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Yara sili sili song from Lekin Sung by Lata Mangeshkar

Before singing for the screen she appeared as an actress in some Marathi films “Pahili Mangalagaur”(1942), “Maze Bale”(1943), “Gajabhau”(1944) and “Chhatrapati Shivaji”(1952), “Badi Maa”(1945), “Jeewan Yaatra”(1946), “Subhadra”(1946), and “Mandir”(1948).
Lata Mangeshkar composed the music under her own name for the Marathi film “Ram Ram Pahune”(1950). She was also the Music Director of four films “Mahityanchi [...]

Music direction

Lata Mangeshkar composed music for the first time in 1955 for movie “Ram Ram Pavhane”. Later in 1960s, she composed music for following Marathi movies under the pseudonym of “Anand Ghan”.
* 1950 – Ram Ram Pavhana
* 1963 – Maratha Tituka Melvava
* 1963 – Mohityanchi Manjula
* 1965 – Sadhi Manase
* 1969 – Tambadi [...]

Lataji’s first recording was for the Marathi film Kiti Hasal in 1942 but her song never made it in the film. Her next effort was the song Natli Chaitrachi Navalai for the 1942 Marathi film Phili Mangalagaur. This would become Lataji’s first playback song. Incidently, her first Hindi song Mata Ek Sapoot Ki Duniya [...]