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Quiz
25 years of Lata
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Fan's
Section
11.
lataa: ye dil kuchh aise aap ke sajade me.n
jhuk gayaa
kishor: nazare.n uThaa_ii.n aap ne to vaqt ruk
gayaa
lataa: Thahare hue palo.n me.n \-2
zamaane bitaaye
hai.n
Nice melody from one of the great music directors of
Hindi film music. This movie has another equally pleasing
Lata-Kishore duet. A "little cheating" is allowed
here!
12.
(lataa: baat kahate bane kyaa aadhii raat
ko
aashaa: aa.Nkh kholegii baat aadhii raat ko) \-2
One of
the best Lata-Asha duets ever IMO. The song has already been given
away.
13.
mai.n ek zarra bulandii ko chhuune nikalaa thaa
\-3
havaa ne tham ke zamii.n par giraa diyaa mujhako
In
the late 80s, Lata teamed up with a famous Ghazal singer for a
Ghazal album. It had some nice songs in it and Lata did a creditable
job in some of the songs.
14.
gaayak: ye ratajage lambii
raato.n ke dil na lage kyaa karuu.N
lataa: ye silsile dil kii
baato.n ke jaaduu jale kyaa karuu.N
bikharaa zulfe.n so jaauu.N
dil chaahe kahii.n kho jaauu.N
A nice 90s duet by one of the
newer music duos. A younger Lata would have cast her spell on this
song. The male singer started off as a Kishore clone and is one of
the top singers today but has been often castigated on
RMIM.
15.
Kvaab kaa ra.ng haqiiqat me.n nazar aayaa
hai
dil me.n dha.Dakan kii tarah koii utar aayaa hai
aaj har
saa.Ns me.n shahanaa_ii sii laharaa_ii hai
Nice song by the
most popular woman MD in Hindi films who is no "stranger" to music
direction.
16.
aaTh ka.Nval dal charakaa Dole
\-3
This Sant Kabeer's song is from Lata's latest bhajan
album. Need I say more?
17.
saahil kii ret par yuu.N
laharaa uThaa ye dil
A remake of a Telugu movie by a
respected Tamil director, this movie also served as launching pad
for two southies; the hero and the male playback singer. The
lyricist who recently passed away, won the filmfare award for best
lyrics for another song in the movie but lamented that he should
have won the award for the above song. This song starts off with a
couple of lines from a singer best known for his
Bhajans.
18.
(saa.Nso.n me.n tum aate jaate
ek tumhii.n
se hai.n sab naate) \-2
One of Lata's better songs of the
80s. Hridaynath is supposed to have insisted on recording this song
many times to make sure Lata got it right.
19.
piilii
mu.Ndarii a.Nguurii shaam \-2
mu.Ndarii par raadhaa kaa naam
\-2
aakar dekhe sune madhur swar \-2
Lata teamed up with a
Hindustani classical legend of Kirana Gharana in this Bhajan album.
It has some nice songs in it and Lata comes across reasonably well
here.
20.
gaayak: pataa chal gayaa hai ki ma.nzil kahaa.N
hai
chalo dil ke lambe safar pe chale.nge
lataa: safar Katm
kar de.nge ham to vahii.n par
jahaa.N tak tumhaare qadam le
chale.nge
A nice duet with one of the greats of Hindi film
music who is clearly below par in this song. The MD happens to be
the son of a legendary MD from the golden era. His brother is a
former actor and successful director and his nephew, an actor, is a
current raging
sensation.
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Fanatic's
section
21.
mor pa.Nkh kii kiraN jagaa kar jagaa kar
mor
pa.Nkh kii kiraN jagaa kar
adharo.n par muskaan ugaa kar
\-2
har le man kii piir apaar
sa re sa ga sa pa sa dha sa sa
dha pa ga re sa dha sa
har le man kii piir apaar
This duet
with a Hindustani classical maestro was from a movie that was a
remake of an immensely popular Telugu movie. Vani Jairam won the
national award for the Telugu equivalent of this
song.
Identify the raga of the song.
22.
lataa:
pahalii mulaaqaat me.n mai.n to terii ho ga_ii
tere hii Kayaalo.n
me.n saathiyaa mai.n kho ga_ii
gaayak: chaahataa huu.N aaj mai.n
saare bhed khol duu.N
ab talak na jo kahaa aaj tujhase bol
duu.N
This duet with the son of an accomplished singer from
the golden era, is from a movie which has a Betty-Veronica twist to
the storyline.
Identify the year in which the movie was
released.
23.
shira mukuTa kuNDala tilaka chaaru udaaru
a.nga vibhuuShaNam
ajaanubhuja sharachaapadhara sa.ngraama jita
khara duuShaNam
This 80s Bhajan album has some nice songs
from Lata. The MD of this song is really the surprise
package.
Identify the MD.
24.
aanaa bhii hai jaanaa
bhii hai har dafaa \-2
chalate raho mausam chale jis
tarah
One of her best songs of the 90s, it was sung at the
opening ceremony of an event. Asha was supposed to sing for the
closing ceremony but RDB passed away and Lata chipped in for the
closing ceremony too.
Identify the event where this song was
sung.
25.
phuul khilate rahe.nge duniyaa me.n \-2
One
more line and the song would be a dead giveaway. This is a duet with
a ghazal singer. There is also a gorgeous Lata solo from this movie.
A late 40s movie by the same name has a beautiful duet by Lata and
Rajkumari.
Identify the lyricist.
26.
tanahaa_ii
hai aur tuu bhii hai chaahaa vahii mil gayaa \-2
lag jaa gale
Kushbuu terii tan\-man meraa mahakaa_egii
This tandem song is
from an MD whose first ever song was sung by Lata. He had some very
popular disco songs in the 80s. The tandem version of this song is
sung by another great from the south of the
Vindhyas.
Identify the singer who sang the tandem
version.
27.
koii pahale din jaise ghar kisii ke jaataa
ho
jaise Kud musaafir ko raastaa bulaataa ho
Marvelous
late 70s song and amazing rendition to go with it. Lata is close to
her best in this song. This movie has one other great solo by
Lata.
Identify the movie.
28.
aa_e more sajanaa
khil gaye a.Nganaa \-2
mai.n abhaagan \-2
rahii so_e
rii
This Meera Bhajan is set to tune by one of the MDs of the
golden era. Some people might claim that this song doesn't really
qualify for this quiz. Explain why would that
be?
29.
(lataa: saajan mere haath thaame hii
chalanaa
rastaa nayaa har qadam pe sa.Nbhalanaa) \-2
gaayak:
Thokar lage to bhii kuchh Gam nahii.n hai
saath jo mere tuu
hamanashii.n hai
This duet is with one of the better male
singers of recent times. It is the title song composed by a little
known MD who also directed and produced the movie.
Identify
the MD.
30.
suno miit mere ki mai.n giit jwaalaa
\-2
tumhaare li_e huu.N mai.n swar kaa ujaalaa
One of the
acclaimed poets, he has written lyrics to some great songs in the
40s and 50s. Some of his songs with Sudhir Phadke sung by Lata are
gems worth treasuring.
Identify this Bhajan album of the
'90s.
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That's it! Hope you have fun solving
the quiz. I am eagerly anticipating your entries. I hope many of you
will participate. Good luck!
Arun Iyengar
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Published on 23 June
2002
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