bon ki suno (Dus Lakh) but neither Rafisaab nor Ravi
were awarded for this song. Similarly, I got the trophy for Chain se humko kabhi
(Pran jaaye par vachan na jaye) but O.P.Nayyarsaab didn't. I won for Piya tu ab
to aa ja (Caravan) and Dum maaro dum (Hare rama hare krishna) but R.D.Burman
didn't. I was honoured for Yeh mera dil pyar ka diwana hai (Don) but
Kalyanji-Anandji weren't.
Do you every feel like returning to the Awards competition again? Why not
withdraw your retirement?
Why should I? Now that I've received the Special Award, why should I want more?
(Smiles) And this special trophy is so pretty.
I've always wondered about your professional relationship with your didi. Isn't
there an element of love-hate about it?
(Without flinching) I don't know anything except that ours is a blood
relationship which can never be altered. When I am ill, she is by my side and
vice versa. When we meet, we don't discuss the music business at all.
She's older than me by four years. I give her the izzat that is due to an elder
sister. I touch her feet.. and at times I even press her feet before she goes to
sleep at night because I know she enjoys that very much.
I don't think much should be made about who is the No.1 and who is the No.2
between us. In classical music, if you say Bade Ghulam Ali Khan is No.1 then
would you say that Amir Khan, Vilayat Khan, Annapurnaji or Ravi Shankar is No.2?
Why tag us with numbers? It's wrong.. such things are brought up only by those
who want to create a rift between us. But let me tell you that they'll never
succeed.
In fact, I'm very proud of the fact that we are complete family of singers. My
brother (Hridyanath Mangeshkar) a ..... |
