Lata Mangeshkar was a miracle that merely can’t be put into phrases, says poet-lyricist-writer Gulzar, who discovered himself searching for phrases to explain his loss on the dying of his longtime colleague on Sunday.
The affiliation with Mangeshkar, which started with the 1963 Bandini track “Mora Gora Ang Lele”, Gulzar’s first as a lyricist, got here to a whole halt with the 2021 single “Ok Nahi Lagta”, which was launched 26 years in the past in a movie. was recorded for. Shelved.
In an interview with PTI, the veteran lyricist stated, “Lata ji is a ‘karishma’ (miracle) in her own right and this ‘charisma’ doesn’t always happen and ‘Aaj ye karishma mukmal (complete) ho gaya’,” she went on. She was a miraculous singer with a miraculous voice. It’s laborious to search out an adjective for her. Whatever we speak about, she occurs not often. You cannot put her in phrases. She is past phrases.”
Both labored in movies like Khamoshi, Kinara, Lekin, Rudali, Masoom, Libas, Dil Se.., Satya, Hu Tu Tu and Maachis.
Kinaar’s track “Naam Gham Jayega”, which was additionally directed by Gulzar, has come to outline Lata Mangeshkar’s eternal legacy and he stated the monitor is “appropriate” when one talks about her.
“We wrote a track for a movie. I keep in mind I instructed him that whenever you give autographs you need to use it (Lines of the track) ‘My voice is recognition and that is recognition’.
“I didn’t mean to think (it would become his identity) but it became his identity and he identified it,” he stated.
Lata Mangeshkar, who handed away on Sunday morning on the age of 92 following a number of organ failure, had stated that she remembers the day when she did playback for the track and the strains Gulzar spoke to her.
He stated, ‘Everyone within the nation is aware of that Gulzar sahib writes fantastically. He additionally speaks fantastically. While I used to be singing (this track), he got here as much as me and stated softly, ‘My voice is recognition and that is id’. He stated one thing like this. But later I additionally began saying that ‘my voice is my id’. And now anybody who sings that track or writes about me says these strains,” Mangeshkar told PTI in October 2021, a few days after the release of “Okay Nahi Lagta”.
Gulzar additionally shared how nervous the then composer Vishal Bhardwaj of his directorial debut Maachis was when he was doing his first track with Mangeshkar for the 1996 movie.
He recorded two songs “Ae Hawa” and “Pani Pani Re” for Matchbox. While the latter stayed, the previous didn’t make the minimize as there have been no circumstances, the singer stated final 12 months.
“I remember when Vishal was doing the first song with him, he was very nervous. He told me that he was getting very upset. Lata ji said with a laugh ‘Think of me as a newcomer and teach me’. Only a very generous and great person like him can say this. It reflects his personality,” Gulzar stated.
The 87-year-old lyricist stated he was “lucky” to have met and labored with Lata Mangeshkar.
Lata Mangeshkar with Gulzar and Amjad Khan. (Photo: Express Archive)
“I remember he once told me ‘today’s songs are not that good’ and said, ‘Make some good films that have good music and scope for songs,'” he stated.
Mangeshkar additionally produced Gulzar’s movie Lekin, for which she additionally gained the National Film Award for Best Female Playback Singer for “Yaara Seeli Seely”, which turned significantly in style on the time.
“He produced my film ‘Lekin’. I am very happy that he won the National Award,” Gulzar stated.
The movie was directed by Gulzar, who additionally wrote the lyrics.
But earned 5 National Awards, together with music route for Hridaynath Mangeshkar, Lata Mangeshkar’s youthful brother, and Gulzar for lyrics.
“You share these moments because of his blessings, not because I take (credits) for anything. He had that kind of vision. And I’m glad I worked with him.”
She was and can proceed to be the “voice of our culture”, Gulzar stated.
“He’s a part of our tradition. He’s a part of on a regular basis tradition. TV got here later. There was radio and anybody would get up listening to his voice.
“His songs have been performed throughout all of the festivals of Lohri, Holi, Eid and even weddings. She turned the voice of our tradition throughout her lifetime and nonetheless is immediately.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
