
The playback queen finds a perfect balance between grand ardour and understated drama in the exquisite notes of Yeh Zindagi Usi Ki Hai. If Madhubala and Dilip Kumar’s intense agony burns the screen, Lata Mangeshkar and Talat Mehmood’s heartfelt understanding of this pain lends it force.īrimming with spirit, sentiment and strength, Lata Mangeshkar’s energetic call for patriotic participation in Anand Math is stuff of goose bumps.ĥ. Seene Main Sulagte Hain Armaan, Taraana (1951)


The singer exuberantly conveys the pangs of first love in this Raj Kapoor-Nargis romance leading to the passionate embrace that inspired RK’s historic logo.ģ. Even when a young Lata’s personal style was still evolving, the sheer softness of her singing wasn’t lost on the discerning listener in this haunting beauty for the ages.
