For a Long time Lata Mangeshkar has been accused of influencing Music Composers to choose her and in this way Lata continued her dominance in the industry and never let fresh talents come to the forefront. Excerpt of an interview from 1997, with Rajiv Shukla where she gets really candid on these accusations.
In this video, Lata Mangeshkar speaks of controversies surrounding co singers for the likes of Suman Kalyanpur, Vani Jairam , Runa Laila and her own sister Asha Bhosle and about their rivalry. Lata Mangeshkar explains that she never had any upper hand on creating dominance and any influence thereof to the Music directors, but they were given work as per their calibre. She is deeply saddened by the issue with Runa Laila and for Sumanji, She mentions that she in-fact left the song that was composed for her to give opportunities for up coming singers.
Lataji further adds that these rumours are spread by gossip mongers and she doesnot pay much heed to them.

This Video does speak for itself and with her clearing of these rumours that talent is always well received, and fame comes to the one deserving. The result is a 70 years of illustrious career. She is truly the queen of melodies and her voice and the magic that it creates will linger on for years to come.

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