Every Screen Diva From Madhubala To Jaya Bhaduri Owes A Large Part Of Her Stardom Lataji

It was Jaya Bachchan who  famously said,  “It was only when Lataji sang for a  heroine that she felt she had arrived.”  Not too many of our screen queens have understood let alone acknowledged what  a hand the Goddess  Of  All Melodious Things  played in their careers.

What would Madhubala or  Waheeda Rehman be  without Pyar kiya toh darna  kya  or Aaj phir jeene ki tamanna hai?Checklist of the Mangheshkar  melodies that define the Divas’ careers.

1. Madhubala:  Aayega aanewala(Mahal), Pyar  kiya toh darna Kya(Mughal-e-Azam),  Mohe panghat pen nandlal(Mughal-e-Azam), Beqas pe  karam  kijiye(Mughal-e-Azam),Sapne mein  sajan ke do baatein(Gateway Of India), Woh to chale gaye  ae dil(Sangdil), Zindagi bhar nahin  bhulegi(Barsaat Ki Raat)
2. Nargis:  Uthaye  jaa unke sitam(Andaz),  Mujhe  kisise  pyar ho gaya(Barsaat,  the  other two  chartbusters Hawa  mein  udta jaye and Jiya beqaraar hai in Barsaat were not filmed on Nargis) ,Ghar aaya mera  pardesi(Awara)  Unko yeh  shikaayat hai(Adalat), Yun hasraton ke daagh(Adalat),  Nagri nagri dware dware(Mother India), Aaja sanam madhur  chandni mein  hum(Chori Chori)  , Rasik  balma(Chori  Chori)  ,Awara ae mere dil(Raat Aur Din), Jago mohan  pyare(Jagte Raho)
3. Meena Kumari: Mohe bhool gaye  saawariya(Baiju Bawra), Ajeeb  dastaan hai yeh(Dil Apna  Aur Preet Parayi), Chalte chalte  yuhi  koi(Pakeezah), Inhi logon ne(Pakeezah),Thare rahiyo(Pakeezah),  Jyoti kalash chhalke(Bhabhi Ki  Chudiyan), Ruk ja raat(Dil Ek Mandir),Husn ki baharein liye(Benazir).
4. Vyjanthimala: Man dole mera  tan dole(Nagin),  Mere  dil ke  sahaare aaja(Nagin) ,Kaho ji tum  kya kya kharido ge(Devdas), Aurat ne   janam  diya mardon  ko(Sadhna),Aaje  re  pardesi(Madhumati), Aiso re paapi bichuwa(Madhumati), Jao re jogi  tum jao re(Amrapali), Neel gagan  ki chaon mein(Amrapali), Main  ka karoom Ram mujhe Buddha  mila gaya(Sangam), Hothon pe  aisi baat (Jewel Thief),Do hanson   ka joda(Ganga  Jumna)
5. Mala  Sinha: Ja re  udd ja re panchi(Maya), Aap ki nazron ne samjha(Anpadh), Allah  jaane kya  hoga aage(Hariyali Aur Raasta), Meri aankhon se koi neend(Pooja Ke Phool),Kankariya maar ke jagaaya(Himalay Ki Gode mein), Neend kabhi rehti tthi aankhon mein(Aasra), Ghairon pe karam  apnon pe sitam(Aankhen), Mera  mitwa mere meet re(Geet), Meri tammanaon  ki taqdeer(Holi Aaee Re), Jab jab tumhe  bhulaya(Jahan Ara)
6. Waheeda Rehman: Aaj phir jeena ki tamanna hai(Guide), Piya tose nain lage  re(Guide),Raat  bhi hai kuch bheegi bheegi(Mujhe Jeene Do),  Ek meethi si chubhan(Reshma Aur  Shera), Tu chanda main chandni(Reshma Are Shera),O beqaraar dil(Kohra), Maare gaye  gulfam(Teesri  Kasam),Mujhe pyar karne ka haq nahin(Darpan), Ae mere aankhon ke pehle sapne(Man Mandir).
7. Nutan:  Man mohana(Seema), Mora gora  angg(Bandini), Chandan sa badan(Saraswatichandra),Tera  jaana(Anari), Tum hi meri mandir(Khandaan),Sawan ka mahina(Milan), Chand phir  nikla(Paying Guest), Sapnon mein  agar mere(Dulhan Ek Raat Ki), Mor bole chakor  bole(Gauri), Tera  mera saath rahe(Saudagar),Zindagi har qadam(Meri Jung)
8. Sadhana: O  sajna  barkha bahaar aye(Parakh), Mere mann ke  diye(Prem Patra), Mere mehboob tujhe meri mohabbat ki  qasam(Mere Mehboob),  Tu jahan jahan  chalega(Mera Saaya), Aaja  ayee bahaar(Rajkumar),Kaise rahun chup(Inteqaam),  Suniye zara dekhiye  na(Geeta Mera Naam), Tum mujhse door chale jaana na(Ishq Par Zor Nahin).
9. Sharmila Tagore:  Raina beeti jaye(Amar  Prem),  Chalo sajna (Mere Humdam Mere Dost),Chanda  hai tu  mera suraj hai tu(Aradhana),Kuch dil ne  kaha(Anupama), Jab bhi jee chahe(Daag), Abke  sajan sawan mein(Chupke Chupke),  Hum the  jinke sahaare(Safar),  Khayee hai re humne kasam(Talash),  Gar tum  bhoola na doge(Yakeen)
10. Hema  Malini:  ABCD  chhodo(Raja Jani), Duniya  ke mela(Raja jani), Sharaafat chhod di meine(Sharafat), Ho ghataa saawri(Abhinetri), Babul pyaare(Johnny Mera Naam),Do nainon mein aansoon bhare hain(Khushboo), Naam ghum  jayega(Kinara), Jab tak hai jaan(Sholay),Aayegi zaroor chitthi(Dulhan), Yeh kaisa sur mandir hai(Premnagar),  Prem ka rog  bada bura(Dus Numbri), Chal sanyasi mandir mein(Sanyasi),Mere naseeb mein(Naseeb), Jaane  kya  pilaya  tune(Jugnu), Kitne din aankhen  tarsengi(Naya Zamana), Rama rama  ghazab hui gawa re(Naya Zamana), Tuney  oh rangeele(Kudrat), Ae  dil-e-nadaan(Razia  Sultan).
11. Mumtaz: Agar dilbar  ki ruswai(Khilona), Jaise radha ne mala japi(Tere Mere Sapne), Bindiya  chamkegi(Do Raaste),Jai  jai shiv Shankar(Aap Ki Kasam), Do ghunt  mujhe  bhi pilade(Jheel Ke Uss Paar), Babul teri bagha di main  bulbul(Jheel Ke Uss Paar), Main tere  ishq mein marr na jaaon kahin(Loafer), Kya meri prem  kahaani nadiya se bichhda paani(Prem Kahani), Paisa  pheko  tamasha dekho(Dushman), Kya soch raha re(Mela),  Tik tiki tik(Humjoli),Yeh kaun aaj aaya(Bandhe Haath)
12. Raakhee Gulzar: Kabhi kabhi mere  dil mein(Kabhi Kabhi), Megha chayee aadhi raat(Sharmilee),Khilte hain gul yahan(Sharmilee), Jhilmil  sitaron ka aangan  hoga(Jeevan Mrityu), Naina mere rang bhare(Blackmail), Asha  oh asha (Blackmail), Koi koi raat aisi  hoti hai(Banarsi Babu),Sawan ke jhoole pade(Jurmana), Ae ri pawan(Bemisaal),Yeh  kaun  hansa(Mere Sajna),Bhor  bhaye panchi dhun  yeh sunaye(Aanchal),Kasme wade  nibhayenge hum(Kasme Vade)
13. Jaya Bhaduri: Baahon mein  chale  aao(Anamika),  Din jaa  rahe  hain(Doosri Sita), Sooni re nagariya(Uphaar), Piya ka ghar hai yeh(Piya Ka Ghar),  Piya bina  piya bina(Abhimaan), Nadia kinare heraye  aayee kangna(Abhimaan),  Abb to hai tumse(Abhimaan), Beeti na beetayi raina(Parichay),  Niss din niss din(Annadata), Raaton ke saaye ghane(Annadata), Chandni re jhoom(Naukar)
14. Zeenat Aman: Hai hai yeh  majboori(Roti Kapada Aur Makaan),Main no  bhuloongi(Roti Kapada Aur Makaan),  Satyam  Shivum  Sunderam(title song),  Bhor bhaye panghat pe(Satyam  Shivum Sunderam), Jiska  mujhe  ttha intezaar(Don), Panna  ki tamanna(Heera Panna), Mere  gore gaalon ka(Aashiq  Hoon Baharon Ka), I am sorry(Warrant), Dard  ki ragini(Pyaas).