Presenting Naushad : Part 3
His most favourite singers..... Naushad had great working relations with Mohammad Rafi and Lata Mangeshkar. Together, this trio has created gem after gem. Year after year. What is spectacular about their association is to see the growth they achieved together. Rafi got his first breakthrough hit song " Suhaani raat dhal chuki.... " in the film Dulari released in 1949 . Three years later Rafi took the country and the musical world by storm singing the complicated classical tunes of Baiju Bawra (1952) . Lata Mangeshkar, on the other hand, went from one milestone to the other in almost the same way. Andaz was released in 1949 and Baiju Bawra in 1952 . Lata kept improving during these years until she found her own unique style and identity of singing. Naushad too kept improving on his orchestration, design and recording quality of his songs in these years. Rafi and Lata kept getting better in their throwing of words, voice modulation and above all, in coming out of influence ...