Lata Mangeshkar is the supreme voice of Indian music. She is considered to be the best playback singer in the Hindi film industry. Lata Mangeshkar has recorded over 50,000 songs including movie songs, ghazals, bhajans and the like.
It is interesting to know that Lata Mangeshkar has sung in more than a thousand Bollywood movies and in more than twenty regional languages of India, but mainly in Hindi.
In addition, Lata has recorded duets with all the leading male singers of his day, including Manna Dey, Mohammed Rafi, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar. He burst onto the Indian music scene with the song Aayega Aanewaala from the movie Mahal (1949).
Additionally, many of the popular songs Lata Mangeshkar sang in the 1940s and 1950s include: Mohabbat aisi dhadkan hai, Yeh zindagi usiki hai, Jaag dard ishq jaag, O aasman waale from the hit song Anarkali; Aplam chaplam, Radha na bole na bole, Kitna haseen hai mausam, from Azaad; and Dheere se aaja ri akhiyan mein, Shola jo bhadke, Bholi soorat dil ke khote, Dil dhadke nazar sharmaaye, Mere dil ki ghadi kare de Albela.
Other Lata Mangeshkar folk songs include Gore gore o baanke chore (Samadhi), Mehfil mein jal uthi shama (Nirala), Dil ki duniya basake sanwariya, Mere man ka baawra panchi (Amar Deep), and Balma anadi man bhaaye (Bahuraani).
In addition, Lata songs such as Jiya bekaraar hai (Barsaat), Rasik Balma (Chori Chori), Hariyali Aur Raasta title song, Gumnaam hai koi (Gumnaam), Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (Mughal-E-Azam), Ajeeb Dastaan Hai Yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai) were huge hits.
In the 1990s, Lata Mangeshkar also recorded many non-film songs, such as ghazals with Jagjit Singh. Lata’s songs recorded for the film Hum Aapke Hain Kaun were also big hits.
Also, Lata Mangeshkar sang for all Yash Chopra movies including Chandni, Lamhe, Darr, Yeh Dillagi, Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Dil To Pagal Hai, Mohabbatein, Mujhse Dosti Karoge and Veer Zaara.
Furthermore, Lata’s songs include the most popular tracks like Jiya Jale (Dil Se), Khamoshiyan Gungunane Lagin (One Two Ka Four), Ek Tu Hi Bharosa (Pukar), Pyaara Sa Gaon (Zubeidaa), and O Paalanhaare (Lagaan). –all composed by AR Rahman.
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