The Legend: India's Best-Loved Singer (2006)

About this title: Lata Mangeshkar is either the most-recorded or the second most-recorded artist in history, depending on which account you read. And if she does fall into the second slot, that's only because her equally renowned sister, Asha Bhosle, has been in the same business for nearly as long as Mangeshkar. That business is Bollywood -- the prolific Indian film industry -- and the two women (both still alive albeit working on a more limited basis as of 2006) each cut an estimated 20,000 songs or more, in a number of languages, to feature in Indian movies beginning in the '40s. Mangeshkar and Bhosle are ... read more

Tracks:

1. Baras Baras Badli (Even the Raindrops Have Dispersed) [From Gajre] [Biswas/Nepoli]
2. Aayega Aanewala (The One Is Destined to Come, Will Definitely ...) [Prakash/Nakshab]
3. Hawa Mein Utda Jaaye (My Red Scarf Flies in the Wind) [From Barsaat] [Jakishan/Shastri]
4. Thandi Hawayen (Cool Breezes) [From Naujawan] [Burman/Ludhianvi]
5. Ghar Aaya Mera Pardesi (My Wonder Returns Home) [From Awaara] [Jaikshan/Shailendra]
6. Mohe Bhool Gaye (My Beloved Has Forgotten Me) [From Baiju Bawra] [Noushad/Badayuni]
7. Yeh Zindagi Usiki Hai (This Life Belongs to Those Who Belong to ...) [Ramchandra/Krishan]
8. Mera Dil Yeh Pukare Aaja (My Heart Craves for to Come) [From Nagin] [Kumar/Krishan]
9. Rasik Balma (My Beloved) [From Chori Chori] [Jaikishan/Jaipuri]
10. Guzara Hua Zamana (The Past Remains the Past) [From Shirin Farhad] [Mohinder/Naqvi]
11. Aye Malik Tere Bandhe Ham (Oh Lord, We Are Your Children) [From Do ...] [Desrai/Vyas]
12. Aaja Re Pardesi (Come Closer, Stranger) [From Madhumati] [Chowdhury/Shailendr]
13. O Basanti Pawan Pagal (The Mad Wind of Spring) [From Jis Desh Mein ...] [Jaikshan/Shailendra]
14. Pyar Kiya to Darna Kya (Those Who Love Are Not Afraid) [From ...] [Noushad/Badayuni]
15. Allah Tero Naam (Allah Is Your Name) [From Hum Dono] [Kaidev/Ludhianvi]
16. Aap Ki Nazron Ne Samjha (In Your Eyes, I Am Worthy of Your Love) [From [Mohan/Khan]
17. Lag Ja Gale (Come Embrace Me) [From Woh Kaun Thi?] [Mohan/Khan]
18. Piya Tose Naina Laage Re (My Beloved, Our Eyes Have Met) [From Guide] [Burman/Shailendra]
19. Tumhi Mere Mandir (You Are My Temple) [From Khandaan] [Ravi/Krishan]
20. Yeh Sama Sama Hai (The Are the Times of Spring and Love) [From Jab Jab [Anadji/Bakshi]
21. Tuu Jahan Jahan Chalega (Whenever, Wherever You Go) [From Mera Saaya) [Mohan/Khan]
22. Tumhe Yaad Karte Karte (The Entire Night Will Pass Remembering ...) [Jaikishan/Jaipuri]
23. Rahen Na Rahen Hum (Whether We Live or Not) [For Mamta] [Rashan/Sultanpuri]
24. Kya Janoon Sajan (What Do I Know of the Eve Sorrow) [Burman/Sultanpuri]
25. Kitni Akeli Kitni Tanha (How Lonely, How Lonesome) [From Talaash] [Burman/Sultanpuri]
26. Hamne Dekhi Hai (We Have Seen the Fragance of Those Eyes) [From ...] [Kumar/Gulzar]
27. Chalte Chalte (Walking Along) [From Pakeezah] [Mahod./Azmi]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.