Music legend Lata Mangeshkar recently praised veteran actress Hema Malini. According to close sources, she complimented the Dream Girl for her soulful, inspirational and spiritual renditions of the chants in Sanskrit for Soundaryalahiri- a mystical poem of Adi Shankaracharya. The source continues that Lataji was overwhelmed and amazed by the Tamil girl's beautiful voice and her perfect rendition in Sanskrit, with the right pronunciation and clarity of the sacred music.
She also praised her for her versatility.
Hema Malini too was truly overwhelmed by the outpouring of compliments, since it was from the legendary Lata Mangeshkar. Interestingly, the introduction of Soundaryalahari is narrated by
Amitabh Bachchan along with renowned singers Suresh Wadkar,
Shankar Mahadevan and Asit Desai.