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  'Lavani Queen' singer Sulochana Chavan dies at 92, PM Modi offers condolence

  Celebrities | December 10, 2022 17:32 IST

  Sulochana Chavan has died aged 92 in Mumbai due to age-related ailments. She was a Padma Shri recipient and a proponent of traditional Lavani music.

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  Lavani singer Yamunabai Waikar passes away

  Celebrities | May 16, 2018 10:45 IST

  Padma Shri awardee and queen of Lavani, Yamunabai Waikar, who died at 103, took this popular folk song form to other parts of the country.

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  Lavani singer Yamunabai Waikar passes away at 103

  Celebrities | May 15, 2018 23:51 IST

  In 2012, she was honoured with a Padma Shri. She also worked to create awareness about water conservation during the 1972 drought in Maharashtra. 

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  Don't call 'lavani' song in my film an item number, says Chopra

  Bollywood | May 11, 2012 7:29 IST

  Mumbai: Actress Vidya Balan would be doing a ‘lavani' song in filmmaker Vidhu Vinod Chopra's forthcoming film ‘Ferrari Ki Sawari, which the producer does not like to be called an item number.Vidya and Chopra's association