Lata's Bests...
Srinivas started off another round of discussions on Lata's best at RMIM today [http://tinyurl.com/gvomx]. There have been plenty of discussions around Lata's bests - her best 10 songs, her best era, her best combination with music directors etc. This one was one her best song with a few selected composers. There can of course be no consensus on such issues except in cases of low output or quality. Here are my own personal selections - Lata's best with some of the best music directors :
Composer : song(film,year)
Anil Biswas : man me kisii kii priit basaale (Aaraam, 1951)
C.Ramchandra : tum kyaa jaano (Shin shina ki boobla boo, 1952)
Roshan : vo paas nahi majabuur hai dil (Naubahar, 1952)
Salil Chowdhury : o sajanaa (Parakh, 1961)
Khemchand Prakash : mushkil hai bahut mushkil (Mahal, 1949)
Shyamsundar : bahaar aai khilii kaliyaa.N (Alif Laila, 1953)
Husnlal Bhagatram : pii pii kii bolii na bol (Aan baan, 1954)
Sajjad Husain : kaalii kaalii raat re (Saiyaan, 1951)
Naushad : tere sadaqe balam (Amar, 1954)
Jaidev : tuu sach batalaa mujhe jogii (Joru ka ghulam, 1955)
Madan Mohan : chaa.Nd madham hai (Railway platform, 1956)
Hansraj Behl : haaye jiyaa roye (Milan, 1958)
S.D.Burman : chaa.Nd phir nikalaa (Paying guest, 1957)
Shankar Jaikishan : miTTii se khelate ho (Patita, 1953)
Hemant Kumar : kuchh dil ne kahaa (Anupama, 1966)
Ghulam Mohd : mausam hai aashiqaanaa (Pakeezah, 1971)
Bulo C Rani : maa.Ngane se jo maut mil jaatii (Sunahre qadam, 1966)
S.N.Tripathi : sunaa tuu man kii biin par (Ram Hanuman yudh, 1956)
Vinod : kaagaa re jaa re jaa re (Wafaa, 1950)
K.Datta : aa.Nkh me aa.Nsuu (Harihar bhakti, 1956)
Vasant Desai : ae maalik tere ba.nde ham (Do ankhen barah haath, 1958)
Sudhir Phadke : jyoti kalash chhalake (Bhabhi ki chudiyan, 1960)
Sardar Malik : chalataa rahe ye kaaravaa.N (Chor Bazaar, 1953)
Khayyam : kaii aese bhii aa.Nsuu hai.n (Gulbahar, 1954)
Some very honourable mentions of compositions without which my Lata collection would not be complete :
song(Composer,film,year)
saarii duniyaa ko piichhe chhoDakar (Chic Chocolate, Naadaan, 1951)
sapanaa ban saajan aaye (Jamal Sen, Shokhiyaan, 1951)
kahiyo roye dukhiyaare (Pt Amarnath, Garam Coat, 1953)
merii biinaa ke sur saath re (Basant Prakash, Saloni, 1952)
kyuu.N chamelii khilkhilaatii hai (B.S.Kalla, Bahut din huwe, 1954)
more nainaa saavan bhaado (V.Balsara, Vidyapati, 1964)
hai kahii.n par shaadamaanii (Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, Aandhiyaan, 1952)
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Good choices.....and (on this day at this time) here are my choices of Lata's best for some of my favorite composers:
Anil Biswas: udhar teri nazar badli (Hamdard, 1953). [however, I had to fight myself very hard not to include "intezaar aur abhi"]
Roshanlal: mohabbat ek shola hai (Aagosh, 1953)
C. Ramchandra: mujhse mat puchh mere ishq mein kya rakha hai (Anarkali, 1953)
Jaidev: har aas ashqbaar hai (Kinare Kinare, 1963)
Salil C: woh ek nigah kya milli (duet with Kishore) (Half Ticket, 1962) [again i had to fight not to include "jago mohan pyaare"]
Sajjad H: bhul jaa aye dil (Khel, 1950)
Sudhir Phadke: bandh preeti dor (Malti Madha, 1951)
Khemchand P: door jaaye re (Asha, 1948)
Shyamsundar: sajan ki galiyan (Bazaar, 1949)
Mohammad Shafi: ek jhooti si tasalli (Hulchul, 1951)
Husnlal Bhagtram: agar dil kisise lagaya na hota (Gauna, 1950)
Madan Mohan: nainon mein badra chaaye (Mera Saaya, 1966)
Hansraj Behl: dil-e-nashaad ko jeene kii hasrat (Chunariya, 1948)
Vinod: meri ulfat soyii yahaan (Oot Patang, 1955)
S N Tripathi: taaron bhari raat hai (Pakshiraaj, 1959) [here i had to resist choosing "shaam bahii ghanshyam ne aaye"]
Chitragupta: chhupa kar meri ankhon ko (duet with Rafi) (Bhabhi, 1957)
Ghulam Mohd: thade rahiyo (Pakeezah, 1971)
Vasant D: main sagar kii mast lehar (Dhuaan, 1953)
S. D Burman: aa palkon mein aa (Madhbhare Nain, 1955)
Shankar Jaikishan: ab raat guzarne waali hai (Awaara, 1951)
Hemant Kumar: chaand se pucho (Daaku Ki Ladki, 1954)
Bulo C. Rani: phir chedne aayi hai (Rasiya, 1954)
Naushad: jaane wale se mulaqaat (Amar, 1954)
Khaiyaam: dikhayi diye yun (Bazaar, 1982)
R. D. Burman: ghar aaja ghir aayii (Chhote Nawab, 1961)
Hridaynath M: the entire Ghalib ghazals non-film album
Laxmikant Pyarelal: ooi maa ooi maa yeh kya ho gaya (Parasmani, 1963)
Kalyanji Anandji: bedardi dagabaaz (Bluffmaster, 1963)
N. Datta: yeh baharon ka sama (Milaap, 1955)
Ravi: laage na mora jiya (Ghunghat, 1960)
Snehal Bhatkar: radha ke man kii muraliya (Nand Kishore, 1951)
Ali Akbat Khan: hai kahiin par shaadmaani (Aandhiyaan, 1952)
Ravi Shankar: kaise din beete (Anuradha, 1960)
Pt. Gobindram: tune jahaan banakar (Maa Ka Pyaar, 1949)
Dilip Dholakia: saanwariya, aaja pyaar liye (Private Secretary, 1962)
Sailesh M: jalke dil khaak hua (Parichay, 1954)
Ramlal: pankh hote to udd aati re (Sehra, 1963)
V. Balsara: sunayen haal-e-dil kya (Madhmast, 1963)
there some obscure MDs as well whose work with Lata is exemplary, but don't remember these songs off the top of my head right now.
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