'Madhubala stipulated in her contracts that she wanted only me to do her playback singing.'
'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.
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.
On RD Burman's 75th birth anniversary, Lata Mangeshkar pays rich tribute to him.
If Kishore Kumar were alive today, he would have turned 90 on August 4.
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