"You don t have to tell him (The Producer) about money. I have quarrel with them (Filmistan), not with you. I am singing this for you and not for Filmistan," was Lata Mangeshkar s reply when Hemanta Mukhopadhyay approached her to sing .
Bengal's musical fraternity paid rich tributes to singing legend Lata Mangeshkar who collaborated with some top-notch music directors thrown up by this city, such as S D Burman, Hemanta Mukherjee and Salil Chowdhury, not only to produce memorable music in Hindi but also in Bengali, among other languages. While some recalled the dedication to music which Mangeshkar, who died in
‘To understand her ouvre, one has to go through her body of work in Marathi and Bengali, especially with the three greats, Salil Chowdhury, Madan Mohan and Hridaynath Mangeshkar’