When Lata Mangeshkar Apologized To Vijayta Pandit For Dubbing Her Song Composed By Aadesh Shrivastava
Veteran actress and singer Vijayta Pandit recalls the moment when famous singer Lata Mangeshkar apologized to her for dubbing a song in her voice that was composed by music director Aadesh Shrivastava in an exclusive conversation with Bharati S Pradhan for Lehren Retro. The versatile artist also discusses a few hit songs, including Pehla Nasha, Loveria Hua, Woh To Hai Albela and many more, that were later covered by other vocalists in turn leading to a significant negative impact on her music career.
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00:00You had a song that Aadesh had made and Lata ji dubbed it, right?
00:12How do you know?
00:15I remember that Aadesh, who is your husband, Lata ji dubbed his song as well.
00:25When Kanyadaan was being made, there was a song in it.
00:33You can't even hear that song.
00:35O Balma jaanam, mera kang na haaye, chahe tere sang rehna, ho, ho, ho, ho, ho.
00:48This was the song.
00:50I sang it happily.
00:52It was Aadesh's first song, first film of Kanyadaan.
00:55Veeran is making me sing. I was very happy.
00:57Junior singers, live musicians, 60-70 musicians, it was a very heavy song.
01:05I sang it live and sang it very well.
01:07So, after a few days, I came to know that Sudhakar Bopade said,
01:12look, this is the only solo song of our film and it is the first song.
01:15So, I want Lata ji to sing this song for me.
01:19Because Lata ji didn't sing in Sajan, she didn't sing in any of my films.
01:23So, I said, Lata ji will sing this song for you, Aadesh.
01:26Let Lata ji sing this song.
01:28Aadesh told me, Usha, this song has to be dubbed by Lata ji.
01:32Because Sudhakar ji is singing it, Sudhakar Bopade.
01:35He was the producer.
01:37He had made Sajan, etc.
01:39So, I said, Aadesh, if Lata ji is singing it, then it's fine.
01:45So, he said, look, I am dubbing your voice.
01:48So, Lata ji is singing it.
01:50No other singer is singing it.
01:52I said, yes, yes, let Lata ji sing it.
01:54Who sings like her?
01:56So, no problem, Aadesh, let Lata ji sing it.
02:00Then Lata ji came to do the recording at Sunny Studio,
02:03at the film center, no, at Mehboob Studio.
02:06She came there and Aadesh did a little rehearsal.
02:10So, little by little...
02:13O Sajna Dilbar, O Balma Jaanam,
02:19Mera Kangna Haaye, Chahe Tere Sang Rehna.
02:25I sang as much as Aadesh had made.
02:27Then I made my own taan.
02:31Aadesh made it straight.
02:36I took it as a taan.
02:38So, Aadesh explained it to Didi.
02:41I had taken some places in Antre as well.
02:43So, he thought, these places,
02:45I don't remember what Vijayeta had taken,
02:47but I want those places.
02:49So, he told Lata Didi,
02:51Didi, if you don't mind,
02:53let me tell you something.
02:55Vijayeta had sung this song earlier.
02:57She had sung Scratch for you.
02:59So, if you listen to it,
03:01you will know exactly
03:03what place you have taken here.
03:05You have taken that place.
03:07I said, hey, Vijayeta has sung it.
03:09She said, sing it.
03:11She asked me to sing it on the headphone.
03:13She sang the whole song on the headphone.
03:15And where there were good places,
03:17I sang, Aha, Aha.
03:19Then I took the headphone out of my ear
03:21and said, Aadesh,
03:23Vijayeta has sung it very well.
03:25Why do you want to dub it?
03:27I said, Didi, if you sing it,
03:29it will be something else.
03:31You are my first song.
03:33I want your blessings.
03:35You sing it.
03:37She said,
03:39Didi, you have not sung in any of my films.
03:41If you sing in this,
03:43it will be very good.
03:45The discussion went on for half an hour.
03:47Eventually, she said,
03:49okay, let's sing.
03:51Inside, she went and sang.
03:53O Sajjana, Dil bhai,
03:55O Balma.
03:57The way I had taken the place.
03:59So, in the intro,
04:01she also felt that
04:03Aadesh had not told the place.
04:05The place is in the voice.
04:07Aadesh, the face before the intro,
04:09I heard Vijayeta's voice
04:11again in the headphone.
04:13I heard it.
04:15You see,
04:17how great is the power of bleeding.
04:19She did not think that
04:21Vijayeta is singing,
04:23I should decorate it more.
04:25Or I should add something else.
04:27Nothing.
04:29The way I sang,
04:31I sang that much.
04:33I said to Aadesh Vijayeta,
04:35I am sorry.
04:37I dubbed it on her voice.
04:39She sang very well.
04:41I saw the words of great people.
04:43I dubbed it on her voice.
04:45And I said,
04:47I sang very well.
04:51This song,
04:53this happened in life.
04:55When I spoke to her on the phone,
04:57about this song,
04:59she said, you sang very well Vijayeta.
05:01I dubbed it on her voice.
05:03I said, Didi, you sang it.
05:05You praised me.
05:07I got 10 Filmfare Award.
05:09I think that I
05:11got bad.
05:13At that time, I heard
05:15Jo Jeeta Vohi Sikandar,
05:17the first Nasha,
05:19you sang that song first.
05:21But your voice got dubbed.
05:23Someone else sang it.
05:25That song,
05:27actually it has a story.
05:29Lalit made this song in piano.
05:31We were sitting together.
05:33We were not married.
05:35And Jatin is your brother.
05:37He is my real brother.
05:39When Lalit made this song,
05:41I liked it very much.
05:43I used to hum it.
05:45I used to hum it.
05:47His first film, Jo Jeeta Vohi Sikandar,
05:49was signed.
05:51He said, I will sing this song to Mansoor.
05:53He will like it.
05:55When I sang this song to Mansoor,
05:57he said, it is good.
05:59We will all work again.
06:01He was not very much convinced
06:03with the song.
06:05But Lalit said, Mansoor,
06:07don't cancel this song.
06:09I will make a scratch
06:11and sing it to you.
06:13Then you will come to know exactly
06:15what I have thought about this song.
06:17Lalit sang this song.
06:19He had a music room in Sheetal.
06:21He prepared this song with
06:232-4 musicians.
06:25He asked me to sing this song.
06:27He also called Udit.
06:29Udit, you come to the music room.
06:31I want to sing this song
06:33to Mansoor.
06:35We both
06:37sat in his studio.
06:39Udit Narayan?
06:41Yes, Udit Narayan.
06:43I sang. It was a good song.
06:45I sang the ad-lib
06:47beautifully.
06:49He sang this song to Mansoor.
06:51He said, it is wonderful.
06:53We will work on this.
06:55We will keep this song.
06:57Eventually, we kept that song.
06:59After this, he was doing
07:01the final recording in the film center.
07:03He again called me.
07:05Usha, this is the final recording.
07:07You come to the studio.
07:09He also called Udit.
07:11Udit and I
07:13sang together in the film center.
07:15Mansoor was there.
07:17He was sitting
07:19peacefully in a corner
07:21and was doing something.
07:23As soon as I sang the ad-lib,
07:25he left his laptop
07:27and sat next to the
07:29recordist.
07:31He said, it sounds so wonderful.
07:33It was an ad-lib.
07:35Even if you
07:37don't say anything,
07:39I have heard it.
07:41What was
07:43love?
07:45I have heard it.
07:47I have heard it.
07:51I have heard it.
07:53I have heard it.
07:55He sang like this.
07:57He was very happy.
07:59The song was recorded.
08:01After a few days,
08:03I remembered in the recording,
08:05only Viju Shah
08:07was there.
08:09There were
08:11not many people.
08:13The song got
08:15selected.
08:17After a few days,
08:19I came to know that
08:21Sadhna was dubbing.
08:23Jatin told me,
08:25Usha, the song
08:27you sang,
08:29it is getting dubbed.
08:31I said, it is getting dubbed?
08:33I sang so well.
08:35He said, I don't know what happened.
08:37Suddenly, Kalyanji
08:39called
08:41Nasir Hussain
08:43and asked him to dub it.
08:45Sadhna Sargam.
08:47I said,
08:49the song was so well sung.
08:51It was his first song.
08:53It was my first song
08:55that came to the market.
08:57As a singer, I would have got
08:59the recognition.
09:01I was very upset about it.
09:03Why was it rejected?
09:05Why Sadhna?
09:07I said, no problem.
09:09Let it go.
09:11It is her first film.
09:13Let it go.
09:15Later on,
09:17when he was dubbing
09:19for this song,
09:21Jatin was not very happy.
09:23He said,
09:25Usha, you have sung
09:27such an ad-lib.
09:29I have been singing
09:31Sadhna Sargam for two days.
09:33But I am not able to catch
09:35the typical Marathi tone.
09:37I am not liking it.
09:39I said, why are you getting it dubbed?
09:41He said, it is her first film.
09:43People are saying Sadhna.
09:45I said, no problem.
09:47The song was a hit.
09:49It was a super hit.
09:51But I was left behind.
09:53But this has happened to you
09:55many times, right?
09:57You sing
09:59and someone else dubs it.
10:01It has happened many times.
10:03In fact,
10:05I sang almost all the songs
10:07of Raju Ban Gaya Gentleman.
10:09My heart is in my chest.
10:11My heart is in my chest.
10:13You are in my chest.
10:17Oh, my first desire.
10:23Oh, my last desire.
10:27I love you.
10:29What I had said,
10:31that was out of this world.
10:33Because I am an actress.
10:35The feeling and expression
10:37that I sing,
10:39that was difficult.
10:49This we sang, myself and Kumar Shano.
10:51This was also a very good song.
10:53This was also dubbed.
10:57One more.
11:01Yes, we sang all the songs.
11:09I am gone.
11:11I am in love.
11:13I am in love.
11:15My intonation was very good.
11:23My heart
11:25has stopped.
11:27My heart
11:29has stopped.
11:31I don't know
11:33how crazy
11:35someone calls me.
11:37I don't know
11:39how crazy
11:41someone calls me.
11:43Sometimes I count the stars.
11:45Sometimes I dream.
11:47Sometimes I count the stars.
11:49Sometimes I dream.
11:53Now
11:55the lord of this heart
11:57is God.
12:01How did you feel?
12:03I was very sad.
12:05Your heart breaks, right?
12:07Yes, my heart breaks.
12:09I sang a lot of songs.
12:11I sang a lot of songs.
12:13I did a rehearsal for Aati Kya Khandala.
12:15Really?
12:17Jatin came to my house
12:19and asked me to sing a song
12:21with Aamir Khan.
12:23I said, what is the use,
12:25I will sing and you dub it.
12:27He said, if you sing well,
12:29we will keep you.
12:31I said, I will sing well
12:33You did it with Aamir Khan?
12:35No, I did it separately
12:37with Aamir Khan.
12:39When the recording
12:41day came,
12:43I found out that
12:45madam was singing.
12:47I said, how is this possible?
12:49I do a rehearsal and someone else is singing.
12:51I do a rehearsal and someone else is singing.
12:53I didn't even sing that song.
12:55In fact, that song
12:57That is Alwila
12:59That is Alwila
13:13When you sing properly,
13:15there is a different mood.
13:17I sing roughly.
13:19Jatin did my rehearsal for this song.
13:21Do you know, my last song
13:23I was very upset and tired
13:25that I sing and
13:27someone else sings.
13:29I dubbed one of my last songs.
13:31Lalit said, Usha,
13:33if you sing this song, it will be very good.
13:35I said, I will dub it.
13:37What is the use?
13:39He said, if you sing well, I promise.
13:41Jatin talks like this.
13:43I promise, I will keep your song.
13:45I said, okay,
13:47I will give my last try.
13:49I tried. The song was
13:51from Prakash Jha's film
13:53Dil Kya Kare.
13:55It was the title song.
13:57Jadoo Sa Chhaane Laga
14:01Kuch Yaad Aane Laga
14:05Kuch Bhool Jaane Laga
14:09Kuch Yaad Aane Laga
14:13Kya Na Kare Kya Kare
14:17Yeh Dil Kya Kare
14:21Recording Hui Aisa
14:23I sang this song with so much
14:25passion and love.
14:27It was a super hit song.
14:29Music was
14:31beautifully arranged.
14:33I was very happy.
14:35Jatin said, this song will be
14:3799% done.
14:39In the meantime, Udit Narayan came.
14:41Udit said, Jatin,
14:43don't make me sing today.
14:45You are singing in a very good mood.
14:47You are singing very well.
14:49Don't disturb her. Let her sing.
14:51I am sitting here.
14:53He sat there and I completed
14:55the song.
14:57There was a part
14:59which I made.
15:01Diwana
15:03Pagal Sa Dil
15:05Aakhon Ke
15:07Kajal Sa Dil
15:09Lahirate
15:11Aachal Sa Dil
15:13I made the lower part.
15:15I made everything.
15:17I did everything.
15:19When I sang the song,
15:21Udit Narayan came to Jatin
15:23and said, Jatin,
15:25I have a request.
15:27He said, don't dub this song.
15:29Vijay Dadaji
15:31has sung it in a very good mood.
15:33Keep it.
15:35Because he had sung Pehla Nasha
15:37with me. He knew
15:39what I sing.
15:41When Jatin said,
15:43I have kept this song.
15:45I have sung it very well.
15:47When Prakash heard the song,
15:49he was there only.
15:51Jatin told Prakash,
15:53Lalit was not there in the recording.
15:55Jatin made me do it.
15:57I told Prakash,
15:59Prakash, Vijay Dadaji has sung this song very well.
16:01Don't dub it.
16:03He said, okay.
16:05He said, I am a music director.
16:07I can understand
16:09what he has sung.
16:11No one can sing on it.
16:13I am a music director.
16:15He said,
16:17Lalitji, Jatinji,
16:19Jatinji, don't worry.
16:21We will do something about it.
16:23We will listen to it.
16:25We will decide about it.
16:27Jatin understood
16:29that it will be dubbed.
16:33He said,
16:35give me the track.
16:37He said, no.
16:39I will make Ajay Devgn sing it.
16:41Ajay Devgn was the
16:43producer of this song.
16:45Kajol and Ajay.
16:47After that, Jatin
16:49got angry.
16:51He said, Usha, let's go.
16:53We went in the car.
16:55Jatin said,
16:57Usha, I have fought with the director
16:59for the first time for you.
17:01He didn't agree.
17:03But I know, as a singer,
17:05the song you have sung is difficult.
17:07Don't worry.
17:09We will work on it.
17:11Don't worry. I have dubbed it a lot.
17:13This is how
17:15that song also went away from me.