Every day on twitter, someone decides to spark a controversial debate and everyone jumps in to give their 2 cents on the matter. And today, it’s Lata Mangeshkar vs Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan on who’s the bigger artist…
Controversial question: Is Lata bigger than Nusrat?
— Cāmuk (@Albert_Camuk) September 18, 2021
And people have strong opinions:
I think she is bigger, but mostly local.. Nusrat is better known (and influential) in faraway places. M
— omar ali (@omarali50) September 19, 2021
Some believed in NFAK supremacy:
Considering NFAK allowed other qawwals to grow and was never a part monopolies that inhibited younger talent from getting the same limelight he was definitely BIGGER https://t.co/BDq8rSQO14
— Rafay Mahmood (@Rafay_Mahmood) September 20, 2021
Some found it to be a terrible question:
Terrible Question at first place
— Pavan Jha (@p1j) September 19, 2021
People had their theories:
Lata is 5'
Nusrat was 5'7"— Shumail (@Shumyl) September 19, 2021
Lata-4 letters..
Nusrat-6 letters.— ozz (@kanal_ko) September 19, 2021
https://twitter.com/Scytheraa/status/1439401350857572355?s=19
People felt that the two couldn’t be compared:
https://twitter.com/SmartHaider2244/status/1439453583582195716?s=19
https://twitter.com/Shujaat_Mirza/status/1439501768740597760?s=19
Different places of practicing their craft, it's too dynamic in both careers to do this comparison.
— Vinayak (@VinayaKhalnayak) September 18, 2021
There were some who believed Lata was bigger:
if this is a question about fame/reach …….then Lata is way bigger. She reaches places where no one listens or even knows Hindustani Classical music.
— narachamesuke (@narachamesuke) September 19, 2021
Some believed NFAK left us too early to be compared:
I'd say Lata… But we lost NFAK too soon. Had he been around even till the early 2010s, things might have been different…
— a (@arsalanahmedk) September 19, 2021
Some were straight up appalled at the comparison:
I can’t believe ppl have audacity to compare a lifetime legend like NFAK with singers like Lata, Rafi etc. Blasphemous question & answers. WOW https://t.co/u3MbqVep9X
— R A S H I D (@forashid) September 19, 2021
True!
Regardless of what you think the correct answer to this is, bigger almost never means better https://t.co/fS1KJGesb2
— sohni (@sohnianika) September 19, 2021
Oh-kayyyyy!
https://twitter.com/grumpydesimil/status/1439605690293698562?s=19
😂
https://twitter.com/sammaritan/status/1439601008733081601?s=19
Yeh cheez!
I don't think we should draw any comparisons between two very talented and successful people. Also, no.👍🏻 https://t.co/QLZURmxi7x
— Utha le re baba (@PathanticBaji) September 19, 2021
Jo baat hai!
https://twitter.com/BaburZaman7/status/1439294020547719169?s=19
We think we have a winner here?
Even Nusrat the Saltbae is bigger than Lata and that’s not even the biggest Nusrat https://t.co/tp4LYR5qkJ
— Momin Sheikh (@MominISheikh) September 19, 2021
👀
https://twitter.com/JunnysIife/status/1439290793412345858?s=19
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