New Delhi, June 25: Legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar had only iconic actor Dilip Kumar to thank for her Urdu skills as one of his remarks made her almost vow that she would have a grasp over the language, says a new book.
“One day Anil Biswas, Yusuf bhai (Dilip Kumar) and I were travelling to work together on a train. This was in 1947 or ’48. In those days, Yusuf bhai was able to travel by train as no one really recognised him! We were sitting in a compartment and Yusuf bhai asked who I was,” Lata says in the book “Lata Mangeshkar: In Her Own Voice” written by Nasreen Munni Kabir and published by Niyogi Books.
“Anilda replied that I was a new singer who sings well. ‘You’ll like her voice when you hear her’,” she quotes the famous composer as saying.
–PTI