attending to the well-wishers, who call me from the different parts of the world but there is nothing special planned for the birthday. It will be a usual affair with family members,” Lata said.
Although she does not believe in lavish celebration Lata fondly recalls the sweets made by her mother for the occasion during her childhood.

“I don’t like to cut cakes. When I was young, my mother would prepare sweets and put tilak on my forehead and I used to like it,” Lata said.