Whether conveying Raveena Tandon’s roller-skating enthusiasm in Tumse Jo Dekhte ( Patthar Ke Phool), Zeba Bakhtiar’s longings in Chitthiye ( Henna), Juhi Chawla’s dreamy inclinations in Tu Mere Saamne ( Darr), Sridevi’s desert serenade in Morni Baaga Ma ( Lamhe), Manisha Koirala’s understated elegance in Kuch Na Kaho ( 1942: A Love Story), Mamta Kulkarni’s temptress act in Ek Munda ( Karan Arjun), Tabu’s solitary gloom in Paani paani re (Maachis), Urmila Matondkar’s monsoon mania in Geela Geela Pani ( Satya) or rocking back-to-back blockbusters with Madhuri Dixit’s Didi Tera Devar ( Hum Aapke Hain Koun…!) and Kajol’s Mere Khwabon Mein Jo (Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge). The gorgeous soundtrack of Maya Memsaab, helmed by her younger brother Hridayanath, along with Gulzar’s Lekin and Kalpana Lajmi’s Rudaali provided a breath of fresh air in a noise of synthetic music with melodies like Ek Haseen Nigah, Yaara Silli Silli and Dil Hoom Hoom respectively.Įven her commercial songs fared superbly on the charts.
Steady as a rock, Lata Mangeshkar's intense riyaaz paid off as she was now singing for children of her 1960s heroines like Tanuja and Babita. Image: Shah Rukh Khan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan in Mohabbatein Though her songs Humko Humise Churalo ( Mohabbatein), O Palanhare ( Lagaan) Andekhi Anjani Si ( Mujhse Dosti Karoge), Kabhi Khushi ( Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham), Tere Liye ( Veer Zaara), Kitne Ajeeb ( ) Shayad Yehi Toh ( Lucky: No Time For Love), Lukka Chuppi ( Rang De Basanti) and Daata Sun Le ( Jail) have met with a varying degree of reception, Lata Mangeshkar’s body of work (she's rumoured to have sung a track for Sanjay Leela Bhansali's upcoming epic, Ramleela) is much too vast, awe-inspiring and prized to disregard at any juncture. But filmmakers insisted on her celebrated voice gracing their movies and her loyal following savored it.Īishwarya Rai, Rani Mukerji, Kareena Kapoor, Sneha Ullal and Konkona Sen Sharma can count themselves among the lucky few for whom the songstress has sung in her precious few assignments in the past couple of decades. In her enduring journey, the singer has performed in multiple languages, worked with every distinguished composer, sang duets with all the top male playback singers in the industry and embellished the careers of countless beautiful ladies - new and iconic - with her inimitable mithaas.įrom Madhubala to Madhuri Dixit, we celebrate Lata Mangeshkar - the voice of seven decades.Īt 70 plus, Mangeshkar’s sonorous timbre had seen better days. The befittingly decorated Nightingale of India and, quite literally, Bharat’s Ratna turns 84 on September 28. Even her harshest critics will not deny her devotion towards her art or the longevity of her career. Whether you were born in the 1940s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s or post 2000, there’s no way you’ve not been touched by her soulful voice.įor music lovers, the legend of melody is like the sun whose brightness has not merely enriched their love for music but shaped their taste. Just imagine brilliance at its finest best and some more and you might just come close to appreciating her influence/embodiment on/as music.
The magnitude of Lata Mangeshkar cannot be possibly described in words.