Chorre Ki Jaat Badi Bewafa , a duet with G. M. Durrani, was her first song for composer, Naushad. The duo, Shankar-Jaikishan, chose Mangeshkar for  Aag ,  Aah  (1953),  Shree 420  (1955), and  Chori Chori  (1956). Before 1957, composer  Sachin Dev (S. D.) Burman  chose Mangeshkar as the leading female singer