I feel honoured that I could lip-sync to a song by Lataji: Rituparna

Rituparna

Sengupta feels privileged that she once had the chance of lip-syncing to a Lata Mangeshkar song in one of her Bengali films. “The film’s title was Er E Naam Bhalobasa where

Lataji

sang a playback song, which featured me. The music of the song was composed by

Saibal Chowdhury

. The song goes like this – Amar bhalolaga, amar bhalobasa. As an actor, I feel honoured that I could lip-sync to a song by Lataji – who is the pride of India. Her voice was versatile and suited every actor,” she said.

Rituparna added that Lata Mangeshkar was rightfully given the titles of ‘Queen of Melody’ and ‘Nightingale of India’. “She will live in our hearts through her work forever,” said the actress, adding, “Years back when I started my career, I met Lataji at a function where I touched her feet for her blessings. That will remain with me forever.”