'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
Lataji had once picked her favourites, albeit reluctantly, and told Subhash K Jha just why they were so close to her heart.
Celebrate the Legend's 80th birthday by recording a song on Rediff IShare.
We will continue to be enthralled by your golden oldies we grew up with, notes Shreekant Sambrani.
'...It was because Lataji sang for us.'
'Whatever we are today, if playback singers are here even today, and that includes me, it is because of Didi.'
Khamoshiyan is totally consumed by its cheesy scares-sex-scares-sex pattern, says Sukanya Verma.
'I've never allowed success to go to my head.' 'I've seen many artistes fall because of their pride.'
'I somehow escaped the difficulties that a majority of working girls face.'
'There was no time to do all the normal things that children do as they grow up.' 'One day, I was playing with dolls.' 'The next day, I was on a train looking for opportunities to sing at various recording studios.'
Sukanya Verma presents a playlist of 100 Lata Mangeshkar songs from different decades of Hindi films -- songs that make me sing, smile, sob and sigh.
