/> 1. Waqt (1965): Before Yash Chopra branched out on his own to form Yashraj Films he regularly made films for his brother, the illustrious B R Chopra. Waqt started the long association between B.R. Films and composer Ravi who came up with some of his choicest jingles for this one.

At the peak of the Lata-mania Ravi audaciously got Asha to do Kaun aaya ki nigahon mein khanak and of course the ever-green Aage bhi jaane na tu.

But the pick of the lot was Ae meri zohra zabeen....Manna Dey's ever-grin that was used so feelingly by Yash C's son Aditya in Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge three decades later

2. Daag (1973)—Yash Chopra branched out as an independent filmmaker with this melodious ménage a trios, remarkable for Laxmikant-Pyarelal's only teaming with the mythic poet Sahir Ludhianvi.

The end-result was there for all to hear in Kishore Kumar's Mere dil main aaj kya hai and Lata M's Jab bhi jee chahe nayee duniya (the latter appropriated from a Noor Jehan Ghazal).

But at the end of the endeavour Sahir vowed never to work with the mighty L-P again. "They don't understand poetry," Sahir sneered. For his next project Yashji had to choose between the poet and the composing duo. He chose Sahir.

3.Kabhi Kabhie (1975)—Yash Chopra's most poetic film, and arguably his best musical to date, fished out Khayyam from semi-hibernation. Using Sahir's poetry and Lata-Mukesh's vocals as crutches, Khayyam created a wonder-world of poetry passion and pain.

Kabhi kabhi mere dil mein, Main pal do pal ka shayar hoon and Mere ghar aayee ek nanhi pari, are perennials. Oh yes, there were the young tunes for Rishi-Neetu like Jaan-e-man tum kamaal karte ho, Pyar kar liya to kya and Tera phoolon jaisa rang with Lataji going from Sweet-60 for Waheeda to Sweet-16 for Neetu Singh without skipping a beat.

4. Trishul (1978): Yashraj-Khayyan's follow-up to Kabhi Kabhie suffered for being an actioner. But one magnificent theme song Tu mere saath rahega munne, lifted the whole score to the stratosphere of the sublime.

One of the Big B's own favourite songs, Tu mere saath is arguably the best written and rendered song that Lataji has sung for a Yashraj film. Also up there among the greats is a rare Lataji duet with Yesudas. Aapki mehki hui zulf....Ummmm, fragrant!

5. Silsila (1991): Enter Shiv-Hari...and Javed Akhtar the lyricist to create quaint and compelling numbers like Yeh kahan aa gaye hum, Neela aasman so gaya and Dekha ek khwab.

Ulra-romantic and coloured by the need to paint as many shades of romance as possible, Silsila remains as romantic today as it was on the day it was created.

The other scores that Shiv-Hari did for Yashraj Films, namely Chandni, Lamhe, Parampara, Vijay, Faasle and Darr were no patch on Silsila.

6.Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995): Though they couldn't create a title tune to match the song of the name that Ravindra Jain composed in Chor Machaye Shor, there was nonetheless an ever-lasting swerve towards verve in Tujhe dekha to yeh jana sanam and Ho gaya hai tujhko to pyar sajna.

The Mnageshkar sisters Lata and Asha belted out a solo each Mere khwabon mein jo aaye and Zara sa jhoom loom main for the effervesecent Kajol.

7. Dil To Pagal Hai (1997) : Uttam Singh's fiesta of feisty songs topped by the toe-tapping Dil to pagal hai dil deewana hai where the 70-plus Lataji sounded no more than 20. There was plenty of zing in the output. Yashji's utter devotion to the Mangeskerian vocals came to full fruition.

8. Veer-Zara (2005) : The dormant songs of Madan Mohan as rejuvenated by his son Sanjeev Kohli....the numbers had an incredible amount of melody-quotient specially in the number Tere liye.

Udit Narayan's voice dipped to an incredible bass in Main yahan hoon yahan. Every singer from Lataji to Roop Kumar Rathod put his or her best foot forward to create a score that never bored.

9. Bunty Aur Babli (2005) : Chote-chotey sheron mein....the mood of lingering masti reached a full crescendo in this drip-and-dried adrak—and-chai soundtrack. Gulzar Saab put on his zany cap to write his sauciest song yet.

Kajra re ranks as one of the new millennium's most successful item songs. But the love ballad Chup chup ke sung by Gaytari Iyer and Shankar Mahadevan ranks much higher.

10. Dhoom (2007) : Dhoom machale.....need we say anything more?

And the also-rans: Kala Patthar (Rajesh Roshan's only tryst with Yashraj contained the hit duets Ek rasta hai zindagi and Bahon mein tere, fell out with the banner when Mrs Yash Chopra insisted on singing for him), Mashaal (on Didi's recommendation Hridaynath Mageshkar got the chance to do one score for Yashraj, dynamic for one deadly Bhajan Om namah shivay), Chandni ( Mere haathon mein nau-nau chudiya pulsated with the power of Lataji's 65-plus chords), Lamhe (elegant though somewhat listless ballads by Shiv-Hari), Darr (Tu mere samne, Tu hai meri kiran...quite a heat parade by Shiv-Hari), Mujhse Dosti Karogi (Shiv Kumar Sharma's son Rahul composed some extremely pleasant melodies, Lataji went from papa Shiv to son Rahul with age-defying fluency), Salaam Namaste (the zing sting by Shankar, etc) and Fanaah (Jatin-Lalit, together for the last time).