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The Rediff Special
Lata Khubchandani
I have no words to express what I feel for her," says Vijay Anand. "She's one person in the film industry without whom this place would not have been the same for the last 50 years. I love her from the bottom of my heart and I think she knows it even though we don't meet too much."
Vijay had once told me, "Beauty is... in my mind, Lata Mangeshkar in that small recording room with her headphones on...'
Lata Mangeshkar has rendered unforgettable songs for the Navketan banner -- including all time favourites like Allah tero naam, Jo tum todo piya, Mose chal kiye jaaye, Kaanton se kheench ke ye anchal to name just a few... And each time S D Burman or Jaidev composed these fabulous numbers, it was Vijay who would bounce with joy and shout "Eureka."
Says Vijay of the number, "There is this scene in Tere Mere Sapne, which is one of the most difficult scenes I have ever shot. It was a love scene between my elder brother, Dev Anand, and Mumtaz. I was nervous about explaining the scene to him because I was so much younger. I just couldn't bring myself to tell him
my requirements. So I rang up Mumtaz and explained it to her instead. How the wife's health is in danger, how the couple have fought and how the fight culminates in intimate love-making that almost has a touch of spirituality to it. And this particular number plays in the background during the scene."
Those who've seen this incredible example of Vijay's creativity will agree that the scene remains a highlight due to Lata's unbelievably sensitive rendition!
Vijay, normally a man of few words, expressed his respect for Lata's talent in the kind of songs he gave her. Which is why almost every song she has sung for the Navketan banner has become immortal.
Also read:
'She is God's chosen one!' - Padmini Kolhapure
'She conveys so much through her songs' - Javed Akhtar
'Lata Mangeshkar is made for playback singing' - Vishal Bharadwaj
Earlier Lata Mangeshkar special!
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She has sung the most amazing songs for our films, but, even without that, she'd still be someone I love very much. She doesn't have to sing for me for me to say this."
And then, he would sit up nights listening to numbers like Mere antar ik mandir hai tera hai tera piya, a song so romantic, it is almost devotional.