
MUMBAI, OCT 27: The country8217;s most popular singer Lata Mangeshkar is often seen hounded by eager photographers. But few knew her tryst with the camera.
The newly-inaugurated art gallery in Vile Parle, Kalamandir, houses a good 32 frames clicked by the singing siren. As she put it during the inauguration ceremony on October 27, 8220;It is no great photography, but just my hobby. I do not deserve such admiration. Any amateur photographer can be better than me.8221;
The photographs include an odd mix of subjects, ranging from wildlife to landscapes to forts. Mangeshkar has also captured different expressions of children. A photograph she has clicked of herself, in a contemplative mood, adds colour to the collection.
Apart from the photos taken by the singer, the exhibition houses 35 black-n-white photoframes of her singer-father Master Dinanath. These photos, almost 80-year old, depict him as an actor in a variety of plays of his times. The exhibition also has a collection of six oil paintings by singer UshaMangeshkar, and water colours by Hridaynath Mangeshkar and his son Vaijnath.