Hemlata (singer)
[1][2] She was nominated for Filmfare Best Female Playback Award five times in the period of 1977–81 and won once for Chitchor in 1977 for her classical rendition of "Tu Jo Mere Sur Mein" which was duet with K.J.According to the Binaca Geet Mala (a radio show that used to compile records of album sales), it became the number one song in the year 1978.[6][7] In the 1990s, Doordarshan had invited her to perform "Tista Nadi Si Tu Chanchala"[8] She has lent her voice for Ramanand Sagar's epics T.V.[11] She was the only one Bollywood singer, who has been selected by the world community of Sikhs and the government of Punjab as well as the Holy Akal Takht to perform Gurmat Sangeet live composed in original Ragas for the celebration of 300 years of Sikh Khalsa Panth[12] at Shri Anandpur Sahib Akal Takht on 13 April 1999.In November 2010,[13] she was in news for filing FIR against the mother in law of Sonali Bendre for cheating Hemlata in a case of selling a bungalow in Lokhandwala, for Rs.25 million.