Lata's morning raga for Tihar Jail

Fifty two years after Lata Mangeshkar sang Ae malik tere bande hum, which had inspired prisoners in V Shantaram���s film Do Aankhen Barah Haath, the legendary singer is now ready to inspire the Tihar jail inmates. The jail authorities have decided to make Lata���s song Data sun le maula sun le from director Madhur Bhandarkar���s Jail a daily part of the morning assembly.
Surprised by the song���s fate, Lata says, ���Look at the journey that the song Data sun le maula sun le has undertaken.��� Recalling an instance from the past, Lata adds, ���I remember when Jail���s lead actor, Neil Nitin Mukesh was born we were all sitting at Nataraj Hotel. My mother was also there with me. When Neil���s father Nitin Mukesh gave me three options for his newborn���s name, I chose Neil because he had blue eyes. Neil���s father had made me promise him that one day I would sing in a film starring his son. We never knew it would come true.���
���When Madhur and Shamir (Tandon, music director) approached me they said it was a song similar to Ae maalik,��� says Lata. She asked Shamir to send the song to her home, ���Nowadays, I like to hear what is offered to me before accepting. I immediately fell in love with Data sun le, but I had to cancel the recording twice before we finally recorded it. Earlier too, Madhur and Shamir had given me a beautiful song, Kitne ajeeb rishte hain yahan par from Page 3. Apart from these, I hardly get any song worth singing these days,��� says Lata.