RMIM Archive Article "122".


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# Subject: Lata - How many and with whom?
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# Posted by: surjit.singh@windmill.com (Surjit Singh)
# Source: "Lata Mangeshkar Gandhar Svaryaatraa 1945-1989" 
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# Author: Vishwas Nerurkar (editor)
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======================================================================= LATA - A Statistical Summary ======================================================================= The following info comes from the definitive reference book on the songs sung by Lata in Hindi movies: "Lata Mangeshkar Gandhar Svaryaatraa 1945-1989" Edited by Vishwas Nerurkar and published by Mrs. Vasanti P. Nerurkar, 2/15, Kailash Parwat, Gilbert Hill, Andheri (W) Bombay 400 058 Telephone: 22-624-3587 A definitive and complete book with lots of rare pictures. Entries are in the format: Song #, beginning of song, film, year, music, lyricist. There are 5067 entries covering the period 1945-1989. They must have this info on computer also, because they provide lots of statistical data. Here are some excerpts; for complete and very detailed info see the book: Total = 5067, solos = 3341, male duets = 1434, female duets = 244 others = subtract yourself! Music Directors (in descending order of number of songs by Lata) --------------- Laxmi-Pyare 666 Shankar-Jaikishan 453 R. D. Burman 327 Kalyanji Anandji 321 (out of which 24 with Kalyanji Virji Shah alone) C. Ramchandra 298 Chitragupt 240 Madan Mohan 210 S. D. Burman 182 Naushad 155 Roshan 146 Hemant 139 Anil Biswas 123 Rajesh Roshan 112 Vasant Desai 112 Salil Chaudhary 108 Husnlal-Bhagatram 107 Khayyam (Sharmaji) 71 O. P. Nayyar 000 Lyricists: ---------- Anand Bakshi 679 Rajendra Krishan 554 Majrooh 431 Shailendra 357 (1 with Kaifi Azma) Hasrat 298 (2 with Ravindra Jain) Bharat Vyas 206 Shakeel 204 Prem Dhawan 198 (1 with Sardar Jafri) Sahir 160 Indivar 156 According to Mr. Har Mandir Singh "Hamraaz", a similar book on Asha Bhonsale by the same people has been published; it was released on April 1, 1995 in Dinanath Mangeshkar Hall, Bombay, in a ceremony in which Dev Anand, Asha Parikh, etc. were present. The book covers the period 1949 to 1994 and has info on the 7595 songs by Asha in Hindi movies. The book costs Rs. 375 and the airmail postage is typically Rs. 250 for a book of this size. Most of the additional info comes from: Listener's Bulletin, a monthly, edited by Hamraaz Saahib and published by the Secretary, the Flying Listener's Club, Kanpur. Surjit Singh, a movie fan period. dussh@ttacs.ttu.edu =======================================================================
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