Music And Movies

The link to all parts of this series is given here: Series Links Due to various circumstances, the series was delayed. Finally, I got time to pen down this part of the series. In the last part, I wrote about Lata and Madanmohan combination in the 1950s. They gave some superb songs during that time, as you would have noticed. While that output was good enough to establish the brilliance of this combination, they peaked in the 1960s, giving some of the most loved hit songs of their combination.  In the 1960s, Madamohan's music became more sophisticated, his handling of various ragas reached new heights, and his melodies had a timeless quality about them. Lata, too, was at her peak, her voice obeying her every diktat. Madanmohan made Lata sing with great sensitivity, and her ability to modulate her voice to convey this sensitivity stood her in good stead. We can say without any hesitation that those melodies could only have been composed by Madanmohan. We could add that Madanmohan may