Here's why Lata Mangeshkar is crooning for B-Town after a long, long time
Here's why Lata Mangeshkar is crooning for B-Town after a long, long time
On Friday, Lata Mangeshkar records a track for Madhur Bhandarkar's Jail at a studio in Andheri. The melody queen had given her nod to sing for the film starring Neil Nitin Mukesh, a while back. And now she is honouring her commitment. Moreover she is singing for a Hindi film after a hiatus.
|
|
She sings: Lata Mangeshkar.
pic/ pradeep dhivar |
The track Daata Sun, Maula Sun is being sung for the movie which takes a look at the life of prisoners. Buzz is that the makers want Mangeshkar's number to be akin to the Ae Malik Tere Bande Hum song in V Shaantaram's Do Aankhen Barah Haath which also dealt with prisoners.
What hiatus?Says Latadidi, ''Yes, I am recording for the song. I was approached by Madhur. But it is not that I am singing for a film after a while. I have been rendering tracks for regional films as well as devotional tracks. Even after my knee operation earlier this year, I have been up and about at the recording studios.''
Mangeshkar had also agreed to render the track because of her old association with Neil's family. She considered his grandfather (celebrated singer Mukesh)u00a0 her brother, I used to call him Mukesh bhaiya (brother Mukesh) and I had suggested that he name his grandson Neil.'' She was was also with Mukesh during his last moments.
''Yes, the other reason why I am singing for the Jail track is because of Neil,'' she adds.
In January this year, the melody queen underwent knee surgery at at the Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital at Pune. As she was suffering from chronic arthritis and was unable to walk properly, she got her knee caps replaced. But that is hardly something that can deter her from hitting the high notes. Incidentally, her sister Asha Bhosle had sung in Bhandarkar's earlier film, Page 3.
