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Lata’s fav’s
Prithwish Ganguly
Monday, November 17, 2008 23:59 IST

Amol Kamble / DNA






Lata Mangeshkar has compiled a five-CD-set of her favourite tunes

Lata Mangeshkar—the nightingale of India—is arguably one of the most loved and acclaimed singer. People might adore her songs but do they know who her favourite singers are? Lata has now handpicked some of her favourite tracks sung by some legendary crooners of the industry which are being compiled in a record titled Pasand Meri, Geet Sathiyon Ke.

Confirming the news Lata Mangeshkar says, “I have always liked to hear some of my colleagues like Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi and also, amongst the new generation singers, I like to listen to Udit Narayan, Alka Yagnik and Kavita Krishnamurthy.�

The album which is being released by Saregama is a collection of five CD’s. The collection will also have her father Master Dinanath Mangeshkar’s Nain So Nain Milaye. Lata has also chosen some other stalwarts like K.L. Saigal, Noor Jehan, Ghulam Ali, Mukesh, S.D. Burman, Jagjit Singh, Mohammed Rafi, Geeta Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Hemant Kumar and Talat Mahmood.

Lata has also picked singers like Manna Dey, her sisters Asha Bhosle and Usha Mangeshkar, Udit Narayan, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Niigaam and Shankar Mahadevan as her favourites.

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When Lata was naughty... and other musical stories
Last updated on: December 1, 2010 19:18 IST

Patcy N in Mumbai


The Hindi film industry has seen its share of controversies over the years.
While star romances and break-ups are usually well documented, the music industry has many secrets that have never tumbled out of the closet.

Raju Bharatan, an assistant editor at The Illustrated Weekly of India , Asia's oldest English magazine till it shut down in 1991, and author of Lata Mangeshkar: A Biography and the recent best-seller A Journey Down Melody Lane, reveals some of those secrets in this three-part special interview with Rediff.com's Patcy N.

When R D Burman refused to compose a song for Raj Kapoor

R D Burman 'Pancham' and Randhir Kapoor 'Dabboo' were good friends. Pancham had been signed to score the music for Randhir's first directorial film, Dharam Karam. One of the songs needed to be picturised on Raj Kapoor.

Randhir told Pancham to compose that particular tune with Raj Kapoor present. But Pancham got upset and said, 'Dabboo, you did not tell me that I had to play a tune in front of Raj Kapoor, else I would have not signed the film.'

The reason why Pancham reacted this way was that he had had a very bad experience with Guru Dutt earlier. He had heard that Raj Kapoor was difficult to work with as well.

Pancham said Guru Dutt 'drove me mad'. He would finalise a tune after hearing a range of tunes, but cancel it at the very next sitting because his vision would change by then. He would ask Pancham to compose another tune. Pancham never understood what Guru Dutt really wanted.

Pancham thought Raj Kapoor was difficult while selecting tunes as well, and so when Dabboo asked him to play a tune for his father Raj Kapoor, he refused.

Randhir tried to reason with him, saying that Raj Kapoor was a very creative person. Pancham replied that he had worked with creative people before and knew exactly what happened when you worked with one.

He added that he only wanted to work with normal people.

After much cajoling, he finally agreed. He was very nervous because Raj Kapoor liked Shankar-Jaikishan, but did not like Laxmikant-Pyarelal's work.

So Pancham played the tune of Ek Din Bik Jayega Maati Ke Mol. The lyrics weren't written then.

Raj Kapoor loved it. He said the song would be a hit. Raj Kapoor could listen to a tune and gauge if it would be a hit.


Composer Anil Biswas and Lata Mangeshkar were traveling in the third class compartment (in those days, trains had a third class compartment as well) of a train.

Dilip Kumar was traveling in the same compartment, so Anil Biswas introduced him to Lata.

During their conversation, Dilip Kumar learnt that Lata was Maharashtrian. So he said, 'En Maharashtrianno ke saath ek problem hota hai. Inki gaane main daal bhaat ki boo aati hai (The problem with these Maharashtrians is when they sing, they smell of dal and rice).

Lata took the hint and immediately kept an Urdu diction teacher, where she learnt the language carefully.