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

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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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Memorable melodies




Posted On Wednesday, September 28, 2011 at 04:02:35 AM



Lata Mangeshkar celebrates her 82nd birthday today on September 28, 2011. More than two decades back, during a song recording of the Dharmendra-Hema Malini starrer 1975 film Pratiggya, photographer Jagdish Aurangabadkar captured the singer along with her lyricist Anand Bakshi (extreme right), music composers Laxmikant Pyarelal (on either side of the singer), lead actor Dharmendra and director Dulal Guha (extreme left).

In the 1970s, Lata Mangeshkar voiced many songs for the composer duo Laxmikant-Pyarelal. Incidentally, it was Lata Mangeshkar who spotted talent in a 10-year-old Laxmikant playing the mandolin at her concert in Radio Club, Colaba.

The young boy then met his future partner Pyarelal at Sureel Kala Kendra, a music academy for children run by the Mangeshkar family. In fact, it was the Lata Mangeshkar again, who recommended Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s names to music directors like Naushad and Sachin Dev Burman.

Laxmikant-Pyarelal’s association with Lata Mangeshkar grew stronger over the years. Starting in 1963, Lata Mangeshkar sang over 700 songs for the composer duo over a period of 35 long years, most of which became huge hits.

In fact, the composer duo even went on to win the Indian government’s prestigious Lata Mangeshkar music award.

On her birthday, through this picture, we remember one of the most melodious associations of her life.


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