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Melody queen, Lata
Mangeshkar, bemoans that the element of purity was missing in today's film
songs.
But she hastens
to add that all is not yet lost. "I am optimistic that film music will
return to its roots,
because every trend
has to end some time. People who are lapping up what is being offered to
them in
the name of music
today will one day reject it of their own volition and so music is bound
to revive its
glory"she said,
addressing a press conference last week to announce the winners of this
year's Dinanath
Smruti Pratisthan
Awards.
I YEARN FOR A BREAK FROM PLAYBACK SINGING : LATA
Lata further revealed
that by singing less these days, she was actually taking a
much-needed rest.
"I have been singing for the last 50 years, you know, so I
deserve a break.
Besides, there are talented singers around who can do justice to
their work. I have
decided that I won't take up assignments that don't interest me.
I'd rather devote
myself to non-film songs, which is why I've asked my brother,
Hridaynath, to compose
more such songs for me" she disclosed.
She said her
style of singing was no longer suited to the type of songs that are
being written
and composed for films. Among today's producers, she singled out
Yash Chopra
as the only filmmaker who understands which songs suit her voice
the most.
She added that for Dil To Pagal Hai he had asked her to sing Le gayee,
le gayee at
first, and changed his mind when he realised it did not suit her voice.
In the same
vein, she picked up Majrooh Sultanpuri from the lyricists, and
commended
him for striving hard to keep poetry alive in film songs, without
succumbing
to the temptation of writing trash in the name of lyrics. "I say so
only to point
out that there still are a few good people who can stem the rot from
setting in
deep" she disclosed.
Renowned singer
Sudhir Phadke, the Dada Saheb Phalke winner Majrooh
Sultanpuri,
veteran actress Sulochana, social reformer Pandurang Shastri
Athavale,
social activist Nirmala Purandare and theatre personality Prabhakar
Pansh-ikar
are the winners of the Dinanath Smruti Pratisthan Awards for 1998
which will
be given away at a function to be held at Dombivili, near Mumbai, on
April 24.
Lata
Mangeshkar : A living legend...
