'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.
'The credit for giving me my first major break goes to Master Ghulam Haider.'
She came like a whirlwind to wipe out, in one stroke, practically all female singing competition, recalls Raju Bharatan.
Lata: 'Do you feel you are happy now?' Kishore Kumar: 'I am very happy. By the grace of God, I want nothing. If there is anything I want, it is to return back home, home is Khandwa, Madhya Pradesh. I hear it calling me.'
Kishore Kumar didn't become a legend overnight. And even when he did, he had many unfulfilled dreams.
On RD Burman's 75th birth anniversary, Lata Mangeshkar pays rich tribute to him.
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.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
