After all, Latadidi deserved nothing less.

Today, we celebrate another milestone as the living legend turns 75.

Her career -- with its origins in pre-Partition India under Ghulam Haider's baton, right up to her latest release, Yash Chopra's forthcoming Veer-Zaara -- is unique in the Indian movie industry's history.

rediff.com salutes the singer on her 75th birthday.