''Meri Awaaz Hi Pehchaan Hain, Gar Yaad Rahe…and how can one forget such a voice! Deeply saddened by the passing away of Lata Mangeshkar ji, my sincere condolences and prayers. In his homage to the Nightingale of India, Bollywood star Akshay Kumar also quoted the lines from ''Naam Gum Jaayega''. And now whoever sings that song or writes about me says those lines,'' Mangeshkar had said. But later, I also started saying that 'my voice is my identity'. When I was singing (this song), he came to me and gently said, 'Meri awaaz hi pehchan hai aur ye hai pehchan'. ''Everyone in the country knows that Gulzar sahab writes beautifully. Mangeshkar, who passed away Sunday morning following a multiple organ failure at the age of 92, had said she remembers vividly the day she did the playback for the song. ''Meri awaaz hi pehchan hai'' means ''My voice is indeed my identity''.

In an interview with PTI in October 2021, Mangeshkar said she still remembers how veteran lyricist-poet Gulzar's words ''meri awaaz hi pehchan hai'' from the song ''Naam Gum Jaayega'' in his 1977 directorial ''Kinaara'' came to reflect her own storied journey in music with her fans conflating her voice with her identity. Lata Mangeshkar is credited with thousands of songs in as many as 36 Indian languages over a period of almost eight decades, but there were some tracks that stuck with her, something the melody queen also went on to acknowledge in her later years. PTI | Mumbai | Updated: 06-02-2022 13:55 IST | Created: 06-02-2022 13:45 IST Lata Mangeshkar (File photo/ANI) Image Credit: ANI

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