Lata Mangeshkar

Bharat Ratna Lata Mangeshkar (??? ???????) (born September 28, 1929) is a popular Indian singer, whose career has spanned over six decades. Although she has worked on non-film songs and has sung in many languages, she is chiefly known as a Bollywood Hindi playback singer.

1980s: Lata gets selective

In 1980s, Lata voluntarily cut down on her singing to allow new younger talent to come up. In 1982, Lata once again worked with Khayyam for the movie Razia Sultana. She rendered the breathtaking song Aye dil-e-naadaan.

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1982 - Khayyam

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Ravindra Jain, the blind composer who was given a big break by Raj Kapoor in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, got Lata to sing popular songs like Sun Saiba Sun.

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Ravindra Jain - Raj Kapoor

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Ramlaxman was another new composer whose favorite singer was Lata. He and Lata worked together in many Rajshri Productions movies, including Maine Pyaar Kiya, Hum aapke hain kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) was Salman Khan's first film and set a record of sorts. The songs sung by Lata and S. P. Balasubramaniam became extremely popular - Dil Deewana, Kabootar ja ja, Aaja shaam hone aai and the title song. A large credit for the success of the film was goest to its songs.

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Ramlaxman - 1989 - Salman Khan - S. P. Balasubramaniam

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In late 1970s and early 1980s, Lata worked with the children of composers she had earlier worked with. Apart from Sachin and Rahul Dev Burman, Lata worked has worked with Chitragupta and his sons Anand-Milind, Roshan and his son Rajesh Roshan, and Sardar Malik and his son Anu Malik. Rajesh Roshan's first film Julie had some lovely romantic numbers sung by Lata, including Bhool gaya sab kuchh (duet with Kishore Kumar) and Yeh Raatein Nai Puraani.

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1970s - 1980s - Sachin - Rahul Dev Burman - Rajesh Roshan - Anu Malik

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Lata was awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 1989.

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Padma Bhushan - 1989

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