![]() ![]() But this volume was another kind of introduction for me, a meet-cute with a world that would serve as a lifelong companion: old Hindustani film music.Īnd as I delved deeper into that world, I realised that the woman who paid rich tribute to the greats was also a big part of that world, that there was simply no Indian playback singing without her. I needed no introduction to the lone female face on the cover or the voice that sang the songs-it would be like being introduced to a member of the family you’ve known since the day you were born. It featured 13 tracks-all covers by Lata Mangeshkar of songs originally performed by some of the greatest names in Hindustani film music: KL Saigal, Pankaj Mullick, Mohammed Rafi, Hemant Kumar, Mukesh, and Kishore Kumar. There was an audio cassette called ‘Shraddhanjali’ that was played a lot in our home in my childhood.
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