1954 – Lata Mangeshkar

Continuing the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar songs, I today present my favourites from the year 1954. Lata Mangeshkar was already ruling the recording rooms of all the major composers of Hindi cinema. She was the Queen of melody and all the composers were in awe of her voice. She was the favourite with the …

1953 – Lata Mangeshkar

Continuing the yearly review of Lata Mangeshkar's songs, let's celebrate today Lata Mangeshkar's 92nd birthday by revisiting a few of my favorite songs sung by her in the year 1953. She sang about 190+ songs in total from 45 films, with around 150 solos and around 40+ other songs including duets (34 with male singers …

(Part 2) Female Dance Duets

(Dances presented as Mujra songs) I'm back with the second part of the series based on female dance duets. In this part, I have compiled Mujra songs.I was a little apprehensive as the first part was quite an exercise for me. I had to exclude a number of popular songs, as those were not a …

Happy Birthday Lata Didi

Lata Mangeshkar is one of the most talented, versatile and most popular and acclaimed playback singer of India. Her voice is considered as one of the finest voices for playback. Her career spanning over more than five decades, has offered us a song for every occasion. We have smiled with her songs, sobbed with it, …