Singer Lata Mangeshkar has lent her voice to four generations of leading ladies in Bollywood, which itself is an unmatched achievement for any singer anyplace at any point of human history!
On her 84th birthday, the legendary nightingale Lata Mangeshkar picks her own favourite songs from more than thousands and thousands of tracks, which she sang in hordes of films. Well, it is certainly looking like as if we are getting 20 most precious pearl from a wide and deep ocean.
In one her recent interaction with a leading daily, the graceful lady said, "I have very beautiful memories attached with almost all my songs. But there are a few which are personal favourites."
Here are the finest songs from the immeasurable treasure-trove of wonderful songs, as chosen by the legend herself.
Lata Mangeshkar's own favourite 20 tracks:Tu jahan jahan chalega (Mera Saaya, 1966). Music: Madan Mohan. Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali KhanLag jaa gale (Woh Kaun Thi, 1964). Music: Madan Mohan. Lyrics: Raja Mehdi Ali KhanAaja re pardesi (Madhumati, 1958) Music: Salil Chowdhury. Lyrics: ShailendraRahe na rahe hum (Mamta, 1966) Music: Roshan Lyrics: Majrooh SultanpuriJa re ud jaare panchi (Maya, 1961) Music: Salil Chowdhury. Lyrics: Majrooh SultanpuriO sajna, barkha bahaar aayi (Parakh 1960). Music: Salil Chowdhury. Lyrics: ShailendraAaega aanewala (Mahal, 1949). Music: Khemchand Prakash. Lyrics: Nakhshab JaaravchiPyaar kiya toh darna kya (Mughal-e-Azam, 1960). Music: Naushad. Lyrics: Shakeel BadayuniAllah tero naam (Hum Dono, 1961). Music: Jaidev. Lyrics: Sahir LudhianviZara si aahat hoti (Haqeeqat, 1964). Music: Madan Mohan. Lyrics: Kaifi AzmiAe dil-e-nadaan (Razia Sultan, 1983). Music: Khayyam. Lyrics: Jan Nisar AkhtarThaare rahiyo (Pakeezah, 1972). Music: Gulam Mohammed. Lyrics: Majrooh SultanpuriAjeeb dastan hai yeh (Dil Apna Aur Preet Paraya, 1960). Music: Shankar-Jaikishan. Lyrics: ShailendraWoh bhooli dastaan (Sanjog, 1961). Music: Madan Mohan. Lyrics: Rajinder KrishanTere bina zindagi (Aandhi, 1975). Music: RD Burman. Lyrics: GulzarDikhayee diyen (Bazaar, 1982). Music: Khayyam. Lyrics: Mir Taqi MirBada natkhat hai (Amar Prem, 1972). Music: RD Burman. Lyrics: Anand BakshiO beqarar dil (Kohra, 1964). Music: Hemant Kumar. Lyrics: Kaifi AzmiYeh kahaan aa gaye hum (Silsila, 1981). Music: Hariprasad Chaurasia and Shivkumar Sharma. Lyrics: Javed AkhtarIs duniya mei jina hai toh (Gumnaam, 1965). Music: Shankar-Jaikishan. Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri