Happy birthday Lata Mangeshkar
Published: 28 September 2019, 2:27:18
She is the recipient of three National Film Awards, 15 Bengal Film Journalists’ Association Awards, four Filmfare Best Female Playback Awards, two Filmfare Special Awards, Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award and many more.
In 1974, she became the first Indian to perform in the Royal Albert Hall.
She talked about her one flaw in an interview recently. “My biggest personality flaw was my fierce temper. Even as a child I had a major temper issue. I would get angry very quickly. This changed as I grew older. Then there came a time when my temper vanished. Now I don’t get angry at all. I sometimes wonder what happened to my fierce temper,” she told IANS.
To celebrate the Indian nightingale’s birthday, we bring you her favourite 20 songs from her own discography:
Of the many songs she lent her voice to, the legend picks her favourites
1. Tu jahan jahan chalega (Mera Saaya, 1966)
Music: Madan Mohan.
Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
2. Lag jaa gale (Woh Kaun Thi, 1964)
Music: Madan Mohan.
Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali Khan
3. Aaja re pardesi (Madhumati, 1958)
Music: Salil Chowdhury.
Lyrics: Shailendra
4. Rahe na rahe hum (Mamta, 1966)
Music: Roshan
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
5. Ja re ud jaare panchi (Maya, 1961)
Music: Salil Chowdhury.
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
6. O sajna, barkha bahaar aayi (Parakh 1960).
Music: Salil Chowdhury.
Lyrics: Shailendra
7. Aaega aanewala (Mahal, 1949).
Music: Khemchand Prakash.
Lyrics: Nakhshab Jaaravchi
8. Pyaar kiya toh darna kya (Mughal-e-Azam, 1960).
Music: Naushad.
Lyrics: Shakeel Badayuni
9. Allah tero naam (Hum Dono, 1961).
Music: Jaidev.
Lyrics: Sahir Ludhianvi
10. Zara si aahat hoti (Haqeeqat, 1964).
Music: Madan Mohan.
Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
11. Ae dil-e-nadaan (Razia Sultan, 1983).
Music: Khayyam.
Lyrics: Jan Nisar Akhtar
12. Thaare rahiyo (Pakeezah, 1972).
Music: Gulam Mohammed.
Lyrics: Majrooh Sultanpuri
13. Ajeeb dastan hai yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraya, 1960).
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan.
Lyrics: Shailendra
14. Woh bhooli dastaan (Sanjog, 1961).
Music: Madan Mohan.
Lyrics: Rajinder Krishan
15. Tere bina zindagi (Aandhi, 1975).
Music: RD Burman.
Lyrics: Gulzar
16. Dikhayee diyen (Bazaar, 1982).
Music: Khayyam.
Lyrics: Mir Taqi Mir
17. Bada natkhat hai (Amar Prem, 1972).
Music: RD Burman.
Lyrics: Anand Bakshi
18. O beqarar dil (Kohra, 1964).
Music: Hemant Kumar.
Lyrics: Kaifi Azmi
19. Yeh kahaan aa gaye hum (Silsila, 1981).
Music: Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma.
Lyrics: Javed Akhtar
20. Is duniya mei jina hai toh (Gumnaam, 1965).
Music: Shankar-Jaikishan.
Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri
