Lata Mangeshkar's 'Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon' became an iconic patriotic anthem. Initially hesitant due to time constraints, she reluctantly agreed to sing it after poet Pradeep insisted, threatening ...

3000 per recording which was a lot in those days. Nowhere close to the Rs. 500 that Lata and Rafi would charge in the 1950s. She was so popular that she drove around in a horse-drawn buggy ...

Interestingly, decades later, Lata Mangeshkar and Mohammed Rafi would charge ₹500 per song in the 1950s. According to Bangalore Mirror, 'at one point she became so wealthy, that she would drive ...

The updated rendition of “Ae Mere Watan Ke Logon" beautifully captures the film’s patriotic essence, saluting the courage and sacrifices of India’s armed forces. Originally immortalized by the ...

In "Kroadh", the cast -- including Amrita Singh, Sonam and Jagdeep -- attend the concert titled "Ek Shaam Rafi Ke Naam". Bachchan, who had voice acted in "Naseeb" on the song "Chal Mere Bhai" with ...

Considering that the composer Naushad was charging only Rs 3000 for composing the entire album, this was a huge ask 4.The Ustad asked for 100 times India’s highest paid singers This was huge, ...

Born on September 28, 1929, Lata Mangeshkar began her career in the year 1942 at the age of 13 Not just Hindi but she gave her soulful voice to almost every other Indian language Ae Mere Watan Ke ...

She turned a sensation overnight with the song that not many can muster the courage to croon. Her fame has hardly dimmed ever since. Famously, in 1962, when Lata Didi sang Aye Mere Watan Ke Logon to ...