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It’s not known what reactions were offered by Marathi readers to newspapers about this article. But 'Raj' (Raju Bharatan) wrote an article in English about it, which was published in 'Times of India' on 6 January 1968. It was titled ‘Lowdown on Lata’, and he asked the same question which is being raised today. 'Why wasn’t the information made public while Roshan was still alive?' Raju Bharatan had castigated the singer for trying to settle scores with C. Ramchandra under the garb of paying fulsome tribute to Roshan. It’s not known whether Latadidi had responded to the article in TOI by Mr. Raju Bharatan. 28
Several years passed. In 1994, Raju Bharatan, the well-known film journalist, wrote the book ‘Lata Mangeshkar: A Biography’ in English. The book registered brisk sales. Within one year, Smt. Leena Sohoni translated the book into Marathi and Mehta Prakashan published it. There is a chapter in it titled 'Marathi Noor Jehan'. A detailed explanation about the original short retort by Raju Bharatan was published on pages 113 to 117. This was the explanation: 'It would be an understatement to say that I was stumped by (Lata’s) article in Marathi. I immediately phoned Anna (C. Ramchandra). But he had gone to Africa. I got in touch with him as soon as he returned to India. I read out Latadidi’s charge against him (that he was stuck for the tune) from the original article in Marathi. He was furious. Then he said: ‘Yes, every line I have composed for Lata was done with the help of other composers. I know nothing about composing music.’ He became very emotional. After the anger and hurt had somewhat subsided, he added: ‘Yes, Roshan was my friend. But I composed the song in the early 1950s, and in those days he was deferential towards me. It is true that he was present, by pure coincidence, when I was composing the tune for the stanza, ‘sunaayegi ye daastaan’. In that line, I wanted a particular ‘jhatka’. Roshan thought a different type of swing to the notes should be employed. These differences in approach are routine 29
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