![]() ![]() Pyaar kiya toh darna kya (Mughal-e-Azam, 1960): Parda nahi jab koi khuda se, bando se parda karna kya… Anarkali held court in K Asif’s magnum opus. Impressed with the song, lyricist Shailendra had gifted flowers to Mangeshkar. Even Mangeshkar has called it one of her favourites - the haunting ditty topped the Radio Ceylon charts for many weeks. Lata Mangeshkar had arrived.Īaja re pardesi (Madhumati, 1958): In this Bimal Roy masterpiece, Salil Chowdhury gave us this achingly beautiful piece that echoes in a valley throughout the film. The song broke all records at Radio Ceylon as people flooded their office with letters to ask for the singer’s name (the gramophone company only carried the character’s name - Kamini). From singing in the studio bathroom for the echo effect in Jab pyaar kiya toh darna kya to standing for eight hours for the recording of AR Rahman’s Luka chhuppi, here are 25 most iconic songs by Lata Mangeshkar that defined Hindi film music in the 20th and 21st century:Īayega aane wala (Mahal, 1949): This is the watershed year when Lata Mangeshkar, who sang this haunting Khemchand Prakash composition and took the nation’s breath away sealed her supremacy in the Indian film industry for decades to come, with no rival in sight. She’d take off her slippers, bow in a pranaam, seeking strength from the gods of music, and begin her piece. When melody queen Lata Mangeshkar, who passed away on Sunday, used to enter a studio for a recording, there was a ritual she’d follow.
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