The fan-girling was mutual between Mangeshkar and Rehman. The legendary singer continued to sing for the actress even when she fell ill, and some of the best songs that came out of their collaboration was in the film, ‘Mughal-E-Azam’ during the filming of which Madhubala was terminally ill. While the two were never best of friends, they met socially, and Madhubala always showered her love on young Mangeshkar. At that point, they made enquiries and found out that the name was ‘Lata Mangeshkar’ and since then this name has defined popular Bollywood mainstream music.Īfter the success of ‘Ayega Aanewala’, Madhubala had reportedly stipulated in her contract that Mangeshkar had to sing every song that was picturised on her.

However, soon thousands of listeners’ letters began pouring in the radio station, requesting to know the name of the original singer. The movie was released in 1949, and according to the custom of the time, the gramophone record carried the character Kamini’s (Madhubala) name who sang the song in the film, instead of the playback singer’s name on the cover. Mangeshkar’s first hit Bollywood song was the hauntingly beautiful number, ‘Ayega Aanewala’ from the film, ‘Mahal’. Here are her seven best collaborations with Bollywood’s top actresses. Over the years, she had sung for many generations – be it Madhubala or Madhuri Dixit – and represented many female emotions on screen. However, her voice stayed as a constant force in Bollywood, and whichever heroine got her mellifluous and magical vocals backing their songs was seen to catapult into success overnight. Lata Mangeshkar had a career spanning several decades, and during those decades several heroines came and left.

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