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Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective

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In 1980s, Lata voluntarily cut down on her singing to allow new younger talent to come up. In 1982, Lata once again worked with Khayyam for the movie Razia Sultana. She rendered the breathtaking song Aye dil-e-naadaan. Ravindra Jain, the blind composer who was given a big break by Raj Kapoor in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, got Lata to sing popular songs like Sun Saiba Sun. Ramlaxman was another new composer whose favorite singer was Lata. He and Lata worked together in many Rajshri Productions movies, including See also:
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Lata Mangeshkar: Encyclopedia II - Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective

Lata Mangeshkar - 1980s: Lata gets selective

Ravindra Jain, the blind composer who was given a big break by Raj Kapoor in Ram Teri Ganga Maili, got Lata to sing popular songs like Sun Saiba Sun.

Ramlaxman was another new composer whose favorite singer was Lata. He and Lata worked together in many Rajshri Productions movies, including Maine Pyaar Kiya, Hum aapke hain kaun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. Maine Pyaar Kiya (1989) was Salman Khan's second film and set a record of sorts. The songs sung by Lata and S. P. Balasubramaniam became extremely popular - Dil Deewana, Kabootar ja ja, Aaja shaam hone aai and the title song. A large credit for the success of the film goes to its songs.

In late 1970s and early 1980s, Lata worked with the children of composers she had earlier worked with. Apart from Sachin and Rahul Dev Burman, Lata worked has worked with Chitragupta and his sons Anand-Milind, Roshan and his son Rajesh Roshan, and Sardar Malik and his son Anu Malik. Rajesh Roshan's first film Julie had some lovely romantic numbers sung by Lata, including Bhool gaya sab kuchh (duet with Kishore Kumar) and Yeh Raatein Nai Puraani.

Lata was awarded with the Padma Bhushan in 1989.

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