02-LATHA -IN MEMORY OF MADHAN MOHAN

Madan Mohan was the son of Rai Bahadur Chunnilal, one of the big names of the 30's and 40's, and a partner in Bombay Talkies and then Filmistan. Madan Mohan was sent to Dehradun to join the army on the insistence of his father. Once he was posted at Delhi, he quit the Army and went to Lucknow to do what he wanted to do, to join All India Radio. His musical roots strengthened in Lucknow because he came across famous people like Ustad Faiyyaz Khan, USTAD ALI AKBAR KHAN, Roshan Ara Begum, BEGUM AKHTAR, Siddheshwari Devi, and TALAT MEHMOOD, all renowned names in the field of classical music and ghazal singing. He carried their influence with him always, which was clearly evident by his music compositions in his career, and one of the main reasons why he excelled in aesthetic composition in spite of having no formal training in music.

Madan Mohan came to Bombay in the late 40's, and assisted S.D.RURMAN and SHYAM SUNDAR for a brief spell, for films being made by filmistan studios. Madan's first big independant break was Aankhen in 1950.

After his film 'Aankhen' Madan and Lata became a great team together and Lata sang for almost all his films.

LATHA was the last word for him. The sweetness Madan achieved here in Lata Mangeshkar’s voice is something rare in his repertory. ’.

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