Singer, actor and music director GM Durrani once taunted Lata Mangeshkar for her clothes. GM Durrani was ruling the world of Indian music in the 1930s, 40s and 50s. During that time, GM Durrani i.e. Ghulam Mustafa Durrani was everywhere. It was a matter of time when Mohammed Rafi did not enter the world of music. At the same time, Lata Mangeshkar was also discussed everywhere. But the incident we are talking about happened in 1949.
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According to an IANS report published in ‘National Herald India’, this is during the film ‘Chandni Raat’. Saira Banu’s mother was Naseem Banu in this film. In the same film, Lata Mangeshkar was to record a song for Music Ke Ustad Naushad along with GM Gurrani. But as soon as Lata Mangeshkar reached for the recording of the song, but returned without recording it.
According to the report, GM Durrani did not behave properly with Lata Mangeshkar. While Lata was very shy and modest in nature, Durrani had her own flair. Durrani started playing pranks with Lata Mangeshkar. They thought that Lata was shy and would not be able to say anything.
Durrani asked – what is he wearing around the neck? How do you go about wrapping a white sheet?
Once it happened that when Lata Mangeshkar reached for the recording, GM Durrani tried to be over-friendly with her. Lata Mangeshkar was wearing a necklace around her neck. Seeing her, GM Durrani asked Lata, ‘What have you come wearing around her neck?’ In response, Lata ji said that there is a necklace made of ivory, which was gifted to her by her father. But Durrani ignored Lata Mangeshkar and said that since she has a golden voice, she should wear golden jewellery. He had even said, ‘Lata, why don’t you wear colorful clothes? How do you come with a white sheet like this?’
Lata took the decision to never work together
Even after this, GM Durrani did not stop and started praising Lata Mangeshkar on praise for impressing her. But Lata Mangeshkar got furious and said that now she will never sing with GM Durrani. This was the biggest and riskiest decision for Lata as she was in the early days of her career at that time. She not only refused to work with the biggest singer of that era but was also risking the offer to work with a composer like Naushad. But Lata showed courage and stood firm on her decision.
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Lata Mangeshkar had said this about Durrani
When asked about this, Lata Mangeshkar later said in an interview that she did not like the way GM Durrani spoke with her. So he decided to never sing a song with Durrani. This is the reason why Lata Mangeshkar never sang any song with Durrani in her career.
Lata Mangeshkar (file photo)