'WHEN LATAJI CALLED ΜΕ MAHALAXMI'

'If I'm proud to be single it's because Lata was so blissfully single.'

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The Super-Reclusive Rekha, who rarely breaks her silence, makes a heartfelt exception on Lata Mangeshkar's birth anniversary,

It is Lata Mangeshkarji's birth anniversary on September 28, you loved her?

As much as you did. Which Indian doesn't love Lataji? You know, Lataji and I shared a very special rapport that went back to when I was probably two or three years old.

That was when I heard her singing in my sleep. And what a way to be woken up! She was singing Aaja Re Pardesi from the film Madhumati.

My mother used to hear this song at full volume. I'd jump up in my cradle and start dancing.

I told her that I used to hear Aaja Re Pardesi... Pardesi to miley nahin lekin iss bahaane mujhe meri Lata didi mil gai (I couldn't find pardesi but I got Lata Didi). I went a step further and said I wanted Lataji to be born from my womb.

Lataji once called you Mahalaxmi?